How can today’s youth become more financially literate? The Independent School will provide a three-day workshop next week for teachers, students, and others interested in learning about economics, history and geography. For those unable to attend the full seminar, AFPF-Kansas will focus the next Wichita chapter meeting on the topic. You’ll find details for both sessions below!

Free the World Seminar 2010

After decades of prosperity in the U.S., Europe and Japan, why are so many people in Latin America and Africa still poor? What lessons can students learn from recent rapid economic growth in China and India? Can U.S. firms and workers compete with low-wage workers in China, India and other countries?

Sessions apply economic principles to current events and international issues, and are designed for economics, geography, and other social studies teachers. Presentations will include video clips, handouts, lesson plans and active-learning situations. Teachers attending receive free lesson plans and educational videos from various education organizations.

The workshops will break from noon to 1 p.m. each day; lunch is not provided. There is limited space for the seminar. Register and reserve your spot with Summer Adventures in Learning Director Khristi Bates.

(Learn more about the Free the World Seminar here.)

Wichita Area Chapter Meeting

AFPF-Kansas is pleased to offer an evening class for those who are unable to attend the Free the World Seminar 2010. Gabriella Megyesi and Gregory Rehmke will present “Applying Economic Principles to Current Events and International Issues” at the next Wichita area chapter meeting, July 27 in Wichita.

For information on this seminar or the “Free the World Seminar 2010,” please contact Wichita AFPF volunteer coordinator John Todd or AFPF field director Susan Estes.

Learn more about the speakers:

• Gabriella Megyesi taught economics at the Britannica International School in Budapest, Hungary, and earlier taught economics (in English) at Alternaltív Kôzgazdásgi Gimnázium, a Hungary’s first private school after the fall of communism. She currently develops course materials on economics and entrepreneurship, as well as speaking for Economic Thinking and the Foundation for Teaching Economics seminars.

• Gregory Rehmke directs programs for Economic Thinking and lectures at seminars for the Foundation for Economic Education, the Independent Institute, and the Institute for Economic Studies-Europe. He is coauthor of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Global Economics.

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