USC Shoah Foundation staff share Institute resources on Armenian Genocide with L.A. educators
Thu, 10/18/2018 - 5:10pm
Education and Outreach Specialist Sedda Antekelian and Program Officer Manuk Avedikyan shared information about the educational use of testimony in the Institute’s Visual History Archive and on the Institute’s educational website, IWitness.
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Eighth-grade class inspired by IWitness to highlight good deeds
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 4:56pm
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Ignited by students’ enthusiasm over IWitness's recent “100 Days to Inspire Respect” initiative, a campaign called #180DaysToInspireRespect has students at Robert Adams Middle School in Massachusetts volunteering each day to present about the respectful acts they’ve witnessed, received, read and heard about.
USC student government kicks off the year with an IWitness activity
Mon, 08/27/2018 - 4:13pm
This is the first year USC’s Undergraduate Student Government leaders have used clips of testimony for the orientation event. The new IWitness University activity is called "Countering Intolerance in Co-Curricular Spaces."
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Educators convene in Hungary and Poland for training on using genocide-survivor testimony in lessons
Fri, 07/20/2018 - 10:19am
USC Shoah Foundation’s annual Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century program is a one-year professional development initiative for educators that begins with a six-day seminar for educators.
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Teens tackle world problems at Institute's first weeklong summer internship program
Wed, 07/18/2018 - 4:09pm
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During the Institute's inaugural summer William P. Lauder Internship Program, about two-dozen young people came to USC Shoah Foundation from across the country to participate in the intensive program, which focused on the causes and impacts of injustice and the ways an individual can respond.
What is propaganda? IWitness activity for Czech students explores 1968 Prague Spring
Mon, 07/16/2018 - 4:29pm
At a time when the term “fake news” has become pervasive – and when rising nationalism worldwide has had an especially pronounced effect on Central Europe – USC Shoah Foundation’s representatives in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are introducing high school students to a suite of new IWitness activities that use testimony to provide a deeper understanding of propaganda.
Massachusetts teacher sets the example for using IWitness
Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:27am
Lisa Farese’s eighth-graders learn about hate and ethical editing by watching IWitness videos, and then go to different corners of the school to discuss important issues.
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Deadline for 2018 Summer Junior Internship extended to May 11
Fri, 05/04/2018 - 2:12pm
The USC Shoah Foundation is looking for students in 7th– 12th grades who are interested in participating in its highly competitive William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program. The program provides a dynamic and unique learning opportunity for students to engage with testimonies – personal stories – from survivors and witnesses of genocide.
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IWalk: Memory, Testimony, and Activism
Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:41pm
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In my role as part of USC Shoah Foundation’s Education Department, I have the honor of working with our team members both in the United States and around the world to create localized educational content using genocide survivor testimony. As a former classroom teacher and a lifelong believer in the importance of experiential learning, I was fortunate to take part in three IWalks in Budapest, Hungary, Prague, Czechia, and Warsaw, Poland while on a recent vacation.
