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Info Quest

After a close reading of audiovisual testimony, students contribute to the construction of a class word cloud.

Mini Quest

Students respond to testimony through a variety of outputs, including writing, artistic reflection, and more.

Video Activity

Testimony-based learning culminates in students constructing video essays, using a built-in video editor.

Lesson

Educator-guided lessons ranging from 15-minute “Mini Lesson” skill-builders to multi-day plans.

IWalk

IWalk is an interactive educational program that connects concrete physical locations with memories of historical events that took place at or near these locations.

GeoStory Activity

Students engage with time, space, and history by building an interactive timeline that integrates maps, text, and testimony.

Build a New Activity

Choose an activity type and you will be able to build your own experience for your students.

Video Editing Activity »

This template allows you to engage students in digital storytelling and research and are generally structured around a broad theme. Students build PSA’s, video essays, short films and other multimedia presentations using an integrated video editor.

Information Quest »

This template allows you to build an activity around an individual story or a specific theme, and encourage students to perform a close reading of the audio-visual testimony and develop their active listening and literacy skills. The student output is a word cloud that they construct using an integrated builder.

Mini Quest »

This template allows you to engage students in testimony-based learning. Designed to be flexible, it permits for a wide range of student outputs, including online/offline writing projects, photo projects and creative representations, among other possibilities.

GeoStory Activity »

This template allows you to connect your students with the relationship between time, space, and history. Students explore the archives in IWitness to build an interactive multimedia timeline that integrates maps, text, and clips of testimony.

University of Southern California

IWitness. One Voice at a Time.

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Connections

When choosing a topic to research, ask yourself some simple questions: What have I studied? What am I interested in?

Spend some time browsing IWitness to see how closely you can match your interests with available testimony.

Browse IWitness to see how closely you can match your interests with available testimony.

Every visual history testimony has been preserved in its entirety.

In addition to wartime experiences, visual history testimony includes information about interviewees’ pre-war and post-war lives.

Interviewees typically shared their stories in chronological order, recalling memories from before, during, and after the war.

Activities

Info Quest

Mini Quest

Video Activity

Lesson

IWalk

GeoStory Activity

Build a New Activity

Video Editing Activity »

Information Quest »

Mini Quest »

GeoStory Activity »