5C - Fair Trade Geography

Lesson: Geography

• Year 5 have been learning all about how international trading began on the Silk Road in the 13th century.
• The pupils discovered how these pathways linked Asia to Europe and carried merchants with their commodities to new lands.
• The children have discovered how Marco Polo travelled this route, writing a journal of his experiences that went on to inspire Christopher Columbus.
• We have discovered how modern trading is built on import and export, and have created a bar model showing what the UK imports from China each year.
• We have completed a case study of a Banana farmer, Melvin Joseph, from St Lucia. We learnt how lower profits and unfair trading were on the verge of destroying his business.
• We wrote our own information texts about the impact of Fair Trade.