Issues of International Trade

One Day Workshop - Middle/High School Teachers Friday, December 7, 2012

Sweatshops, child labor, tarriffs, foreign currency . . . Not sure how to broach these topics with your students?

We'll show you how, and show you how to meet the state standards in Economics for your grade level while doing it! This workshop offers engaging examples and Standards-based classroom activities that help students build a foundation for their opinions on international economic topics and current events.

Space is limited! Sign up now!

Trade issues occasionally dominate and are a continuing theme of the international scene: the global market, sweatshops, child labor, trade deficits, the euro, sanctions, tariffs, embargoes, and the EU, NAFTA, WTO – the seemingly endless alphabet of interest groups, treaties, organizations, and trade agreements. As a classroom topic, international trade has the great advantage of providing ready-made material for teachers wanting to engage student interest in current events. On the other hand, the complexity of the issues surrounding trade is daunting. While economic reasoning doesn’t guarantee resolution of the issues, it is a powerful tool of critical thinking that brings clarity to the discussion of current events. The ability to determine comparative advantage through opportunity cost, the ability to identify incentives and predict resulting behavior, and the ability to use supply and demand analysis of particular labor and resource markets, help students to set aside the emotion of international trade issues and cut through the rhetoric of media reports.

This program is offered in partnership with the Foundation for Teaching Economics.

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What you receive

Certificate for 6.5 hours of professional development time

Lunch and continental breakfast

Activity-based lesson demonstrations

Space is limited!

$25 refundable deposit required to hold your seat.