Dates
Who's Who
Writers
ASL
This and That
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First School for the Deaf
What is 1812? 1812 – John Braidwood began teaching a private class of deaf children at Bolling Hall in Cobbs, Virginia. His attempt failed and he moved on to establish a small school at the Cobbs Plantation where he taught the Bolling children. The school closed in 1816. SOURCE: https://www.deafculturecentre.ca/Common/ResearchN/Items/1_Chapters%202%20and%203.pdf
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The First Deaf Oscar Winner
Who is Marlee Matlin? Marlee Matlin becomes the first deaf actress to take home an Oscar. SOURCE: http://oscar.go.com/video/oscar-darlings/marlee-matlin-becomes-first-deaf-best-actress-winner
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A Deaf Adult Speaks Out
Who is Leo Jacobs? SOURCE: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/2701.html https://library.rit.edu/depts/archives/deafhistory/jacobs.htm
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ASL is invented
What is using signs from French and other local sign languages? ASL was then invented using signs from French Sign Language, as well as signs from the community in Martha's Vineyard, and may have been influenced by the signing system of the Great Plains Native Americans. SOURCE: http://visilang.com/news/map-of-the-principal-sign-language-families-of-the-world
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Preservation of Sign Language, 1913
What is George Veditz? SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XITbj3NTLUQ
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American School for the Deaf
What is 1817? SOURCE: https://www.deafculturecentre.ca/Common/ResearchN/Items/1_Chapters%202%20and%203.pdf
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First Deaf Tony Winner
Who is Phyllis Frelich? Ms. Frelich won a 1980 Tony Award. SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/phyllis-frelich-deaf-actress-who-won-tony-for-children-of-a-lesser-god-dies-at-70/2014/04/14/46fd6cf0-c3e2-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html?utm_term=.4579e8fb3d7b
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Deaf in America: Voices from A Culture
Who are Carol Padden and Tom Humphries? SOURCE: http://chancellor.ucsd.edu/archive/qa_padden_humphries.asp http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674194243
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American Sign Language
What is a visual language?
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The birth of ASL linguistics by William Stokoe
What is 1960?
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Milan Conference
What is 1880? An Event Has a Major Impact on Deaf Education - International Congress of Educators of the Deaf met for Milan Conference. Gallaudet attended. James Denison was the only deaf person to attend. The conference overwhelmingly supported oralism. SOURCE: https://www.handspeak.com/study/index.php?id=65
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The First Deaf UFC and three-time NCAA Wrestling Champion
Who is Mark "The Hammer" