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Recognizing Hate – In Current Events

IWitness Webinar

January 18, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - January 18, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

Division among people continues to be a root cause of conflict. Students need a relevant perspective to help them recognize how continued reinforcements of stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination play a role in this division. This webinar will focus on ways to contextualize present day manifestations hate through IWitness resources.

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Start: January 18, 2018 / 4:00 PM
End: January 18, 2018 / 5:00 PM

The first in a series of educational activities launches in partnership with the Armenian General Benevolent Union

Thu, 12/14/2017 - 12:09pm

USC Shoah Foundation launched the first in a series of educational activities developed in partnership with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). The series incorporates testimony of Armenian Genocide survivors and their descendants with supplementary videos from AGBU WebTalks, and is available to students through the Institute’s award-winning educational website, IWitness.

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ITeach in Łódź on New IWitness Activity About Diary of Rywka Lipszyc

Mon, 12/11/2017 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation launched one of its newest Polish-language IWitness activities with an ITeach professional development seminar at Ian Kasprowicz High School in Łódź, Poland last weekend.
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“Teaching About Genocide” Educator Resource Launches on Echoes and Reflections

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 5:00pm
With an audience of 75 participants, the webinar broke Echoes and Reflections’ record for most people registered and most attended.
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Follow-Up Quantitative Study to Examine Impact of Teachers’ Repeated Use of IWitness

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 5:00pm
In a new quantitative study, USC Shoah Foundation will evaluate how teachers’ familiarity with IWitness impacts implementation and students’ learning outcomes.
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New IWitness Activity Explores Homecoming after the Holocaust

Thu, 11/30/2017 - 5:00pm
The critically acclaimed 2017 Hungarian film 1945 is the subject of a new English-language IWitness activity, 1945 – Homecoming.
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Friends of Yad Vashem in Panama Plan Integration of IWitness Into Educational Resources

Fri, 11/17/2017 - 5:00pm
Five members of the educational nonprofit started working with USC Shoah Foundation education staff last week to develop resources in IWitness for Panamanian students and teachers.
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USC Shoah Foundation Launches Fifth Annual IWitness Video Challenge

Wed, 11/15/2017 - 5:00pm
The 2018 IWitness Video Challenge, created by USC Shoah Foundation in partnership with Discovery Education, provides an actionable way to promote equality, challenge bias, discuss tolerance, and engage students in a service-learning project that inspires action.
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IWitness to be Exhibited at NYC School Library System Fall Conference

Fri, 11/10/2017 - 5:00pm
Librarians from New York City schools will have the opportunity to learn about IWitness at their 2017 annual fall conference on November 14.
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Partners from Guatemala and Chile Collaborate with IWitness on New Spanish-Language Content

Tue, 11/07/2017 - 5:00pm
From Oct. 24-26 at the USC Shoah Foundation office in Los Angeles, education staff guided the attendees through methodologies of building testimony-based educational content in IWitness and discussed plans and expectations for each institution moving forward.
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