Choice for everyone with chocolate

🍫1. Find out the production and distribution process of chocolate

✅Making TikTok’s viral Dubai chocolate at home won’t be easy. Here’s what you need to get right | CNN

Have you ever heard of the Dubai chocolate that was in trend recently? Aren't you curious about how chocolate is made?

This time, we're going to learn about the production and distribution process of chocolate.

✅https://www.educationworld.com/blog/national-chocoate-day-october-28th-fun-facts-about-chocolate

We are going to learn how our favorite chocolate is made. Chocolate is not just a product in supermarkets, but it starts with a fruit called cacao. Did you know that?

Let's take a look at the process leading up to the creation of chocolate. Let's take a closer look at how the cacao beans are harvested and made into chocolate through fermentation and drying.

Let's watch a video of the chocolate production process. Watch the video to see how the cacao beans come to us as chocolate.

❓Watch the video and fill in the blank.

✅The Process Of Making Chocolate

[chocolate production process]

Step1._____________________________________________________________

Step2._____________________________________________________________

Step3._____________________________________________________________

✅https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl408g61ylo

Looking at the procedure, do you think the price is reasonable? Think about it.

❓Let's talk about which process you think is the most important.

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So in summary, we found that it takes a lot of process and a lot of effort for chocolate to get into our hands. In the next session, we're going to look at one of the problems that's going on in the process. 

🍫2. child labor

❓OX Quiz

Only adult work at farm

[ O / X ]

❓Why children have to work at farm, do not go to school?

Fill in the blank.

_________________________________________________

✅Child Labor Robs Children of Their Future

❓Watch the video and fill in the blank.

Write down what did you feel.

_____________________________________________________________________________

❓Discuss with your group member and find out 3 solution to solve the problem.

✅ Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry - Food Empowerment Project

Refer to the article

Solution1.  _______________________________________________

Solution 2. _______________________________________________

Solution 3. _______________________________________________

✅Chocolate - Fairtrade

Let's read the related article

🍫3. environmental pollution in the cultivation process

Before we enjoy delicious chocolate, let’s learn about some problems that happen while making it. The main ingredient in chocolate is cocoa, which comes from cocoa trees. These trees are usually grown in the shade of tropical forests. But today, many farmers cut down large parts of the forest to grow more cocoa in open fields. This is called monoculture farming. It creates big problems for the environment.

Let’s learn about monoculture farming.

✅  Sustainable Cacao Farming: Practices & The Importance of Biodiversity in Cacao Cultivation - Part I | Rococo Chocolates

❓ What problems does it cause?

❓ What did you learn?

Chocolate and the Environment

Chocolate production can harm the planet. Let’s explore the environmental issues.

✅ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/deforestation/

✅ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlnoxgqEWo

✅ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x8IuJlcXTk

❓ What problems does it cause?

❓ What did you learn?

Let's summarize what we learned and felt from today's class. And let's talk about today's class with our friends.

🍫4. environmental pollution in the distribution process

In the last session, we learned about the environmental problems caused by growing cacao trees for chocolate. Now, let’s look at the pollution caused during the chocolate-making process. Making chocolate doesn’t stop with just cacao fruits. There are many steps, and each step can harm the environment. Understanding this helps us think more about how we eat chocolate.

Chocolate and the Environment

✅ The Environmental Impact of Chocolate and Coffee — The Future of Coffee and Chocolate | California Cultured

❓ How much water is used to make chocolate?

❓ How much carbon dioxide is released before we eat chocolate?

✅ CO₂ emissions - Our World in Data

❓ How much carbon dioxide is created?

❓ How is it different from what you expected?

✅ Climate Science in a Nutshell #4: Too Much Carbon Dioxide

❓ How does carbon dioxide harm our planet?

❓ What did you feel after watching the video?

Chocolate Journey Map

To better understand the process of making chocolate, let’s look at each step:

1. Cacao Farming: Farmers plant, care for, and harvest cacao fruits.

2. Fermentation and Drying: Cacao beans are processed to decide the chocolate’s taste and quality.

3. Processing: Cacao is turned into cocoa mass in factories.

4. Packaging and Transportation: Chocolate is packed and sent to stores.

5. Buying and Eating: Finally, people buy and enjoy chocolate!

Now, let’s make a Chocolate Journey Map! Use a tool like Canva to design your map. You can use the example provided as inspiration

(example)

(Link connection address)

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGXH99Ctp0/fJKRMzH45PHmknGlm8Gs0A/edit?ut…

🍫5. What chocolate should I eat? (Which product should I choose?)

So far, we've learned about the process of making chocolate and the problems that arise in the process of making chocolate (child labor, environmental pollution).

Here are four chocolates. You have 7,000 won. When you want to buy chocolate with 7,000 won, which chocolate will you choose?

So, what choice should we make?

Read the explanation about the chocolate and think about which chocolate you want to choose.

1. A Chocolate🍫

✅ https://youtu.be/AfOIcpTRv04?si=tRpESnveJEBZupQM 

✅ https://www.ferrerorocher.com/int/en/ 

2. B Chocolate🍫

✅ https://uk.altereco.com/ 

✅ https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/buying-fairtrade/chocolate/ 

3. C Chocolate🍫

✅https://lowpricefoods.com/collections/chocolate?srsltid=AfmBOoq-WH7SePmaQC_syKMLqjxlQakynhazZhOko7SZ0G7kYvdHvq5u 

4. D Chocolate🍫

✅ https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/the-power-of-forest-friendly-chocolate 

✅https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/spring-2017/articles/bittersweet-chocolate-s-impact-on-the-environment 

❓ which chocolate will you choose?

❓ Why did you think so?

Q. Which chocolate did you choose? Let's explain why you chose it.

'I chose (          ) chocolate because (                                                   ) is the reason.'

What is the choice for everyone? Shall we buy chocolate directly?

✅ https://youtu.be/TafvHxXFzUM?si=Fz5pKua8WBh-ozwR 

❓What are the rights I can enjoy and the responsibilities I should consider?

What should I consider when I do consumption activities like chocolate in the future?

So far, we've looked at the process of chocolate being made and coming into our hands. And we've been thinking about choices for everyone. Let's continue to be selective and think about the right consumption!