The USC Shoah Foundation is using big data to recreate the experience of having a one-on-one conversation with someone who lived through the Holocaust.
LOS ANGELES - June 26, 2017 – While students across America enjoy their summer vacation, the education department at USC Shoah Foundation is busily making major new features to its award-winning IWitness educational website for educators and their students that will be ready by the time school resumes in the fall.
Coming on the heels of a successful initiative, 100 Days to Inspire Respect, these new offerings will further support educators around the world by building new and innovative ways to inspire respect and empower students to take positive action in the world.
USC Shoah Foundation Unveils IWitness 2018 in Preparation for New School Year
Fri, 06/23/2017 - 5:00pm
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While students across America enjoy their summer vacation, the education department at USC Shoah Foundation is busily making major new features to its award-winning IWitness educational website for educators and their students that will be ready by the time school resumes in the fall.
IWitness To Be Presented at Teacher Workshop on the Holocaust at Cal State Long Beach
Tue, 06/20/2017 - 5:00pm
IWitness will be one of several educational resources demonstrated to teachers at the Eva and Eugene Schlesinger Teacher Training Endowed Workshop July 10-14, 2017, at California State University Long Beach.
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10 Reasons to Participate in Echoes and Reflections Online Professional Development
Thu, 06/15/2017 - 1:00pm
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Summer might be a break for students, but as an educator, I know teachers are busy enhancing their skills and knowledge to improve their curriculum and students’ overall experience in their classrooms. As you contemplate lesson plans for the upcoming year, will you be planning a unit or lesson about the Holocaust? Do you feel you have enough knowledge about the topic to teach it well? How will you introduce your students to that history and experiences? What readings and resources will you use? What approach will you take with this sensitive topic?
IWitness Teacher Ambassadors Host IWitness Workshop at Saint-Vincent Muhoza School in Rwanda
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 5:00pm
Marthe Twizeyimana and Philippe Samvura both completed IWitness training workshops in the past and are now two of nine total “IWitness ambassadors” in Rwanda, dedicated to introducing other educators to IWitness.
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USC Faculty Respond to Testimony in “Reflections on Respect” Video Series
Tue, 05/16/2017 - 5:00pm
Six distinguished University of Southern California faculty participated in a series of videos released during USC Shoah Foundation’s 100 Days to Inspire Respect program in which they watch clips of testimony and offer their thoughts on the clip’s themes and message.
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IWitness Offers Summer Webinars for Teachers
Wed, 05/10/2017 - 5:00pm
Each webinar focuses on a specific aspect of teaching using genocide survivor and witness testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.
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Seven New Hungarian-Language Activities Published on IWitness
Thu, 05/04/2017 - 5:00pm
A set of new activities on the IWitness activities page are all in Hungarian, part of the Institute’s efforts to globalize the education of students and their teachers about hatred and intolerance using USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.
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IWitness Partnership with Memory Project Productions Connects Art and Testimony
Wed, 05/03/2017 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with The Memory Project Productions to debut a new IWitness activity and incorporate testimony into the organization’s curriculum.
December 05, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - December 05, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
This webinar, led by a facilitator from USC Shoah Foundation, will demonstrate the power of using audiovisual testimony to promote student learning, information and digital literacy, as well as critical thinking within the context of Holocaust curriculum. Participants will learn guidelines and instructional strategies for using audiovisual testimony found in Echoes & Reflections and the IWitness website.
