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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 We the People Program, Project Citizen Program and the Representative Democracy in America Program.

The 2013 New York State High School We the People Hearings will take place on Jan. 12, 2013 in Albany, NY.

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Past State Bar President A. Thomas Levin of Garden City (Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, PC) and Hon. Jonah Triebwasser of Red Hook (Town and Village of Red Hook Courts) presented the Committee on Law, Youth & Citizenship’s report on civic education. The LYC program reaches more than 500,000 students in New York each year through its many civic education programs.

Students from the Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn participated in a live "We The People" demonstration, in which students are asked questions about the U.S. Constitution and its applicability to current times. Judges were members of the LYC Committee.  CLICK HERE to watch the demonstration.

Salute the Flag Workbook and Activity for Elementary Grades

Teacher's Guide (1.47 MB pdf)

English Edition (235 KB pdf)

Spanish Edition (245 KB pdf)