Making a New Life

Friday, April 3, 2026 - 12:50 PM

This new Virtual Field Trip gives students perspective on compassion and understanding otherness when interacting with those who are different from them. Students will learn how refugees adjust to their new homes and cultures and celebrate the courage people can have in times of great change.

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USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Unlock the Power of Testimony-Based Learning to Inspire Students, Educators, and Communities Nationwide

Mon, 11/05/2018

In an effort to spark a social movement against hatred in all forms, and to commemorate the 25th anniversary and re-release of Schindler’s List, USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, have partnered to create Teaching with Testimony – a new educational program that unlocks the powerful classroom potential of testimony.

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Polish educators complete first phase of annual teaching-with-testimony program

Tue, 08/07/2018

Over six days, teachers from all over Poland learned how to best integrate USC Shoah Foundation's testimonies of genocide survivors into their classroom experiences.

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Educators convene in Hungary and Poland for training on using genocide-survivor testimony in lessons

Fri, 07/20/2018

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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Application Open for Sixth Annual Master Teacher Program in Hungary

Thu, 03/23/2017

Teachers will learn about teaching with testimony and develop their own lesson plans July 2-7, 2017, in Budapest.

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How to integrate testimony into any curriculum including Science!

Tue, 09/06/2016

By: Lesly Culp

As an educator who has used IWitness to teach various subjects, units and topics here are some tips to integrating testimony into any curriculum, including Science.

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Back to School With IWitness: 7 Reasons to Teach with Testimony

Fri, 08/26/2016

By: Lesly Culp

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Fifth Annual Master Teacher Program in Poland Inspires Educators

Mon, 08/08/2016

The fifth annual Master Teacher program in Poland (formerly called Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century) introduced thirteen educators to the Visual History Archive, sparking new ideas for teaching their students about the Holocaust and current events in their country.

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Master Teacher Graduates Present Innovative Lessons in Budapest

Mon, 07/18/2016

Nineteen educators gathered at Central European University Budapest the first weekend in July to share the activities they piloted in the classroom after being initiated into the Master Teacher program in Hungary last year.

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New Cohort of Master Teachers Learn About Testimony in Budapest

Wed, 07/13/2016

After an intensive six-days of learning how to teach with testimony, 19 educators from throughout Hungary completed the first part of the 2016 Master Teacher program in Budapest.

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