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Let Curiosity Be Your Compass

Dinner & Scholarship Recipient Exhibition

Enjoy a delicious meal while viewing portraits and essays created by scholarship recipients in a gallery-style exhibit. The event culminates in the recognition of the best essays.

Day 2 Opening Remarks by Hannah Frankman

Individual Rights Explained

It’s important to know your rights—and the rights of others. But what are rights and why do they matter? Dan Sanchez explains.

Dystopian Fiction: Worlds without Rights

Angel Walker-Werth explores Lois Lowry’s award-winning young-adult novel The Giver and other works of dystopian fiction to show how life without rights would be a totalitarian nightmare. 

Snack Break

Learning to Speak and Speaking to Learn 

Lola Allgyer shows students how to draft a “key word outline” and use it to study and speak about new ideas.

(Breakout) Reading and Speaking about Rights

Students use the key word outline method on passages by Ayn Rand to study and speak about rights with help from Hannah Frankman and Lola Allgyer.

What “Rights” Are Wrongs?

Do people have rights to healthcare? To education? To broadband internet? Do songwriters own their songs? These questions and more are discussed by a panel moderated by Hannah Frankman and including Dan Sanchez, Angel Walker-Werth, Thomas Walker-Werth, and Jon Hersey.

Lunch

Limited Government Explained

What is the job of government and what is none of its business? Dan Sanchez explains what the American founders believed.

Should Space Be the Government’s Domain?

Do we need NASA? Or should we let entrepreneurs like Elon Musk take us to Mars and beyond? Thomas Walker-Werth applies the concept of “limited to government” to these questions.

Learning to Write and Writing to Learn:

Lola Allgyer shows students how to use the key word outline method to study and write about new ideas.

(Breakout) Reading and Writing about Limited Government

Students use the key word outline method and passages by Ayn Rand to study and write about limited government with help from Hannah Frankman and Lola Allgyer.

(Breakout) What Is Government Good For?

Students share and elaborate their thoughts and opinions about the role of government in Socratic group discussions moderated by Hannah Frankman, Lola Allgyer, Dan Sanchez, and Maggie Anders.

Snack Break

What Is the Freedom Philosophy?:

Lawrence Reed introduces students to the broader philosophy that encompasses the concepts of “individual rights” and “limited government” and invites them to learn more about liberty.

Students get ready for dinner

Reception

Dinner | Music and Freedom

Jon Hersey explains why freedom is essential for music and the arts in general.

Social

Breakfast

Closing Ceremony

Diogo Costa announces student awards and invites students to learn more with FEE.

Go Forth and Explore:

A talk by Hannah Frankman

Hotel Check-Out

Educator's Breakfast with the Foundation for Economic Education’s Curriculum Team.  

Embark on a morning of enlightenment and connection at the Educator's Breakfast. Engage in vibrant discussions with fellow educators and our curriculum experts, exploring innovative strategies and tools designed to elevate your teaching practice. Join us as we navigate through a wealth of pedagogical insights and practical resources available at teachers.fee.org, tailored to enrich your curriculum and inspire your students.

Educator's tour of National Center for Civil & Human Rights in Atlanta.

Join us for an exclusive educational journey at the National Center for Civil & Human Rights in Atlanta—a captivating experience designed specifically for educators. As a highlight of our conference, teachers serving as chaperones are granted the special opportunity to step beyond the conference boundaries and immerse themselves in a globally recognized beacon of knowledge and inspiration. This museum, celebrated for its profound impact, offers not just a tour, but a treasure trove of lesson ideas and resources tailored for the curious minds of educators. Engage in meaningful discussions, explore innovative approaches to teaching, and leave equipped with fresh insights to illuminate the principles of human and individual rights in your classrooms.