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NEW CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATION!!
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 - 9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
OLD STATE HOUSE, HARTFORD
Hands-On Engaging Activities for Grades 3-8
In Celebration of the Spirit of the Constitution!!
Bring your classes and satisfy the federal mandate for Constitution Day activities while your students learn about the spirit of the Constitution through the power of the people!!
Activities will involve role play, living history, and creation of projects that give people a voice in the true spirit of the Constitution!!
Those in attendance will also gather information they can then use in their Constitution Day Contest Essay entries.
Nominal Fee of $5 per student
For More Information email us at
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SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER EARLY!!
Registration Deadline September 10, 2010
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The Connecticut Consortium for Law & Citizenship Education, Inc. is very excited to announce that it is now known as Civics First, Inc.!!! Our new web address will be www.civicsfirstct.org and will be up and running shortly!! |
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The 2010 CT Mock Trial Summer Camp for students entering grades 6-12 will be July 12-16.
Revised Case Materials
Mock Trial Rules
Camp materials |
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Now available: Periodic newsletters with updated program information. To sign up to receive your newsletters via email send your request to
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Newsletter 2-4, May 2010: This newsletter contains important information regarding program scheduling for next year. |
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Congratulations to Shelton High School our 2010 High School Forensics State Champion!!
2010 Forensics Competition Guidelines |
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High School:
1st place: Marisa Berti, West Haven High School
2nd place: Sarah Cunningham, East Lyme High School
3rd place: Brian Lavado, Newington High School
Middle School:
1st place: Danielle Innocent, E. Hartford Middle School
2nd place: Rhianna Eaton, E. Hartford Middle School
3rd place: Shayna Hicks, E. Hartford Middle School |
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Congratulations to the winners of our high school courtroom art contest:
First place: Cristina Gutierrez of Mercy High School
Second place: Juan Quintero of Woodland Regional High School
Third place: Risha Hill of Harding High School
Congratulations to the winners of our middle school courtroom art contest:
Carlens Sainvil - St. Ann School: 1st place portrait
Nick Grasso - St. Ann School: 1st place courtroom scene
Sloan Austermann - Bethel Middle School: 2nd place courtroom scene
Svetlana Sjoblom - Bethel Middle School: honorable mention
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Congratulations to Aaron Hull’s team from Greenwich High School which won the state competition and the honor of competing at the national competition in Washington D.C. |
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Congratulations to the winners of our first, and hopefully annual, Spring High School Debate Competition Wethersfield High School blue team consisting of Matthew Thomas and Adrianna Buccheri and the best speaker award for this competition goes to Matthew Thomas of Wethersfield High School!!! |
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Congratulations to David Labonte and Emily Falkowski of the Henderson Home School team, this year's Young People's Debate State Champions and to Emily Falkowski, outstanding speaker!!!
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Congratulations to this year's state champion Hall High School and to our Bob Boland Award for Outstanding Mocker winner Stasie Levin of Hall High School!! |
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Congratulations to this year's State Champion: Our Lady of Mercy!! |
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Congratulations to this year's state champion Valley Regional High School and the 2009 best speaker winner Janna Moen from Valley Regional High School. Congratulations to all for a successful competition. Keep your eyes open for possible additional competitions in the winter/spring.
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The annual meeting and dinner of the CCLCE membership is June 9, 2010 at the Old State House in Hartford. The membership meeting is at 5 p.m. There is a tour of the Old State House at 6 p.m. and dinner and awards at 7 p.m. |
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In early November five delegates from Connecticut traveled to Chile and met with a group of Chilean educators to assess civic education programs for young people in Chile and to exchange best practices and strategies to promote education for democracy. The Connecticut delegates included James Schmidt and Julie Jaquish from CCLCE; Gail Tomala, from the Connecticut State Department of Education; Robert Stevenson, a teacher at New Canaan High School; and Lorna Gallagher, a teacher at Lisbon Central School.
The Connecticut/Chile exchange took place as part of Civitas, a national and international network of individuals, civil society organizations, educational institutions, and governmental agencies. Civitas is directed by the Center for Civic Education in conjunction with its domestic and international partners and offers a range of activities and programs that share the common objectives of creating student-centered interactive curricula for the next generation of citizens and training teachers in the methodologies appropriate to the use of these materials in the classroom.
This is the fourth year in which Connecticut and Chile have worked together, specifically on Project Citizen, a curriculum program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. During the current school year Connecticut and Chilean teachers and their students will study similar public policy issues, communicating with each other by computer. A website has been established for this: www.cclce.org/wiki.
Two schools in Connecticut will be involved in the project during this school year. Lisbon Central School will work with two classes at Colegio Montesol, a pre-K-12 school in Quilpue, Chile. New Canaan High School will work with one class at Colegio Montesol and one class at Cervantes High School in Santiago, Chile.
During the CCLCE’s four year partnership with educators in Chile, it is evident that Connecticut and Chilean students share common concerns, including health care, the environment, school needs, the lack of scholarships for college, and town and school safety. Working together it is hoped that students will learn to interact cooperatively, challenging each other with questions and answers, as they work toward solving problems. Examining common public policy issues, students will also understand the democratic process and learn to become engaged citizens.
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The Resource CD was compiled to help ensure that Connecticut social studies and history
teachers have easy access to documents useful for teaching
courses in civics, government and United States history.
In addition to more than 400 documents, the
disc contains several mock trial cases, curricular resources
and lessons for teaching about Connecticut History, and links
to dozens of websites offering free resources.
The contents of the CD are now available on-line under Resources.
[Browse The CD Contents]
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Help is on the way!! We have curricula, lesson plans, projects, contests and more to help you meet the new state mandate in engaging your 4th or 5th graders in democracy education. More information will be available soon. For specific questions or requests, contact us at
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The Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc. (CCLCE) has announced the state’s participation in an innovative education program beginning during the 2008-09 academic year that teaches middle-school students Connecticut laws through a curriculum of best practices proven to prevent youth crime.
Play by the Rules utilizes state-specific illustrated textbooks written in language easily understood by its target audience. Through caricature versions of state birds as textbook “mascots,” the curriculum invites student engagement through a baseball theme. The state bird of Connecticut, the American Robin, will be used to interest state youth in learning about law. Topics addressed in the PBR textbook include the rule of law, juvenile justice, crimes, weapons, alcohol and other drugs, family law, recreation law, school law, transportation law, employment law, civic responsibility, technology and Internet safety.
Full classroom sets of student workbooks are available free of charge upon request. Email us at
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