Fair Trade & Ethics
Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers
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Ask who makes a product and what a label can—and cannot—tell us.
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Ask who makes a product and what a label can—and cannot—tell us.
Ask who makes a product and what a label can—and cannot—tell us.
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FTC Consumer Advice · Practice link — not the full lesson
How to avoid a scam
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How to avoid a scam supports Fair Trade & Ethics. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public FTC Consumer Advice page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
FTC Consumer Advice. “How to avoid a scam.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Explain that the things we buy are made by real people, sometimes in other countries
- Describe what 'fair trade' means in simple terms (workers get paid fairly)
- Give an example of a kind choice a shopper could make (buying fair trade chocolate, choosing less packaging)
“If your child saw a Fairtrade logo on a chocolate bar, could they explain what it means and why it matters?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Money & Finance
- Age range
- Ages 7–9