Board of Councilors Members Write Poems Inspired by IWitness Activity
Members of the USC Shoah Foundation Board of Councilors got creative during the annual board meeting in New York, Oct. 14-15.
Guidelines for Using Visual History Testimony in the Classroom Available on IWitness
Educators looking for strategies and best practices for teaching using testimonies from the Visual History Archive can refer to a new guide published on the IWitness website.
New IWitness Activity Published: Kristallnacht Information Quest
IWitness has published a new activity about Kristallnacht just in time for its 77th anniversary this November.
“Auschwitz: The Past is Present” Teacher Presents IWitness at Virginia English Teachers Conference
Laura Pritchard Dobrin, an IWitness Teaching Fellow and educator who participated in Auschwitz: The Past is Present, gave a presentation about IWitness at the Virginia Association of Teachers of English (VATE) 2015 Annual Conference last weekend.
IWitness Partners with Facing History and Ourselves
USC Shoah Foundation and Facing History and Ourselves have established a partnership in order to develop meaningful and engaging learning resources centered on Holocaust survivor testimonies.
New Testimony Clips Added to IWitness Watch Page
Forty-eight testimony clips have been added to the popular “Watch” page on IWitness.
Six Easy Steps to Join #IWitnessChat
In an effort to create a deeper engagement with educators online, USC Shoah Foundation’s educational website IWitness hosts monthly Twitter chats.
IWitness Enhances Word Cloud Functionality
Students can now get even more creative with their IWitness Information Quests.
Detroit Students Share Experiences with Testimony at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
While guests of the 2015 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala on Sept. 10 trickled into the Henry Ford Museum and enjoyed a cocktail reception before dinner began, a small group of high school students was hard at work.
The Value of Memory: Using Information Quest in my Classroom
As Hannah, in the novel The Devil's Arithmetic, needed to have a first-hand experience to fully understand the Holocaust; my students must be equipped with first-hand information, too. While they cannot "time travel" as Hannah does, they can hear from survivors to have a greater understanding of the Holocaust.
