Scottish Fair Trade Forum
Fairtrade Schools Workshop: Focus on Cotton
The materials from the Fairtrade Schools: Focus on Cotton workshop presented at the Scottish Fair Trade Forum Campaign Day 2010 are now available to download below.
Fairtrade Schools Focus on Cotton Workshop Notes
These notes detail what we did and discussed in the workshop and explain the PowerPoint presentation slides. They give more detail on the materials below and include lots of useful website links concerning cotton resources for schools.
Fairtrade Schools Focus on Cotton PowerPoint Presentation
This presentation not only includes some great pictures for you to use but also useful notes on cotton, the cotton industry and how Fair Trade benefits cotton farmers.
There are many environmental and human issues surrounding the growing of cotton. This handout summarises these problems.
Story: The Cotton Fields and the Astronaut
This short story, especially written for the SFTF by David Armstrong, is an excellent resource to use as an introduction to cotton and the issues surrounding it. It is written from the viewpoint of an Uzbekistani school pupil who works in the cotton fields. David has very kindly given permission for it to be used in schools.
This handout summarises how Fair Trade works to address the problems with cotton.
The Blame Game is a resource that can be used in the classroom. It is aimed at older pupils but could be adapted to suit younger children.
This document is a small table which briefly shows how the education systems differ across the UK. It's a useful reference if you use resources created for a different UK education system from the one within which you work.
Presentation: Fair Trade Highlights from 2010 and Looking Forward to 2011
Veronica Pasteur from the Fairtrade Foundation gave a short but informative presentation on the achievements and challenges of Fair Trade in 2010 in the main forum at the Campaign Day. She's very kindly given us permission to put it on our website for you to download. It includes some very useful Fairtrade facts and information as well as great pictures.