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| Chocolate Badge syllabus (guide section) 1. Find out about the history of chocolate, including how it first came to this country. Act out this story with your Patrol. COMPULSORY 2. Find out about fair trade chocolate products. Compare a fair trade bar with an ordinary bar. How do they compare on price, packaging and taste? COMPULSORY 3. Do a Patrol or family survey. - Get everyone to keep a record of the chocolate they eat over a week. - How do your results compare? What conclusions can you draw? COMPULSORY Choose 2 optional clauses from: 4. Design a wrapper for a 21st Century chocolate bar. Invent its name as well as the design. Do a drawing or painting of your wrapper or make a mock chocolate bar. OPTIONAL – DO 2 5. Set up a tasting session with your Patrol to try a variety of different chocolate products, e.g. chocolate drinks, Easter eggs, chocolate mousses, chocolate biscuits. OPTIONAL – DO 3 6. Make at least two of the following using chocolate: · Ribbons · Curls · Leaves · Baskets · Writing · Boxes · Cut-outs · Ganache OPTIONAL – DO 2 7. Make up a game using chocolates and play it with your Patrol. OPTIONAL – DO 2 8. Make a selection of sweets using melted chocolate. Work out how much they cost to make and compare this with similar bought chocolates. OPTIONAL – DO 2 Chocolate badge theme - weekend programme (NB some clause numbers refer to the old syllabus!) Patrol names – chocolate companies (Cadbury, Nestle, Hershey, Divine) Leader names – chocolate bars (Fuse, Caramel, Mars etc.) Rooms etc. – countries where cocoa is produced (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nicaragua etc.) Beforehand Get everyone to keep a record of the chocolate they eat over a week. (clause 3 – compulsory) Friday night 1. Cocoa bean journey game (see below). Then find & mark the places on a map & produce a display of the journey (part of clause 2 - compulsory) 2. Make gift boxes for chocolates. (not in the badge) 3. Taste test of chocolate drinks & maybe chocolate biscuits (clause 5 - optional) Saturday morning 1. Half of unit in the kitchen making sweets & chocolate decorations (clauses 6 & 10 - optional). - Make sure some of the sweets go in last night’s gift boxes to take home! - The chocolate decorations could be used to decorate tonight’s pudding – cake, angel delight, etc. 2. Other half do fair trade activities & compare prices of fair trade chocolate to “normal”, and price of home made sweets to bought ones. (clause 10 & rest of clause 2) Saturday after lunch Chocolate bar mega wordsearch (see below – not in the badge) Saturday afternoon 1. Swap groups from morning. 2. How many calories in a chocolate bar? In patrols, plan & carry out an exercise session to burn off at least that many calories. (not in the badge) Saturday evening 1. Find out about the history of chocolate, patrols prepare a 2 minute mime / drama / sketch of part of the history for campfire tonight. (clause 1 – compulsory) See below. 2. Campfire Sunday morning 1. Compare your results from the survey you did of chocolate 2. What brands and varieties of chocolate are most popular? 3. Use the Internet or reference books to find out what are the most popular brands of chocolate in the UK. (1-3 are part of clause 3 which is compulsory) 4. In your patrols, make up & play a game using chocolates. (clause 8 – optional) History (timeline from bbc.co.uk) 600 BC Mayans drank frothy chocolate 400 AD (approx) Probable date of first cultivation of cacao, by the Mayans 900 AD (approx) The Aztecs worship their emperor Quetzalcoatl as the god of chocolate 1502 Christopher Columbus is given a gift of cocoa beans on arrival at Guanja Island 1528 Hernando Cortes brings cocoa beans back to Spain from his voyages in South America 1591 Juan de Cardenas writes concerning the effects of chocolate on health 1657 The first British chocolate factory is set up in London 1765 First manufacture of chocolate in the USA 1831 English firm Cadbury (founded 1824) begins to make chocolate 1875 Switzerland's Daniel Peter invents milk chocolate 1879 Rudolphe Lindt perfects a recipe for fondant chocolate 1894 Hershey Chocolate company founded 1920 Mars bar invented 1991 Chocolate Society founded in Britain 1996 Researchers suggest a chemical in chocolate mimics marijuana 1998 Scientists claim chocolate helps you live longer 2000 Cocoa beans combat tooth decay (but not after sugar is added to make chocolate!) 