Introduction

The lesson is suitable for 7 July (World Chocolate Day) or can be used as a stand-alone lesson.

In this lesson students do a few reading activities where they read about different stages of the journey and they learn where most/least of their money goes. They are ‘paid’ by the teacher in squares of chocolate, so that they actually feel the unfairness of the system. They finish with a discussion on the injustices.

Aims:

• To celebrate World Chocolate Day on 7 July
• To raise awareness of the injustices of the chocolate trade and how we can help as customers
• To develop speed reading skills
• To extend students’ oral fluency in discussions

Age:

Teenagers and adults

Level:

CEF level B1 and B2

Time:

50 - 60 minutes

Materials

The lesson plan and student worksheets can be downloaded below in PDF format.

The activities in this lesson plan ask students to use a number of higher level thinking skills. If you would like to know more about how to include a focus on critical thinking skills in the language classroom, you might like to study our self-access training module: Engaging with thinking skills