What is IWitness?
Over 1,300 video testimonies, multimedia activities, digital resources – the place to participate actively in learning.
Connects
students with the past
Engages
them in the present
Motivates
them to build a better future
Featured Activity: Growing up Behind the Barbed Wire
In this activity, students will consider what life was like for children in Auschwitz by studying the iconic image of the children standing behind the barbed wire fence following the liberation of Auschwitz and listening to testimonies of some of the children in the photo.
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Featured Educator: Christa Calkins
When Christa Calkins travels to Poland on USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education’s Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program this January, her students back home will be right there with her – at least virtually.
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2015 IWitness Video Challenge Launched
USC Shoah Foundation launches 2nd annual video essay contest
Teachers
Challenge your students to create positive value in their communities as inspired by the testimonies in IWitness
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Auschwitz: The Past is Present global campaign
In support of the observance of the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 2015, this campaign engages a new generation in awareness, remembrance and community building.
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