Pie Charts and Fairtrade Chocolate

Students match the names of common chocolate bars to pie charts of their ingredients, and discuss how different proportions are shown in the diagrams. They then draw their own pie charts for different chocolate bars with varying numbers of sectors. Students discuss the companies/manufacturers involved
in selling chocolate and discuss how businesses interact.

Students then look at the production of chocolate from farmer to consumer, and create a pie chart to show how much they think each “person” in the chain receives. They then are given a role and asked to justify their share of the profits before completing another pie chart based on what they think fair shares of the
price of a bar of chocolate should be. Finally, the actual percentage shares for each player in the cocoa chain are revealed and students create another pie chart to reflect this. They then discuss what their three pie charts together show.

Understand that individual actions are important as part of making a difference globally.
Know that some ‘players’ in global production chains benefit more than others.
Explain Fairtrade as an example of action to address poverty and inequality.