Is Chocolate Good Côte d'ivoire?

Is Chocolate Good Côte d'ivoire?

By Clint Correll

Hook Exercise: Making Global Connections

Directions: Even the simplest action can start a chain of events that spreads across the world.

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I buy a T-shirt. → The store makes money to pay its employees and the T-shirt company. → The  T-shirt company buys more cloth. → Cloth makers buy cotton from farmers in Egypt. → Egyptian  farmers can pay for food and shelter. 

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Much of the world’s cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate—is grown in West Africa. That cocoa  is then sold to chocolate manufacturers, many of which are located in Europe. 

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Discuss the following questions with a partner. For each question, draw a chain of events showing possible global connections. Remember to draw arrows between steps.

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1. If you buy a chocolate bar, how might that affect chocolate makers in Europe?

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2. If you buy a chocolate bar, how might that affect cocoa farmers in West Africa?

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3. If you buy a chocolate bar, how might that affect children in West Africa?

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4. If you buy a chocolate bar, how might that affect the environment in West Africa?

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1. Why is chocolate an important product?

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2. Why is cocoa grown only in certain parts of the world?

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3. What is the historical relationship between Côte d’Ivoire and France?

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4. Why is chocolate important to Côte d’Ivoire?

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5. What current challenges does Côte d’Ivoire face?

Define these terms: Please use the background essay to define the terms.

Cocoa

Colonies

Cash Crops

Export

Domestic Markets

Commodities​

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Cocoa:

Colonies:

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Export:

Domestic Markets:

Commodities:

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1.  Which country consumes the most chocolate?

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2.  Assume that the people of the United States consumed chocolate only in the form of chocolate 

bars. Approximately how many chocolate bars would be consumed per capita in the United  States each year?

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3.  On which continents are people eating the most chocolate? Which continents are not represented 

on this graph?

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4.  Based on the graph, does there appear to be high or low global demand for chocolate? Explain 

your reasoning.

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5.  How can this document help answer the question, is chocolate good for Côte d’Ivoire?

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1.  What is GDP? What was Côte d’Ivoire’s GDP in 2014?

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2.  Based on its GDP, is Côte d’Ivoire a rich country or a poor country? Explain your reasoning.

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3.  What percentage of Côte d’Ivoire’s exports is related to cocoa farming?

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4.  What percentage of Côte d’Ivoire’s GDP depends on the export of cocoa beans? Does this seem like a 

high percentage or a low percentage to you? Explain your reasoning. (Hint: Divide the value of the cocoa  bean exports by Côte d’Ivoire’s total GDP and then multiply by 100.)

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5.  What might happen to Côte d’Ivoire if it stopped producing cocoa? Explain your reasoning.

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1. What percentage of the value of a chocolate bar goes to growers and workers? Who gets the 

greatest percentage of the value of a chocolate bar?

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2. What percentage of the value of a chocolate bar stays in Côte d’Ivoire? What percentage goes to 

other countries?

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3. Where do most of the steps of making a chocolate bar happen? Explain your reasoning.

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4. How might Côte d’Ivoire earn a greater percentage of the value of a chocolate bar? Explain your 

reasoning.

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5. How does this document help answer the question, is chocolate good for Côte d’Ivoire?

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1. What changes have occurred in Ivory Coast’s forests in the last ten years?

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2. What caused these changes?

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3. What is being done to help restore Ivory Coast’s forests and primate populations?

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4. Is cocoa good for the environment of Côte d’Ivoire? Explain your reasoning.

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1. Why do children work on cocoa farms?

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2. Why is working on a cocoa farm hazardous for child workers?

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3. Who benefits from child labor on cocoa farms? Explain your reasoning.

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4. How does this document help answer the question, is chocolate good for Côte d’Ivoire?

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1.  Describe the typical cocoa grower in Côte d’Ivoire.

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2.  How important is money made by cocoa farming to the farmers and their families? Explain your 

reasoning.

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3.  Why do cocoa farmers often use outdated farming methods?

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4.  How might fair-trade chocolate improve life in Côte d’Ivoire?

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5.  Is chocolate good for farmers in Côte d’Ivoire? Explain your reasoning.