objectives peer assess sample of work at different levels. understand what is required for a good...

Objectives

• Peer assess sample of work at different levels.• Understand what is required for a good assessment.

• To assess our communication, explanation, evaluation and analysis skills.

• Describe and explain the causes and effects of the coffee problem L4-5

• Describe, explain and evaluate the best ways to help farmers in LICs. L5-7

• Draw detailed fully explained conclusions L6+

1. Describe the problems that coffee farmers like Pedro face.Explain and Analyse how this affects his business and family and country. Why will this cause them problems in the future? Link in development indicators Page 78 and Ex books. Level 4-6.

2. Explain in detail why the price of coffee has fallen and why have transnational corporations made more profit? Page 79 and Ex books. Level 5+.

3. Describe and Explain ways that coffee farmers could be helped.Explain how these would make a difference? What effect would they have on those involved? Evaluate what advantages and disadvantages are there for each solution? Page 80, videos and Ex books. Level 5-6+

4.Describe with detailed evidence the ways that Fairtrade can help.Explain how these would make a difference? What effect would they have on those involved? Evaluate the advantages of Fair Trade? Identify biase in the sources. Page 80, videos, Ex books and your Fairtrade fact file. Level 5-7

4. Conclusion: What do think is the best way to help the coffee farmers in LICs? Give detailed reasons why. Page 80 and Ex books. Level 6-7

Your essay should be in five parts.

Look at the essay that

you are going to write…

Paired mini white board task

• Work in pairs- Look at each sample of work on the board and your help sheet.

• Decide what level it is

• Use evidence explain why? Paired mini white

boards

Example 1 What Level?Point: Coffee farmers in LICs are worried because theprice of coffee has fallen and they are getting poorer.Evidence: The price of coffee fell from £2.00 perkilo in 1998 to £0.70 per kilo in 2000. Explain: The price of coffee fell because too muchcoffee is being grown. This is because the WorldBank and other organisations encouraged LICs togrow more coffee to make money to pay fordevelopment. The LICs did not make plan together,instead they grew more coffee and competed againsteach other. This created a buyers market. With so muchcoffee available, buyers could drive the price down.

Point: Coffee farmers in LICs are worried because theprice of coffee has fallen and they are getting poorer.Evidence: The price of coffee fell from £2.00 perkilo in 1998 to £0.70 per kilo in 2000. Explain: The price of coffee fell because too muchcoffee is being grown. This is because the WorldBank and other organisations encouraged LICs togrow more coffee to make money to pay fordevelopment. The LICs did not make plan together,instead they grew more coffee and competed againsteach other. This created a buyers market. With so muchcoffee available, buyers could drive the price down.

Evidence L4-5

Point and basic explanation L4-5

Detailed Explanation L5Level 5

What did you decide?

Example 2 What Level?Solution: Fairtrade can help farmers in LICs. It pays a fair price. Enough to live on anda profit which farmers can use to improve their farms and the lives of their families.It buys the coffee direct from the farmers, so it cuts out the exporters, so thefarmers can get a larger share. Explore: It pays some of the money in advance, so the Farmers do not run short andcan pay expenses like school fees for their children. The children will then have achance of a better life than their parents and will make more money. Theirgovernment will then make more tax from their higher earnings to help their countrydevelop. Fair trade also pays a social premium that farmers can use toimprove their businesses and communities. Examples: In Nicaragua the Prode Co-op has used this to pay for scholarships forchildren to learn new skills, such as coffee blending, to help them get a better job inthe future. In Uganda farmers have used the premium to pay for warehouses toimprove their businesses and to build clinics to bring health care to their community.Conclusion: Fair trade is the best way to help farmers and their families becauseit is provides more money to live on and to invest in the future. It helps toimprove communities through the social premium. It also helps development as thefarmers can work their way out of poverty and the taxes they pay can be used topay for development.

Solution: Fairtrade can help farmers in LICs. It pays a fair price. Enough to live on anda profit which farmers can use to improve their farms and the lives of their families.It buys the coffee direct from the farmers, so it cuts out the exporters, so thefarmers can get a larger share. Explore: It pays some of the money in advance, so the Farmers do not run short andcan pay expenses like school fees for their children. The children will then have achance of a better life than their parents and will make more money. Theirgovernment will then make more tax from their higher earnings to help their countrydevelop. Fair trade also pays a social premium that farmers can use toimprove their businesses and communities. Examples: In Nicaragua the Prode Co-op has used this to pay for scholarships forchildren to learn new skills, such as coffee blending, to help them get a better job inthe future. In Uganda farmers have used the premium to pay for warehouses toimprove their businesses and to build clinics to bring health care to their community.Conclusion: Fair trade is the best way to help farmers and their families becauseit is provides more money to live on and to invest in the future. It helps toimprove communities through the social premium. It also helps development as thefarmers can work their way out of poverty and the taxes they pay can be used topay for development.

What did you decide?Explains,

explores and begins to link

ideas L6

Uses evidence to support the

ideas!

Draws conclusions from the evidence and

links ideas. L6

Level 6

Example 3 What level?Comparison: Another way to help the farmers would be put a tax on the profits ofTNCs that process and sell the coffee in HICs.

Analysis: The advantage of this is that the money could be given to the farmers. However the TNC’s need to make a high profit for their shareholders, soincreasing tax has a disadvantage. The TNC may put up the price of the coffee thatthey sell to customers in the supermarket. This would effect everyone who buys thecoffee. An advantage of Fairtrade is that the Fair Trade logo gives people the choiceto pay a bit more to help the farmers if they choose to buy Fair Trade. Anotherdisadvantage is that the TNC might also choose to avoid the tax by moving it’sfactories and offices to another country where it would not have to pay that tax. Thiscould mean people in HIC’s could lose their jobs.

Evaluate: The evidence about Fairtrade came from the Fair Trade Foundation, somight be biased since they want people to buy products with the Fairtrade logo.However the examples in Nicaragua and Uganda showed that it hadmade an improvement to farmers lives and their communities without forcingeveryone in HICs to pay more for their coffee.

Comparison: Another way to help the farmers would be put a tax on the profits ofTNCs that process and sell the coffee in HICs.

Analysis: The advantage of this is that the money could be given to the farmers. However the TNC’s need to make a high profit for their shareholders, soincreasing tax has a disadvantage. The TNC may put up the price of the coffee thatthey sell to customers in the supermarket. This would effect everyone who buys thecoffee. An advantage of Fairtrade is that the Fair Trade logo gives people the choiceto pay a bit more to help the farmers if they choose to buy Fair Trade. Anotherdisadvantage is that the TNC might also choose to avoid the tax by moving it’sfactories and offices to another country where it would not have to pay that tax. Thiscould mean people in HIC’s could lose their jobs.

Evaluate: The evidence about Fairtrade came from the Fair Trade Foundation, somight be biased since they want people to buy products with the Fairtrade logo.However the examples in Nicaragua and Uganda showed that it hadmade an improvement to farmers lives and their communities without forcingeveryone in HICs to pay more for their coffee.

What did you decide? Describes a solution L4-5

Explains Advantages and

Disadvantages L6

Uses Advantages and

disadvantages to analyse the

solutions L6-7

Identifies biase L7 Links ideas

counteract biase L7

Reaches a conclusion justified by

evidence L6-7

Level 7

Assessment Time!

• You will need:• Writing Frame• Geog 3 page 78-80 Coffee• Geog 2 Page 108-109 Development Indicators• Coffee Fact sheets• Your Exercise books• Write on A4 Paper• Title: Coffee Assessment

Test conditions

You will have two lessons to

complete this work.

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