2001 Sweet tooth gene found 2003 Dark chocolate may be healthier Give patrols the list of dates & the list of events, they have to match dates to events. Patrols produce a play on part of this history. The journey of the cocoa bean 1. Cocoa beans grow on trees in warm, humid climates – within about 20 degrees north or south of the equator. The biggest producer of cocoa beans is the Ivory Coast. 2. The cocoa tree has fruit pods which measure about 20 cm long and 10 cm in diameter. Each pod contains about 20 to 40 cocoa beans. 3. Cocoa beans are harvested twice each year, generating a main harvest in the autumn and a smaller crop in the spring 4. The ripe pods are cut from the stem and branches of the tree and split open with a big knife. 5. The beans, covered in a thin layer of slimy pulp, are removed, collected into cases or heaps, and covered. They are left to ferment for 3 to 7 days. Fermentation gives the beans a dark color and pleasant aroma. 6. The beans are then dried, at which point they’re ready for transport. 7. Supply and demand for cocoa vary every year, which is why the price of cocoa is subject to considerable fluctuation. 8. The beans are sent to transhipment ports by ship, train or lorry. Amsterdam is the world’s largest transhipment port for unprocessed cocoa. 9. The beans are stored in warehouses, often in 65-kg bales, but also in bulk containers, until they are shipped for processing. 10. Cocoa liquor is the basis of all cocoa products. It is produced firstly by crushing the beans and separating the shell from the nib, or germ. 11. The nib is then dried, roasted and ground into a liquid cocoa liquor. 12. Cocoa liquor is used in its existing state, or it can pressed at extremely high pressure. Pressing separates the liquor into cocoa butter (which is mostly used as an ingredient in chocolate) and cocoa cake (which is ground finely to create cocoa powder). 13. The cocoa butter is filtered to remove remaining fine particles of solid cocoa. 14. Chocolate is made from cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and sugar. Other ingredients and flavourings may also be added depending on the end product. 15. The mixture is ground between rollers and conched. Conching is a special sort of mixing. 16. The mixture is then cooled under precise temperature control, a process called tempering. Tempering ensures the cocoa crystallizes correctly so it won’t turn white at a later stage. 17. After tempering, the chocolate can be moulded into any shape, including the drops used in many baked goods. Journey based on the Progressive Baker website Cocoa Bean Journey Game Print enough copies of the journey for one per patrol. Cut up each set to have one event on each piece of paper. Indoor version: Take 17 balloons for each patrol – ideally colour coded so that all of one patrol’s balloons are the same colour. Roll up the bits of paper & push one into each balloon, making sure each patrol gets a full set. Blow up all the balloons & scatter them around the room. On the word “go”, patrols must collect all of their balloons, burst them & collect the bits of paper. The winning patrol is the first to arrange the journey in the correct order AND have picked up all their bits of balloon. Outdoor version: Put the bits of paper into boxes or other containers, with all the “1”s in one bag, all the “2”s in the next and so on. Hide the bags around the playing area. Patrols scout about to find the bags, making sure they only take one piece of paper from each bag. (It would be helpful if the bits of paper were colour coded – red for one patrol, blue for another etc.) First patrol to collect all their pieces of paper & arrange them in order is the winner. Note: balloons shouldn’t be used outdoors unless you are VERY careful to clear up – bits of balloon are not biodegradable, and can suffocate animals who try to eat them. Optional extras: · Once they have the whole story, get each patrol to do a poster or display of the journey, with illustrations as far as possible. · Find the Ivory Coast &/or the zone within 20 degrees of the equator on a world map. · Then find Amsterdam, then Birmingham (home of Cadbury), then your home city. How far is the whole journey? · How heavy is a 65kg bale? Weigh out 65kg & get groups to try lifting it. 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So how much exercise do you need to take to burn it off? If there are 300 calories, then you could · run quite fast for a whole half hour, or · walk briskly for 45 minutes, or · skip quickly (without a break) for half an hour to burn it off. Remember this is on top of whatever exercise you would be getting anyway! Fair Trade info What is fair trade? Traidcraft’s version: Fair Trade differs from standard trade in five principal ways. As an organisation committed to fair trade, Traidcraft: 1. focuses on trading with poor and marginalized producer groups, helping them develop skills and sustainable livelihoods through our trading relationship 2. pays fair prices that cover the full cost of production and enable a living wage and other fair rewards to be earned by producers 3. provides credit when needed to allow orders to be fulfilled and pays premiums to be used to provide further benefits to producer communities 4. encourages the fair treatment of all workers, ensuring good conditions in the workplace and throughout the supply chain 5. aims to build up long-term relationships, rather than looking for short-term commercial advantage Did you know that other fair trade products include… · Bananas· Citrus· Coffee· Tea · Mangoes· Sugar· Fruit juice· Honey · Cocoa· Roses· Footballs· Wine Which companies produce fair trade chocolate? · The Day Chocolate Company produces Divine, Darkly Divine, White Divine, Orange, Coffee and Hazelnut flavour Milk Divine, Drinking Chocolate, Cocoa, Divine Delights and Dubble · Co-op also makes Divine Milk Chocolate and Crispy White Chocolate · Green & Black Milk Chocolate and Maya Gold chocolate, both organic, are available in most major supermarkets and health food stores. · Oxfam makes Masca organic Cappuccino, Milk, Orange Milk, and Plain chocolates. · Traidcraft also has a fair trade chocolate bar range, including organic Milk, Plain, Cappuccino, and Praline chocolate. Costs Example prices below are taken from Tesco.com in November 2004 & ignore special offers. Big Bars: · Day Chocolate Co. Divine Milk Chocolate Bar 100g – 99p [99p per 100g] · Cadburys Dairy Milk 200g £1.04 [52p per 100g] · Galaxy Milk Chocolate 150g £0.68 [45p per 100g] · Kinnerton Dairy Free Chocolate 100g £1.09 [109p per 100g] Individual bars: · Comic Relief Dubble Fairtrade Chocolate Bar 40g £0.35 [88p per 100g] · Tesco Fairtrade Milk Chocolate 45g £0.59 [131p per 100g] · Cadburys Whole Nut 49g £0.49 [100p per 100g] Fair Trade activities · Split the bar: how much goes to the growers, wholesalers, retailers etc. In “Go For It Chocolate” · Taste test: try a blindfold taste test of fair trade & other brands of chocolate. Which do you like best? Can you recognise the different brands? · The paper bag game: groups make paper bags & sell them to make money. Available from Christian Aid. Playing time is approximately 45 minutes; for six players or more; age nine and above; P7 £3.99 (price correct at November 2004) · The Chocolate Trade Game: ages 9-13, the teaching resource looks at the experiences of Ghanaian cocoa farmers in the cocoa trading chain, £3.50 from Christian Aid. · The “On the Line” activity pack has some fair trade activities. It can be downloaded from http://www.girlguiding.org.uk · If you have computer access, try the “Frank Does Fair Trade” activity from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/citizenx/teachers/global/using_animation_1.shtml · Lots of activities from http://www.bafts.org.uk/aboutBafts/aboutBafts.htm General trading activities · The Peanut Butter Sandwich Dilemma: girls experience the difficulties encountered by countries in providing food and revenue for their people with the resources at hand http://scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/SubPages/PBSandDilm.htm · Get hold of some cheap torches which come apart – one per patrol. Split them into their component parts, and give each patrol all of one part (eg. all the bulbs), and a couple of sweets. Set a time limit, and the girls must trade between themselves to put together a whole torch. They can do what they like with the sweets – some may realise that they are useful to trade, others may just eat them & use up their extra resource. World fairness activities · Use the “Global Village” reading in a Guides Own or reflections session. (on guidinguk.com) · Fair shares game – guidinguk.com · At snack time, give out cards at random. Two thirds say “you live in a poor country, so you only get a plain biscuit & a glass of water”, the rest say “you are lucky enough to live in a rich country, so you get lots of chocolate biscuits and fizzy juice”. Share out the food as it says on the cards. Afterwards, discuss the parallels with the real world. Ask if any of the “rich” girls thought to share their food with the “poor”. Note: The Ivory Coast has a GDP per capita of $1,400, Ghana $2,200 and Nicaragua $2,300. This compares with the UK’s $27,700, USA’s $37,800 and Japan’s $28,200. Other chocolate themed activities · Traditions like chocolate Easter eggs… make or decorate chocolate eggs, activities with real eggs like egg rolling, throwing, blowing & decorating. · Produce an advert for an imaginary or real chocolate bar (tv, radio or print) · Nutrition quiz: how many bars of chocolate would you need to eat to replace the calcium of 1 glass of milk? Put enlarged nutrition labels around the hall / field. Set quiz which can be answered by info on labels. Shout question, first patrol to bring correct answer gets a point. · Chocolate bar names quiz (from guidinguk.com) · Identify the bar from it’s description (crisp biscuit coated with…) or it’s label with name removed or changed. · Alternatives to a chocolate bar for a snack – fruit, biscuits, cake, nuts, etc. Compare nutrition, cost, etc. · Make up, practice and perform a play entitled “Death by chocolate” · Leader reads a story which mentions (out of context) lots of names of chocolate bars. Points for how many they spot, or a point for whoever runs up first each time etc. Eg. “I whispered to my friend… we’d better change the fuse” · Make a toy safe for your chocolate! · Get chocolate coins & use them as medals for a chocolate Olympics – twirling, whispering… · Star spotting – milky way, mars, galaxy · M&Ms ice breaker games · Roses: make paper or fantasy film roses · Try some “black magic” · Bounty: treasure hunt, using map of treasure island · Buttons: practice sewing on a button! · Picnic: hold a picnic · Snickers used to be called Marathon: hold a mini marathon. · Celebrations: hold a party to celebrate something – maybe a festival from another culture. · Name the major (UK) chocolate manufacturers. What else do they make? What other brands do they own? What are the companies worth? · Fair trade game · Trading game · Make as many words as you can from the letters in CHOCOLATE · Patrol competition: how many products can you think of which can include chocolate? (eg. milkshake, cake, biscuits etc.) · Activities about eating disorders or healthy teeth · Chocolate cravings may be a symptom of addiction: addiction stuff?? · Chocolat: the film? · Identify chocolate bars by touch… in cold areas only! · Relative importance of things you have: family, home, education, chocolate (!) · Ivory Coast is the biggest cocoa-producing country, do some activities relating to there. · The Mayans and the Aztecs were some of the earliest fans of chocolate… use this for activities? · Cocoa is a traded commodity on the big stock exchanges like New York and London: stock exchange game. · The Cadbury company built a whole town (Bourneville) for it’s employees. Design a town, with houses, parks, a factory, offices, shops, leisure facilities and a transport network. · Guess what ingredients go into a bar of chocolate. Check your answers – are you right? Oddments http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/chocolate/ Includes history, timeline & some of the science behind chocolate. “Cadbury's 'Dairy Milk', first developed in 1905, is the UK's most popular chocolate bar. Milk chocolate is now the world's best-selling variety.” Cadbury’s “Although the 67-year-old snack is still Britain's best-selling chocolate bar, with 47 eaten every second, Kit Kat sales dropped by more than nine per cent last year to £95.2 million. Sales of Kit Kat Chunky have plummeted 18 per cent to £50.5 million.” The Telegraph “The UK confectionery market is worth over £5 billion per annum and is highly competitive” http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/case_study.php?cID=7&csID=92 Personal story of a cocoa farm http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_304/ai_30042303 http://www.divinechocolate.com/bean_lng.htm Fair trade chocolate site for kids: http://www.dubble.co.uk/ UK Annual chocolate sales (2003) Numbers are from the Office of National Statistics website 2000 2001 2002 2003 Chocolate bars (not filled or with added cereal, fruit or nuts) £323 million86,282 tons £334 million89,720 tons £374 million96,740 tons £422 million108,908 tons Chocolate bars with added cereal, fruit or nuts £161 million45,349 tons £161 million43,940 tons £157 million43,756 tons £149 million40,226 tons White chocolate £69 million18,094 tons £70 million13,132 tons £81 million19,781 tons £86 million23,961 tons Chocolates (excluding those containing alcohol) £374 million76,143 tons £392 million73,361 tons £413 million76,600 tons £410 million70,217 tons Total £927 million 225,868 tons £957 million220,153 tons £1,025 million236,877 tons £1,067 million243,312 tons UK population 58.8 million 59.1 million 59.2 million 59.6 million So for example, in 2003 the average UK resident spent £17.90 on chocolate, and ate 4 kilograms of it. |
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