Seminar "Midwest Belt"

Day 1. Transfer from airport.

Arrival to Chicago

Transfer to the hotel.

Night in Chicago.

 

 

Day 2. Chicago

            Lecture:

            - The development of North America by England.

            - The formation of the first democratic institutions.

            - The war with the French and Native Indigenous

Chicago city sightseeing tour 4 hours.

Overnight in Chicago

 

 

Day 3. Chicago

            Lecture:

            - The American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence.

           - The principles of American freedom.

University of Chicago.

Chicago north neighborhoods sightseeing tour – 4 hours

Lunch in Chicago.

Transfer to Portage, Michigan.

            Lecture: The US Constitution.

            - The principle of federalism.

           - The principles of separation of jurisdictions of the federal government and state governments.

            - The separation of power, system of checks and balances.

Overnight in Portage

 

 

Day 4. Portage, Detroit (Michigan), Toledo (Ohio).

            Lecture: The US Constitution.

           - The election system.       

Transfer to Detroit

            Lecture:

            - The origin and meaning of the first 16 amendments.

Detroit city sightseeing tour - 2 hours

The Henry Ford Museum           

Lunch in Detroit

Transfer to Toledo

            Lecture:

            - The emergence of slavery, and the laws of slavery.

            - The fight against slavery and its abolition.

Overnight in Toledo

 

 

Day 5. Toledo, Cincinnati (Ohio).

            Lecture:

            - The Civil War.

Toledo city tour.

The Civil War museum.

Transfer to Cincinnati, Ohio

            Lecture:

            - The fight for abolition of segregation.

            Lecture:

            - From kindergartens to universities: principles of education, financing, rules for admission, etc.

Overnight in Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

Day 6. Cincinnati (Ohio), Smoky Mountain (Tennessee).

Cincinnati city tour.

Transfer to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

            Lecture:

            - The purchase of Alaska.

            - The Spanish War of 1898.

            - Joining Hawaii.

Lunch

            Lecture:

            - The system of national and state reserves.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Overnight in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

 

 

 Day 7. Cherokee, Biltmore Forest, North Carolina.

            Lecture: Native Indigenous.

            - The history of relations between Native Indigenous and pioneers.

            - The reasons for the Indian wars, the actions of the government to protect native Indigenous.

            - The reservations: history, reasons and goals of their creation         

Cherokee Reservation.  

Transfer to Biltmore Forest

            Lecture:

            - The causes and consequences of the intervention in the Vietnam War.

Vanderbilt Mansion.

Overnight in Asheville, NC

 

 

Day 8.  Asheville (North Carolina), Atlanta (Georgia).

            Lecture:

            - The Federal Reserve System.

            - State debt.

Transfer to Atlanta

            Lecture:         

            - The US involvement in World War I and World War II.

            - The Lend-Lease.

Atlanta city tour.

Overstay in Atlanta

 

 

Day 9. Montgomery (Alabama), Pensacola beach (Florida).

Transfer to Montgomery, Alabama.

            Lecture:

            - Labor law.

            - Pension system.

            - Unions.

            - Unemployment benefits.

Montgomery city tour.

Transfer to Pensacola Beach, Florida.

            Lecture:           

            - Health insurance.

            - Benefits for poverty, age and large families.

            - The solution of the homelessness problem.

Overstay in Pensacola beach (Florida).

 

 

Day 10.  Pensacola Beach (Florida), New Orleans (Louisiana).

Transfer to Slidell City.

            Lecture:

            - Specialization of individual services.

            - Legal regulation of the work of special services.

            - The principles of recruitment to the US Military.

            - Benefits for special services officers.

Swamp tour, observing alligators and wild pigs

Transfer to New Orleans   

            Lecture:

            - The Louisiana Purchase.

Overstay in New Orleans.

 

 

Day 11 New Orleans, LA.

            Lecture: US Army and Special Services:

            - Specialization of individual services.

            - Legal regulation of the work of special services.

            - The principles of recruitment to the US Military.

            - Benefits for special services officers.

New Orleans City tour.

Tours to Planation.

 

 

Day 12 New Orleans, LA.

            Lecture: Foreign Policy:

            - The principles of building US foreign policy as a guarantor of democracy on the planet.

            - Old and new doctrines

            - Standard methods for achieving goals.

Transfer to airport

 

Budget for "Midwest Belt"

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Budget for a group of 14 people:

Rooms: 7 - for tourists, 2 - for the guide and driver in hotels 3 - 4 stars.

14 flight tickets for airlines of USA company in high season.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Transport: 15-17 pax VAN.

Tip for driver.

Tickets to museums

• Henry Ford Museum

• The civil war Museum

• Cherokee Indian territory fee

• Vanderbilt mansion fee

• Swamp tour ticket

• Plantation ticket

Tour guide.

Hotel Lecture Room.

Equipment.

Administrative expenses.

Contest organizer - USFITF representative company in participant’s country.

Travel Provider.

Total workshop budget:                       $ 80,235.00

 

 

Budget for a group of 30 people.

Rooms - 15 for tourists, 2 - for the guide and driver in hotels 4 stars.

30 flight tickets for airlines of USA company in high season.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Transport: 34 pax Minibus.

Tip for driver.

Tickets to museums

• Henry Ford Museum

• The civil war Museum

• Cherokee Indian territory fee

• Vanderbilt mansion fee

• Swamp tour ticket

• Plantation ticket

Tour guide.

Hotel Lecture Room.

Equipment.

Administrative expenses.

Contest organizer - USFITF representative company in participant’s country.

Travel Provider.

Total budget of the workshop:                     $ 141,660.00

 

Budget for a group of 50 people.

Rooms - 25 for tourists, 2 - for the guide and driver in hotels 4 stars.

50 flight tickets for airlines of USA company in high season.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Transport: 56 pax bus.

Tip for driver.

Tickets to museums

• Henry Ford Museum

• The civil war Museum

• Cherokee Indian territory fee

• Vanderbilt mansion fee

• Swamp tour ticket

• Plantation ticket

Tour guide.

Hotel Lecture Room.

Equipment.

Administrative expenses.

Contest organizer - USFITF representative company in participant’s country.

Travel Provider.

Total budget of the workshop:                        $ 222,470.00