Fraser Institute publications that are helpful for students and teachers:
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for the Classroom
The curriculum is a collection of six lessons exploring the issue of global warming, and challenging students to think objectively about this and other issues. The lessons begin with an introduction of the scientific method, helping students understand the fundamentals of science and research. They examine the potential drivers of climate change and critically evaluate the data typically presented to students. The carbon cycle and historic climate on earth are demonstrated. Importantly, it provides students with the tools to interpret charts and the underlying data.
The Economic Freedom Map: Charting a Path to Prosperity
This set of six lesson plans accompanies the Economic Freedom of the World wall map. Together, the materials can be used to teach students about the principles of economic freedom and its relation to global prosperity. It is intended for use in high school economics courses, as well as other courses to which economic reasoning may be applied.
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Economic Freedom of the World: 2008 Annual Report
By James Gwartney and Robert Lawson
The work of the Economic Freedom of the world was developed by Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman and Michael Walker through a series of conferences hosted from 1986 to 1994. The challenge was to prove Milton Friedman’s assertion that economically free nations produce better lives for their citizens. Eventually this resulted in the first report on worldwide economic freedom.
Since then the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World index has become a key research tool, used around the world to investigate the impact of economic freedom. From Albania to Zimbabwe, this book contains a wealth of statistics and trends from over 141 countries, useful for classroom discussions in economics, geography or social studies. You can assign each of your students a nation to study and have them compare their data with their classmates. For more advanced grade levels, use this book to discuss issues like: Why are some countries rich while others are poor? How does economic freedom relate to political freedom? What are the best ways to spread freedoms throughout the globe?
Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children about the Environment
(Canadian Edition)
Michael Sanera and Jane S. Shaw
Adapted for Canadian readers by Liv Fredricksen and Laura Jones
How can parents help their children reach informed and balanced opinions on the multitude of issues and ideas that are collectively called
"environmentalism"? This book is a good starting point as it calls into question many of the assumptions that have seeped into popular culture through constant repetition. From endangered species, to forests, to climate change there is often a feeling that all the trends are negative and nothing can be done about them. This book provides a different viewpoint for young people to consider.
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