Growing Bananas

The “ “ Family

Your Financial Situation

• Did you make money or lose money as the game progressed?

• Why?

How did this make you feel?

Did you join Fairtrade?

• If so, what benefits did it bring to your family?

• If not, how did this affect you?

Was the game fair?

• Do you think the game was fair?

• Why?

How well did your group work together?

• Indicate any problems you had and how you solved them?

• How did your financial situation affect your ability to work together as a team?

What was realistic about the game?

• List as many points as you can think of

What was unrealistic about the game?

• List as many points as you can think of

Did the game help you empathise with real banana farmers?

The importance of Fairtrade

• Having experienced what it is like to be a banana farmer, how important do you think the Fairtrade organisation is?

• Why?