Look Windwards! How is Rafique affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping? Copyright © 2006 Farming and Countryside Education

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Key Question How is Rafique Fitzpatrick affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips? Learning Objectives To develop thinking skills (Sorting, Sequencing and Classification.) To understand the term interdependency. To understand that local decisions can have economical, social and environmental consequences on a global scale.

Who is Rafique and where does he live? How is Rafique affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips? Who is Mrs Wilson and where does she live?

Open the Envelope and read the statements (are there any words you don’t understand) Sort all the cards so that you classify them into groups so that you can start to piece together the story. (There is no right or wrong way in which to group the cards) How have you classified the cards? How did you classify them? Think again and make links between the groups. When you are happy with your classification stick down the statements and start to make links between them by writing them on the large sheet. Where do Rafique and Mrs Wilson live and how are they linked? What are the impacts of Mrs Wilson’s shopping decision on the Social, Economic and Environment of Windward Islands? YOUR TASK How is Rafique Fitzpatrick affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips?

What do these images tell you about interdependency?

The Banana Industry – The main industry in the Windward Islands

WAITROSEASDA SAINSBURYS AND OTHER SUPERMARKETS ALSO SELL WINDWARD ISLES BANANAS

What paid for Simeon’s new desks? How can new desks help improve the quality of life for Rafique’s friend? What paid for this new road? How does it help the rural islanders? Social Impacts (Affects on people such as health, education and jobs)

How does the government pay for its health care? Life expectancy is currently 73 years. What would the impact be on health?

Environmental Impacts Without the banana industry what else could the farmers grow? What could the impact of this be on the Windward Isles and the UK? The blue plastic bags protect the bananas. How does Fairtrade help the environment? What do farmers use less of and what are the impacts? Social and Economic Impacts

Economic Impacts (Affects linked to money) Agriculture such as the banana industry employs what % of the islands workforce? What would the impact of this loss have? How would the loss of trade affect the government?

Mrs. Wilson always buys Fairtrade. What are the Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of this? Ashbourne is a Fairtrade town. What does this mean and how does this impact on the Windward Isles?

Your task is now to write an extended piece of work to answer the key question of the Mystery. Use the resources given plus any of your own knowledge and investigation. GOOD LUCK! Key Question How is Rafique Fitzpatrick affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips? How would you feel to be in Rafique’s position? What questions would you like to ask him?

Everyone is happy with Fairtrade!!

Key Question How is Rafique Fitzpatrick affected by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips? Learning Objectives To develop thinking skills (Sorting, Sequencing and Classification.) To understand the term interdependency. To understand that local decisions can have economical, social and environmental consequences on a global scale.