Unit
Topic
Theme

Region
Length

Goals

1.

3.

Skills

Empowering Global Citizens

3.3

Let’s Make Our Own Chocolate

ICC: interpersonal (one’s own identity and culture and oth—
ers’ identities and cultures); work and mind habits: innova—
tion and creativity; geography; and economics

Any/ all

Four weeks

and Objectives

Learn about some of the decisions involved in establishing a busi—
ness and about how distance and geography play a role in value—
addition processes.

Inspire students to learn more about these underlying interdepen—
dencies and about how different pieces of information are required
to understand product markets in a holistic way.

Act by describing Where to get the main raw ingredient from and
plot on a map the locations of the countries that grow it and their
target—market countries.

and Knowledge

Students will describe some of the important pieces of information
that they need before they can create a product.

Students will understand the concepts of export, import, markups,
different modes of transportation, and distance as it relates to man—
ufacturing decisions.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the use of budgets
and the ability to stick to one while planning a trip.

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