Description of Activity
Fair Trade |
SMART Goal Design - Is this goal...
- Specific?
- Measurable?
- Attainable
- Result-oriented?
- Time-bound?
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Goal/Expected Result
- identify their interconnectedness with other peoples
of the world
- describe structural injustices in labour practices
and trading relationships between the first and third
world;
- locate alternative ways to support just labour practices
and trading relationships
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Resources |
Relevant Catholic Theme(s)
- Dignity of the Human Person
- Community and the Common Good
- Love and Justice
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CGE(s)
- CGE1d develops attitudes and values
founded on Catholic social teaching and acts to promote
social responsibility, human solidarity and the common
good
- CGE3f examines, evaluates and applies
knowledge of interdependent systems (physical, political,
ethical, socio-economic and ecological) for the development
of a just and compassionate society
- CGE7e witnesses Catholic social teaching
by promoting equality, democracy, and solidarity for a
just, peaceful and compassionate society
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How will success be determined?
- Evaluate achievement of goals; level of participation
in celebration; student/teacher follow up/next steps
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| Contributors |
Tasks |
| Principal |
- Call staff planning meeting; arrange for guest
speaker and fair trade product display; invite local
press to celebration
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| Staff |
- Co-plan with administration; diagnostic test;
creative presentation on interconnectedness; participate
in celebration; debriefing and follow-up
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| Students |
- Creative presentation on interconnectedness; participate
in no-logo day and celebration; follow-up
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| Parents |
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| Process Stages |
Details and Considerations |
| 1. |
- Staff meeting to outline goals and assign responsibilities
for implementation
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| 2. |
- Notify school council and parents of goals and
plan. Invite parents to celebration
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| 3. |
- Classroom teachers use diagnostic task to access
prior learning - discussion of where our food/clothing
come from, as well as why people in the world are
poor
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| 4. |
Creative Presentation on Interconnectedness
- give all students a handout of a map of the world
- allow them to choose one of the following areas
a) The World in My Pantry
b) The World in My Closet
c) The World in the Produce Aisle
d) The World in the Florist Shop
- students identify 15 items and indicate their
country of origin; display the information creatively
on the world map
- each student writes a half page reflection on
the interconnectedness they found and what it means
to them
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| 5. |
- Speaker and/or film on Fair Trade and Sweatshops
(e.g. Canadian Catholic Organization for Development
and Peace, Free the Children)
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| 6. |
- Classroom debriefing on speaker or film
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| 7. |
- No-logo Day - students and staff come to school
wearing as few brand name clothes as possible
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| 8. |
Celebration
- display students Interconnectedness assignments
- Alternative Fashion Show
- Fair Trade Products on Display
- Home-baked refreshments
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Effectiveness (degree to which goal has been
achieved)
- classroom debriefing of students;
- quality of interconnectedness assignment;
- participation in celebration
- debriefing of staff at follow-up staff meeting
(Written by: Colleen Smyth, CDSBEO)
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Follow Up/Next Steps
- invite student/staff letters to newspapers and/or companies
that practice child labour \
- invite students to form a Free the Children group
- contact the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development
and Peace to inquire about local youth groups or how to
organize a Think Fast
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