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Cacao Bars Down the River

Follow cacao beans from a valley farm through a chocolate workshop and market to a consumer.

Grade 2Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toECO.2.2

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 15 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students trace a product from a farm through a factory to a store and consumer.
  • Students identify how a factory changes a farm product into a good for sale.
  • Students use details to explain the steps in a product's journey.

How to use

Read the passage aloud or let students read it independently. Have students point to each stop in the cacao bar's journey before answering.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

ECO.2.2

Trace how a product travels from a farm or factory to a store and to the consumer.

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Cacao Bars Down the River

Trace a cacao bean from a farm to a store and a consumer.

Read the valley story

Read about how a cacao bean becomes a chocolate bar. Then answer the questions.

A Cacao Bar's River Journey

In Green Valley, where it is warm all year, Lani and her family grow cacao trees on a hillside farm. When the cacao pods are ripe, farm workers cut them from the trees. They open the pods and take out the beans. The workers spread the beans on mats in the warm sun so they can dry. After several days, the dried beans are ready to travel.

A small chocolate workshop sits near the river ferry dock. A cart carries sacks of dried beans from the farm to the workshop. There, workers roast the beans, remove the shells, and grind the beans. They mix the ground cacao with other ingredients to make chocolate. The workers pour the chocolate into molds. When the bars are firm, they wrap them and pack them in boxes.

A ferry carries the boxes down the river to Harbor Market, a store in the valley's largest town. A store worker places the bars on a shelf. Eli visits the market with his aunt, buys one bar, and eats it at home. The cacao began as a farm product, became a finished good at the workshop, and reached a consumer through the store.

1.
What is the main idea of the passage?
  • A. A ferry carries people down the river.
  • B. A family grows trees near a village.
  • C. A cacao bean becomes a good that a consumer uses.
  • D. Eli and his aunt shop at Harbor Market.
2.
Why do the farm workers spread the cacao beans on mats in the sun?
  • A. To make the beans grow into new trees
  • B. To dry the beans before they travel to the workshop
  • C. To wrap the finished chocolate bars
  • D. To keep the beans on the market shelf
3.
Word bank: dried beans · wrapped bars · cacao pods

After the farm, a cart carries sacks of   to the chocolate workshop.

4.
Circle the two details that show the workshop changes the farm product.

Workers roast the beans.Workers grind and mix the cacao.Workers grow cacao trees on a hillside.Eli eats a bar at home.

5.
Which route correctly traces the cacao bar's journey?
  • A. Market, farm, workshop, Eli's home
  • B. Farm, market, workshop, Eli's home
  • C. Workshop, farm, market, Eli's home
  • D. Farm, workshop, market, Eli's home
6.
Match each form of the product to the place or step where it belongs.
  1. Cacao pods
  2. Dried beans
  3. Wrapped chocolate bars
  4. A bar Eli buys
  1. A. Finished good at the workshop
  2. B. Farm product before the beans are removed
  3. C. Product ready for a consumer at the market
  4. D. Farm product ready to travel to the workshop

Follow each stop

Use the passage to think about what each place does and what could happen next.

7.
Why is the chocolate workshop an important stop?
  • A. It grows the cacao trees for the family.
  • B. It sells Eli a snack before the bars are made.
  • C. It changes dried beans into wrapped chocolate bars.
  • D. It carries store boxes across the ocean.
8.
Word bank: Harbor Market · the cacao farm · the chocolate workshop

After the ferry ride, the boxes arrive at  .

9.
Suppose the ferry could not carry boxes for several days. What would most likely happen first?
  • A. The cacao trees would stop growing on the farm.
  • B. Harbor Market might have fewer chocolate bars to sell.
  • C. The workshop would turn bars back into cacao pods.
  • D. Eli would move the market next to the trees.
10.
Circle the two actions that happen after the boxes reach the store.

A worker puts the bars on a shelf.Eli buys and eats a bar.Workers cut pods from trees.A cart carries beans to the workshop.

11.
How are Lani's farm and the chocolate workshop different?
  • A. The farm grows cacao, while the workshop makes chocolate bars.
  • B. The farm sells finished bars, while the workshop grows trees.
  • C. The farm carries boxes by ferry, while the workshop runs the market.
  • D. The farm buys bars for Eli, while the workshop eats them.
12.
Which detail is the best evidence that the workshop's product is ready for a store?
  • A. Workers cut ripe pods from trees.
  • B. The beans dry on mats in the sun.
  • C. A cart carries sacks from the farm.
  • D. Workers wrap firm bars and pack them in boxes.
13.
If the cart could not carry sacks from the farm, what would most likely happen at the workshop?
  • A. Workers would have fewer dried beans to roast and grind.
  • B. The market would grow cacao trees near its shelves.
  • C. Eli would receive boxes before the bars were made.
  • D. The ferry would make chocolate from empty boxes.

Explain the journey

Write complete thoughts. Use details from the passage.

14.
Explain how a cacao bean becomes a chocolate bar that Eli can use. Name the farm, workshop, store, and consumer steps.
15.
Why is Harbor Market an important stop between the workshop and Eli? Use two details from the passage.

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