Look Windwards!
How is Rafique
affected by Mrs
Wilson’s shopping?
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Where are we going to study?
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.
How is Rafique affected by Mrs Wilson’s
shopping trips?
Who is Rafique and
where does he live?
Who is Mrs Wilson and
where does she live?
How is Rafique Fitzpatrick affected
by Mrs Wilson’s shopping trips?
YOUR TASK
• 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?
What do these images tell you about interdependency?
The Banana Industry – The main
industry in the Windward Islands
ASDA
WAITROSE
SAINSBURYS AND OTHER SUPERMARKETS ALSO SELL
WINDWARD ISLES BANANAS
Social Impacts (Affects
on people such as health,
education and jobs)
What paid for this new road?
What paid for Simeon’s new desks?
How can new desks help improve
the quality of life for Rafique’s
friend?
How does it help the rural
islanders?
How does the government
pay for its health care?
Life expectancy is currently
73 years.
What would the impact be on
health?
Environmental
Impacts
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
Without the banana
industry what else
could the farmers
grow?
What could the
impact of this be on
the Windward Isles
and the UK?
Economic Impacts
(Affects linked to
money)
How would
the loss of
trade affect
the
government?
Agriculture such as the
banana industry employs
what % of the islands
workforce?
What would the impact of
this loss have?
Ashbourne is a Fairtrade town.
What does this mean and how does
this impact on the Windward Isles?
Mrs. Wilson always buys Fairtrade.
What are the Social, Economic and
Environmental Impacts of this?
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?
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!
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.