Cultivating Empathy
IWitness Webinar
As a result of this webinar, participants will:
- Learn the guidelines for using audiovisual testimony to develop affective recognition in students
Teaching about the Holocaust with English Language Learners
IWitness Webinar
This webinar, led by a facilitator from USC Shoah Foundation, will demonstrate how to powerfully engage English language learners in the study of the Holocaust through audiovisual testimony. Drawing upon resources and content found in Echoes & Reflections and other sources, participants will learn guidelines and instructional strategies that can promote English language learners’ understanding of the Holocaust while also building academic language.
Teach About Kristallnacht Through Testimony
IWitness Webinar
- Bring your lesson to life with personal testimonies from those who lived through Kristallnacht
- Promote your students' close reading of audiovisual testimony
Digital Tools: Holocaust Curriculum and Technology
IWitness Webinar
In this webinar, led by a facilitator from USC Shoah Foundation, participants will explore testimony-based multimedia activities, resources, and tools available in IWitness–the educational website integrated with Echoes & Reflections to enhance teaching of the Holocaust. Participants will learn how audiovisual testimony of witnesses to the Holocaust serves as a powerful tool for engaging students in meaningful ways.
Holding Respectful Conversations
IWitness Webinar
Students' ability to hold respectful conversations is not an innate skill, it must be taught and refined. This is especially important when students are confronted with controversial topics, and, in today's media and social media rich culture, these instances are inevitable. How can they be heard and how should they listen? This webinar will walk through two-testimony based lessons to help your students hone their speaking and listening skills.
Navigating the Holocaust Through Story
IWitness Webinar
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.
Learn to Use Digital Teacher Tools in IWitness
IWitness Webinar
- Learn to use a virtual classroom to engage students in powerful learning through testimonies of witnesses to 20th century history
- Learn to monitor and assess student work
Teaching about the Holocaust with English Language Learners
IWitness Webinar
This webinar, led by a facilitator from USC Shoah Foundation, will demonstrate how to powerfully engage English language learners in the study of the Holocaust through audiovisual testimony. Drawing upon resources and content found in Echoes & Reflections and other sources, participants will learn guidelines and instructional strategies that can promote English language learners’ understanding of the Holocaust while also building academic language.
Promote Close Reading of Text through Audiovisual Primary Sources
IWitness Webinar
Join us on July 20th at 4PM PDT
- Learn about IWitness, a free educational website offering audiovisual testimonies for use across the curriculum
- Learn how to access, use and create curriculum with audiovisual testimony
Digital Tools: Holocaust Curriculum and Technology
IWitness Webinar
In this webinar, led by a facilitator from USC Shoah Foundation, participants will explore testimony-based multimedia activities, resources, and tools available in IWitness–the educational website integrated with Echoes & Reflections to enhance teaching of the Holocaust. Participants will learn how audiovisual testimony of witnesses to the Holocaust serves as a powerful tool for engaging students in meaningful ways.