The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has made the following lessons and exercises available online to help teachers make effective use of video testimony in the classroom.

Standing Out - Standing Up:
A Jehovah's Witness Experience
This exercise is geared towards educators of students ages 14-18, and uses clips from the testimony of Simone Liebster, a Jehovah's Witness survivor, who recounts her struggle to stand up for her beliefs in the face of Nazi pressures. Objectives include using primary source materials to learn about the Jehovah's Witness experience during the Holocaust, defining the term “core values,” learning to recognize and counter the peer pressures that might undermine those values, and understanding the importance of adhering to one's own voice of conscience.

This exercise is presented by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute in cooperation with the Arnold-Liebster Foundation.

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Go to Standing Out—Standing Up