The Center for the American Idea presents...

A FREE workshop (Presentations and classroom simulations)for Economics, Geography and other Social Studies Teachers.

Topics:
• Development as Freedom and the Mystery of Capital

• Geography, Trade, and World History: The Debate Over     Geography in the Rise of the Western World

• Invisible Hand vs. Invisible Foot: The Problems of Price Controls    and Shortages

• "Only God Can Know Russia: Problems with Planning versus     Markets"

• Economics in One Lesson

Speakers
Burton Folsom, Jr. is Historian in Residence at the Center for the American Idea. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught American History at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Nebraska, Northwood University, Hillsdale College, and Murray State University, where he was tenured full professor. Also he is the editor of Continuity: A Journal of History. He is the author of The Myth of the Robber Barons, Empire Builders, and Urban Capitalists, among other books.

Gabriella Megyesi is the Paul Heyne Fellow in Economic Education at the Foundation for Economic Education and is available for teacher training programs and guest talks to students in America. Gabriella Megyesi teaches economics at the Britannica International School in Budapest, Hungary and formerly taught economics (in English) at Alternaltív Kôzgazdásgi Gimnázium, a private school in Budapest. She developed many of the classroom lesson plans that accompany articles in FEE's monthly magazine, Ideas on Liberty.

Greg Rehmke is director of speech and debate programs at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Washington and has lectured and published widely on public policy issues. Mr. Rehmke is editor of The Free Speaker, a publication for high school speech and debate students and manages the Foundation for Economic Education's website for speech and debate students, www.FreeSpeaker.org.

Important Details:
There is no charge to attend American Idea Workshops.

Continental breakfast and lunch included.

TEKS information and useful handouts on subjects presented will be available.

Books will be available for purchase at reduced cost. MasterCard, Visa, Cash & Checks accepted.