Civic and Law-Related Education
The Law, Youth and Citizenship Program administers several
nationally renowned civic education programs, as well as sponsoring many
local and regional civic education events. LYC also works with New York
teachers and school districts to offer no-cost professional development
in the areas of civic and law-related education. The LYC program also
offers many no and low-cost publications to teachers, as well as rich
online resources for classroom teachers.
The We the People programs are sponsored nationally by the Center for Civic Education and
in New York State by the LYC Program. The programs are intended to
improve knowledge, skills and civic attitudes in our representative
democracy.
LYC is the New York State administrator for the
Congressionally-funded We the People Program and Project Citizen
Program.
New! Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice (retired), United States
Supreme Court, Wins State Bar's Gold Medal
The Gold Medal award is the highest recognition given by the State
Bar to a lawyer or judge. Justice O'Connor discusses the need for civic
education in this video of her acceptance speech.
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Gold Medal—President Kathryn
Grant Madigan presented retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O’Connor with the 2008 Gold Medal award at the Sandra Day
O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Project
Citizen . . .
2008 New York State Showcase
PS 122Q Portfolio Moves on to National
Exhibit
HIV awareness, photo manipulation and the decline of bees were just a
few of the topics on display at the 2008 Project Citizen NY State
Showcase. Sponsored by the Association’s Law, Youth &
Citizenship program, the event held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany
on June 4 attracted many students and admirers walking through the Plaza
Concourse more
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We
the People ....
2008 We the People New York State Tournament
Long Island high school wins its 13th state
title since 1988
Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, won the 2008 New York
State We the People: the Citizen and Constitution competition, held at
the Desmond Conference Center in Albany on March 8th. Resulting from
their victory, Half Hollow Hills students will compete in the We the
People National Finals in Arlington, VA, from May 3 to 5.
more
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Project
Citizen . . .
We the People: Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle
grade, high school and post-secondary students that promotes competent
and responsible participation in local and state government. The program
helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In
the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles,
tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy. more
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Mock
Election
The Youth Leadership Initiative is a nonprofit organization based at
the University of Virginia Center for Politics that specializes in
offering civics educators free materials. Its database currently houses
over 70 civics-related lesson plans. To all newly registered teachers,
it offers a campaign simulation CD-ROM called “A More Perfect
Union” in which students run a fictitious senate race. An
interactive congressional simulation called e-Congress also allows
students to draft legislative bills and review bills from other students
throughout the country. One of its featured programs is the YLI Mock
Election. The YLI Mock Election is the largest student-only online mock
election in the nation. For two weeks each fall, students can cast votes
for all federal races approved by their state’s board of
elections. Each ballot is tailored to the student’s congressional
district. more
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