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Summer Institute Announced

Registration is now open for the LYC/ Project PATCH Summer Institute, “Dignity for All Students through Law-Related Education,” at Long Island’s Northport High School. The four-day, June 25-28, professional development opportunity for educators of grades K-12 is only $40 per person.
The Institute offers 5 separate strands.  Select the one that best meets your training needs: 1) Character Education and Peer Leadership; 2) Global Issues - International Law and Human Rights; 3) Court and the Classroom II; 4) Criminal Justice for Educators; and 5) Forensics Science.
Graduate credits through Stony Brook University are optional. Direct all questions to the PATCH office (631) 262-6874 or email David Scott: patch[at]northport.k12.ny.us
CLICK HERE for more information & registration 

36th Annual LYC/NYSBA Conference
Oct. 19, 2012
Fort William Henry Conference Center
Lake George, NY

Dignity for All Students
Where we came from & where we are going

The 36th Annual LYC Civics and Law-Related Education Conference, Oct.19 at Lake George, is dedicated to the Dignity for All Students Act, which takes effect July 1, 2012. Speakers & workshops on topics such as tolerance, bullying, civility, citizenship and character education are scheduled.
Keynote: Jay Worona, Esq., NYSSBA
12 workshops
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www.nysba.org/dignity

Mock Trial Aligns with NYS Common Core

The LYC Program provides a variety of ways for teachers to address the NY Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. LYC's NYS High School Mock Trial Program, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and the New York Bar Foundation, has published that alignment to assist teachers and administrators who need to demonstrate compliance.
Educators agree that students who participate in Mock Trial enhance the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to participate as active, engaged, and informed citizens in our democratic society. As a result of their participation in Mock Trial, students gain a better understanding of the United States legal system, the law, the court system, and their rights and responsibilities as citizens. CLICK HERE for printable PDF of the alignment and the Tri-State Collaborative Quality Rubric for Mock Trial.

Conflict Resolution & US History

Our colleagues at the New Jersey Center for Civic Education have shared their Conflict Resolution and US History project with us. It is the legacy of a ten-year grant from the Ford Foundation to see if integrating conflict resolution skills into the US history curriculum could help improve students' problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.With the help of 30 prominent historians, NJCCE turned the materials into a curriculum for grade 5-12 teachers. CLICK HERE for more information.

NYSBA Spotlight on Civics

The NYSBA State Bar News devoted much of a recent issue to civics education. Click here to read the articles.
Subsequent Letters to the Editor regarding those articles can be read here. 

    Get ready for Election 2012 and try out the new iCivics game, Win the White House. Players run for president from the primaries through Election Day. Win the White House teaches students about the electoral process, the role of the Electoral College and the influence of media in shaping public opinion.  Players have to make choices about their party, platform, vice president, and where to fundraise, poll, and spend their campaign dollars as they strive for their 270 electoral votes. CLICK HERE to play the game  . . .

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