The Long Island Council for the Social Studies

Recent News

Patchogue-Medford teachers, Alison Russo and Elizabeth Marro, win acclaim for their presentation on academic vocabulary at the New York State Social Studies Conference in March (NYSSSA).












They teach at the Saxton Middle School.

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42nd Annual LICSS Conference
Melville Marriott Hotel

Melville, Long Island
Friday October 27, 2023

'The Town Crier'

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LICSS Award Winners Celebration

Conference Highlights​
​KEYNOTE PANEL: Government, Journalism and Community leaders
addressing ‘Why Social Studies Matters’

Examples of Successful and Substantive Civic Literacy Projects
Update on New York State Assessments

The New African American AP Course: Resources and Lesson
Strategies, AP US History, AP World, AP Psychology, AP European
History

Materials and Lessons from Choices and Facing History

Long Island Museums, Colonial Williamsburg. New York Historical
Society. The U.S. Constitution Museum on History and Civic Literacy

Artificial Intelligence, Vocabulary Strategies

Indigenous History, History of the West