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The Henry George School
features a number of classes designed to equip the student
with a rigorous understanding of economic principles. Graduates
of our courses can expect to own clarity and confidence in
social justice discussion, and will discover cause for further
personal growth.
All classes are discussion
seminar-style for adults 17 years and up.
Reading required. No tests.
Fundamentals of Economics (10
week class)
This is our introductory class. It
deals with the fundamental principals of political economy.
It discusses the causes for poverty, unemployment, homelessness,
business cycles and other socioeconomic issues. The course
describes in detail the factors that make an economy work,
and it is equally engaging for those with, as well as for
those without a background in acedemic economics.
Next session begins Tuesday, September 6, 2006
Meets Tuesday nights, 7-9 pm for ten
weeks
Location: Clipper Conference Room on the
Mezzanine level of the Chancellor Hotel on Union
Square at 433 Powell Street.
Tuition free
Course materials
$25
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Online
(10 week
class)
This class gives students the opportunity
to explore the root issues beneath Free Trade, Immigration,
Public Revenue, Unemployment/employment, Housing, etc.
Next session: TBA
Tuition free
Course materials $25
Apply
Online
(6 week class)
This class equips students with a fundamental
understanding of economic principles. This knowledge can be
immediately applied in analyzing topical issues. The class
includes lots of discussion, some hands-on tutorials, and
approximately two hundred-odd pages of reading.
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Economics
Next session: TBA
Tuition free
Course materials $25
Apply
Online
(6 week class)
We'll read Social Problems, a collection
of provocative, pungent, relevant essays by Henry George.
For teachers, the reading illuminates a powerful approach
to teaching K-12 social studies. For other adults, this discussion
format reading group will knock your assumptions about who
and what is wrong with society right on their kiesters!
Next session: TBA
Location: TBA
Tuition
free and $10 for the textbook
Apply
Online
Classroom teachers (K-12) and administrators are invited
to contact us about inservices, lesson plans, and special
programs we've developed to help convey fundamental economic
concepts to students.
We offer:
- An on-site two hour inservice demonstrating ways existing
curriculum can be translated by the teacher into embedded
economic lessons covering supply and demand, wages/interest/rent,
labor/capital/rent, scarcity, opportunity cost, and efficiency.
Good for all grade levels.
- A 15 lesson curriculum introducing the concepts listed
above. Good for third grade and up.
- An actor presenting the historic story of Kate Kennedy,
a San Francisco school teacher who moonlighted as an economics
lecturer and set the legal precedent for equal pay for
women in the United States. Kennedy also secured tenure
and other professional rights for teachers. This assembly
program costs $125 for two 30 minute programs, suitable
grades 3-12.
- Another actor presenting the historic figure of Henry
George, a San Francisco economist and social philosopher.
This program introduces students and teachers alike to
fundamental economic concepts and their relevancy to daily
life. This program costs $125 for three hours of on-site,
in-the-classroom presentation.
Please email
us to enroll or ask questions.
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