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you will find items of interest from LICSS, the State Education
Department, and other social studies organizations.
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National
Council for the Social Studies 2005 Program of Excellence
Award
The National Council for the Social Studies 2005
Social Studies Program of Excellence Award went
to the New York and Slavery: Complicity and Resistance
curriculum edited by Dr. Alan Singer of Hofstra
University assisted by a team of teachers. Dr. Singer,
a long time member of LICSS and frequent presenter
at the LICSS annual conference, was assisted by
other LICSS members, including Mary Carter and April
Francis. The prestigious NCSS award honors outstanding
social studies programs selected from across the
nation. CLICK
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The
Thirteen Draft Recommendations have been Updated
As of August, 2005 the Thirteen Draft
Recommendations have been updated. Click here
to see the latest actions.
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New
online publication available
The State Education Department has posted its newest
online publication, World Communities What is
a Culture? for grade three teachers. This new
guide to selecting and teaching about world communities
at grade three includes practical guidelines, worksheets
and resources for both teachers and students. CLICK
HERE TO ACCESS THIS PUBLICATION. |
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Erosion
in time, professional development, and resources
for social studies due to the emphasis on math and
ELS in No Child Left Behind.
This
trend has been seen across the nation. The National
Council for History Education, the National Council
for the Social Studies, the New York State Council
for the Social Studies and LICSS are among organizations
advocating for social studies with Washington politicians.
LICSS urges you to back these efforts by signing
the statement of the National Council for History
Education CRISIS in HISTORY. The statement was drafted
by Professor Theodore K. Rabb of Princeton University
and signed originally by most of our nation’s most
respected historians.
CLICK
HERE to go to the National Council for History
Education home page and then click on their
link to read the 'CRISIS In HISTORY Statement
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