[WSCSS] Free Classroom Materials + Training from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

[Steven.Fisher at sf.frb.org]

The International Economic Summit (IES) 

Upcoming Training Opportunity in Seattle, January 9-10, 2008
(Exact training location TBD)

The International Economic Summit (IES) is a world trade simulation that 
teaches fundamental economic concepts within the context of international 
trade. The program challenges high school students to think critically 
about the costs and benefits of trade while exploring the concept of 
globalization. IES is a standards-based instructional unit that includes 
13 individual lesson plans, providing flexible classroom implementation by 
easily flowing into an existing course of study or as a stand-alone unit. 
By utilizing an experience-based learning model, it provides students with 
a solid foundation in economic fundamentals and incorporates a method for 
active-learning that is fun as well as challenging. Over the course of the 
curriculum, students form teams, adopt a country, and take on the role of 
Economic Advisors. Each team conducts extensive research on ?their? 
country in order to generate a strategic plan to improve living standards. 
The culminating activity is a six-hour, real time global trade simulation 
where student teams competitively implement their strategic plans in the 
simulated global marketplace.

The FRBSF is committed to providing the following materials and services 
to teachers at no charge: 
Teacher Professional Development - Two days covering the use of 
standards-based economic concepts imbedded in the project, the 
instructional materials and the Summit Web site, and the experience-based 
learning cycle. 
Instructional materials including the Teacher Handbook, a Mini-Summit Kit 
for running a classroom simulation, and a classroom set of students 
workbooks called Players' Guides. 
Mini Summit implementation support. 


12th District Teacher Training Schedule
November 2007
January 2008
March 2008
May 2008
□ Orange County, CA: 1-2
□ Seattle, WA: 9-10
□ Honolulu, HI: 27-28
□ Fresno, CA: 29-30
□ San Francisco, CA: 5-6
□ San Diego, CA: 15-16



□ Tucson, AZ: 22-23



□ Phoenix, AZ: 25-26


June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
November 2008
□ San Francisco, CA: 16-17
□ Salt Lake City, UT: 29-30
□ Sacramento, CA: 11-12
□ San Francisco, CA: 3-4
□ Anchorage, AK: 17-18

□ Los Angeles, CA: 14-15
□ Spokane, WA: 4-5
□ San Bernardino, CA: 19-20


□ Orange County, CA: 6-7
□ Portland, OR: 24-25





ABC 7 News Team Reports on a Recent Summit Event in San Francisco. View 
Video Footage: http://www.frbsf.org/education/teachers/ies/events.cfm
To Register for this FREE Program, Complete the Sign-Up Form: 
http://www.frbsf.org/education/teachers/ies/events_trainings.cfm
For questions regarding the curriculum and simulation, contact:

Steven Fisher
Regional Program Manager, Economic Education
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle
1015 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA. 98124
Telephone: (206) 343-3747
Fax: (206) 343-3806
http://frbsf.org/education/

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