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Digital Tools: Holocaust Curriculum and Technology

IWitness Webinar

July 11, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - July 11, 2017 @ 2:00 pm

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.

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Start: July 11, 2017 / 1:00 PM
End: July 11, 2017 / 2:00 PM
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Promote Close Reading of Text through Audiovisual Primary Sources

IWitness Webinar

June 15, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - June 15, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

Promote Close Reading of Text through Audiovisual Primary Sources. Join us on June 15th at 4PM PDT

  • Learn strategies for promoting close reading through the use of audiovisual testimonies of witnesses to 20th century history
  • Learn how to use word clouds to assess comprehension

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Start: June 15, 2017 / 4:00 PM
End: June 15, 2017 / 5:00 PM
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Navigating the Holocaust Through Story

IWitness Webinar

June 07, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - June 07, 2017 @ 2:00 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.

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Start: June 07, 2017 / 1:00 PM
End: June 07, 2017 / 2:00 PM
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Digital Tools: Holocaust Curriculum and Technology

IWitness Webinar

May 23, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - May 23, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

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.

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Start: May 23, 2017 / 4:00 PM
End: May 23, 2017 / 5:00 PM
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Teach Music, Art & Performance Through Audiovisual Testimony

IWitness Webinar

May 18, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - May 18, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
  • Learn to seamlessly develop students' digital literacy and arts education
  • Explore multimedia activities for use in arts classrooms

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Start: May 18, 2017 / 4:00 PM
End: May 18, 2017 / 5:00 PM
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Teaching about the Holocaust with English Language Learners

IWitness Webinar

May 09, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - May 09, 2017 @ 2:00 pm

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.

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Start: May 09, 2017 / 1:00 PM
End: May 09, 2017 / 2:00 PM

IWitness Partners with Journeys in Film for “Defiant Requiem” Educational Resources

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with Journeys in Film to provide, on its educational website IWitness, 11 clips of testimony from the Visual History Archive relevant to the documentary film Defiant Requiem, along with Journeys in Film’s Defiant Requiem curriculum guide.
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This organization turned 100 days of Donald Trump into 100 ways to teach kids

During the election, teachers around the US struggled with issues arising in their classrooms — new kinds of bullying, confusion between fact and fiction, fear. And in the 100 days since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, those topics only continued to generate challenges for teachers. The organization USC Shoah Foundation heard those concerns and developed an initiative called “100 Days to Inspire Respect” to support learning through Trump’s first 100 days in office.

IWitness Launches Armenian Genocide Resource Page

Mon, 04/17/2017 - 5:00pm
All of USC Shoah Foundation’s educational resources about the Armenian Genocide can now be found in a new one-stop shop on the IWitness website that launched today, one week before the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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Teachers in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, Attend First IWitness/IWalk Seminar

Mon, 04/10/2017 - 5:00pm
This seminar was a part of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies’ "Protecting Memory" project.
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