Development
This is your opportunity to show us how much you
have learnt and understood from the last few
lessons on Development, especially from playing the
Trading Game.
It is your opportunity to get as high a level as you
possibly can!!
You should spend between 6 and 10 hours on this
work so make sure you do not leave it to the last
minute.
Your teacher will tell you the date it is due in by,
you will be given 3 weeks to complete it, so please
do not ask for an extension! (We have heard ALL
the excuses before)
If you are stuck then ask your teacher for help at
least one week before it is due to be handed in.
Read these instructions carefully:
Read through the whole ISBL first, now you must choose:
 You must complete EITHER Task 1 OR Task 2, both
about the trading game
 You must complete Task 3 the poster
TASK 1 (you could reach Level 4 if you complete this
well)
Full Name:
The Trading Game
Complete the blanks:
1. Which country did you represent in the game? ____________________________
2. What did the arguments between countries represent?_____________________
3. Was the game fair? ____________
Circle the correct answers:
4. Which 6 countries are in the game?
Bangladesh
India
Kenya
Malta
UK
USA
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
5. What do you think the paper represented in the real world?
Money
Raw Materials
World Bank
6. What do you think the paper shapes represented?
Manufactured goods
Money
Natural disasters
7. What do you think the scissors, rulers, pencils, circle templates etc represented?
Technology
Resources
Money
8. Why were some countries given more equipment than others?
Because they were richer and have more technology
Because they were poorer and have more technology
Fill in the blanks or cross out the wrong answer
9. Which were the two rich countries (MEDC) in the game? ______________
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10.The rich countries could start to make paper shapes faster than the poorer
countries. This represents the real world and shows how the rich countries are
becoming richer/ poorer while the poor countries are remaining rich/poor.
11.There were some natural hazards or disasters in the game. Which countries were
worst affected by these? Rich countries/Poor countries
12.Why were the rich countries not affected by natural disasters?
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13.We have looked at Grace in Ghana, is Ghana a rich or poor country? __________
14.Trade affects people’s lives, some people live in poverty like Grace because the
country does not have the ___________________________ to make things and
trade them to become richer.
15.We also looked at Pedro’s life in Costa Rica, describe how fair trade was beginning
to help him get out of poverty
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16.80% of the world’s resources are controlled by 20% of the world’s population do
you think this is fair? ______________________
17.Who do you think should own the world’s resources?
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18.What could be done to make the world a fairer place for everyone to live in? (Be
imaginative)____________________________________________________________
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Task 2 (You could reach up to level 7 if you complete this really well)
FULL NAME:
The Trading Game
Is World Trade Fair?
Introduction – (setting the scene)
Describe how the room was arranged (how many tables, which countries were there, were
all tables the same size, how many students in each group, was it the same for each group?
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Describe how all the equipment was shared out between each table (how did the
equipment differ between countries)
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What do you think the Scissors, pencils, set squares, circle templates, rulers, and students
represented in the real world?
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What do you think the paper represented in the real world?
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What do you think the paper shapes represent? _________________________________
What did your teacher represent in the real world?_______________________________
Describe how the game was played
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Main Body of the essay – (Answering the question in the title)
Which country were you in the game? __________________________
Describe what it was like for your country once the game started? How did you feel?
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Describe how, and who you started trading with?
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How quickly could you start manufacturing paper shapes? ________________________
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Did any disagreements start between countries? Describe them
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What may these disagreements represent?
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Describe how some countries were given extra information, what did this represent?
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Did the value of the shapes manufactured always stay the same? Why / Why not?
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Did they share this information with the other countries? Why?
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Describe the natural disasters that happened
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Which countries did the natural disasters affect the most? Why? _____________________
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Did any country, or the World Bank, give aid? What did they give?
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Did the aid have ‘strings’ attached? If so what were they? ___________________________
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Did any countries set up ‘trade agreements’, borrow money or give loans? If so describe
them.
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Was the quality of the manufactured goods always the same? Why? What happened about
it? _______________________________________________________________________
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Describe how trade affected the people in different countries of the world.
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How might this affect the standard of living and quality of life in different countries?
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Conclusion
Describe in detail how the game represented real world trade.
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Describe in detail how the game was not so good at representing some aspects of the real
world. ____________________________________________________________________
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Explain whether you think world trade is fair.
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How could world trade be made fairer?
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Any other information, which may get you a higher level?
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Levels Ladder for the Trading Game:
LEVEL
YOUR WORK CONTAINS SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
4
Describe how the game was played and your part in it
Know what some of the equipment in the game represented
Use basic keywords appropriately
Give own opinions, especially in the conclusion
5
Describe in detail how the game was played and each players part in it
Know what all of the equipment in the game represented in the real world
Use keywords appropriately
Give own opinions on how well it represented the real world
6
Describe in detail how the game was played and each players part in it
Know what all of the equipment in the game represented in the real world
and Comment on how well it was represented
Explain how trade affects life in MEDCs and LEDCs
Use a wide range of keywords appropriately
Give own opinions on the game and suggest how trade could be fairer,
especially in the conclusion
7
As above plus:
Explain how decisions made in the game may cause conflict in the real world
Suggest ways the game could be made to represent the real world better
Explain the links between LEDCs and MEDCs and how this affects Standard
of living and quality of life
Student Comment and target:
Aspirational level:
Actual level:
Teacher comment and target:
Parent Comment:
LEVEL GAINED
Task 3 The Poster
The second part of the homework project:
EVERYONE MUST COMPLETE THE POSTER
You must create an A4 or A3 poster trying to persuade people to buy fair trade products. Your
poster must include the following information:
 What fair trade is.
 What are the benefits of fair trade products.
 What fair trade products people can buy and how can they tell the
products are fair trade.
The poster must be eye-catching too. There should be a balance between writing and images.
Hopefully these posters will be able to be used for display purposes.
HOMEWORK EVALUATION SHEET
NAME:
FORM:
TEACHER:
DATE:
1) Approximately how long did it take for you to complete the ‘Trading Game’ homework project? ___________________
2) Did you find this work (please tick one)
A) Very Difficult
B) Difficult
C) Neither easy nor difficult
D) Easy
E) Very Easy
3) If you had to grade this piece of work, what would you give yourself?
Standard of work (Please tick one)
Presentation and effort (Please tick one)
A) Excellent
A)Excellent
B)
Very Good
B)Very Good
C)
Good
C)Good
D) Average
D)Average
E)
E)Poor
Poor
4) Which section of this homework project do you feel you completed well, and why?
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5) If you had to complete a section of this work again which section would it be, and how would you improve it?
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