Special Activities
FPRI’s special educational programs have included the following:
- a day-long conference for 100 teachers on “China: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” offering participants a special tour of the Franklin Institute’s exhibition on Ancient Chinese Arts and Crafts
- a series of lectures in cooperation with the School District of Philadelphia for Social Studies Department Heads and in-service programs for Wissahickon School District
- lectures on the premises of La Salle College High School, Saint Hubert Catholic High School, Germantown Academy, and Cherry Hill High School West (occasionally, we’ve hosted entire classes from Lower Merion High School and Neshaminy High School)
- development of curriculum/resource packets containing lesson plans on topics in world affairs.
- internships for students at Akiba Hebrew Academy, The Shipley School, Olney High School, GermantownAcademy, Bodine High School, St. Joseph’s Academy
- a half-day conference on Ethnic Conflict, supported by Howard and Foulie Perlmutter
- a conference on the U.S. and the Middle East, supported by contributions from the Newell DeValpine Foundation, Leonard Barrack, Robert A. Fox, Bruce H. Hooper, Murray Shusterman, Terry & Anita Steen
- a teach-in on U.S. Policy Toward Russia, the 1998-99 National High School Debate Topic, co-sponsored by La Salle College High School
- a weekend history institute on Teaching World Religions
For more information, please e-mail fpri@fpri.org.
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