Rosa Lamb teaches 11th and 12th grade Global Studies: Holocaust and Genocide at Lake View High School in Chicago.

How do you use IWitness in your class?

I used it last year to have students make an IWitness video. The students created videos used for the purpose of teaching others about a specific theme or topic of the Holocaust. 

What kinds of reactions do students have to watching testimony?

Students really enjoy hearing testimony because it gives them the human aspect of the story. They read many different testimonies in class, but watching the testimonies helps them see the individuality of the victims. 

What makes IWitness effective to teach students about the Holocaust, tolerance, empathy, etc? Why should others use IWitness?

IWitness can be effective because it gives students choice in their education. Students were able to use the database to create a video about a specific theme, such as compassion, justice, intolerance, resistance. When they focus on a theme and then match the testimony to it in their video creation, it sinks in a little deeper.