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1. Ambassadors for Humanity Gala Honors Bill Ford

   ... Executive Director William Clay Ford Jr.’s commitment to education and his devotion to the Detroit community that prompted USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education to honor him with this year’s Ambassador for Humanity Award. ...

   robin.migdol - 09/15/2015 - 1:58pm

2. “Past is Present” in Action: Merinda Davis

   ... program led by USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. ... unique as the students themselves,” Davis said. One student decided to write kind notes on index cards and hide them in books in ...

   robin.migdol - 05/05/2015 - 8:41am

3. IWitness Video Challenge 2016: Rubric and Scoring

   ... Plan” (25 percent), “Social Impact” (20 percent), “Student Involvement” (20 percent), and “Video Project Design and ... it into a creative project that brightened the day of every student at their school. The video was also engaging and well made, their plan ...

   robin.migdol - 04/07/2016 - 5:07pm

4. Mission to Rwanda Begins with Visit to Partner School and Memorial Sites

   ... back to 2007 and has been focused on archive building and education. On the mission, the delegation will learn about USC Shoah ... have a chance to learn about the work of the Rwandan Peace Education Program to reach youth, educators, and the public around a variety ...

   robin.migdol - 04/04/2014 - 12:10pm

5. Lisa Farese

   ... school by writing personalized, anonymous notes to every student, was eloquent and far beyond anything she would have expected from ... she said. “To say that in this instance, I am the student, and they are the teachers does not capture the ecstasy that I felt ...

   robin.migdol - 06/22/2015 - 8:37am

6. Spotlight on Poland

   ... and digital learning tools such as the Institute’s online education website IWitness. Participants, who are selected from applicants ... and practice of using testimony to achieve significant student learning. The six-day initial training session was held at the ...

   robin.migdol - 02/25/2014 - 4:50pm

7. USC Shoah Foundation Hosts IWitness Workshop for Educators in Macomb County, Michigan

   ... part of the IWitness Detroit program, USC Shoah Foundation education staff hosted a half-day IWitness workshop for educators at the Macomb ... Michigan, last Tuesday, April 19. Lesly Culp, head of education programs at USC Shoah Foundation, and Sean McBrady, K-12 social ...

   robin.migdol - 04/27/2016 - 5:03pm

8. Writing The Holocaust; American Literature of the Holocaust; Anne Frank: International Perspectives

   ... a different one for each team. The Dutch and American student made a description together, with a brief summary of the wartime ... of the non-verbal communication in the interview. Then every student had to choose two more interviews, the Brandeis students online one, ...

   doug.ballman - 02/17/2015 - 11:20am

9. USC Shoah Foundation To Participate in Czech-Polish Seminar on Teaching with Testimony

   ... Staff from USC Shoah Foundation will gather with education leaders, teachers and other experts to explore the best practices of using filmed witness testimony in education in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 5. Ostrava is located on the ...

   robin.migdol - 05/16/2014 - 5:29pm

10. $5 Million Gift From Andrew and Erna Viterbi Endows USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Chair

    ... Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education. It is the largest gift the Institute has received since it became ... will create five endowed faculty chairs and five graduate student fellowships at USC Viterbi. 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the ...

    robin.migdol - 06/25/2014 - 9:04am

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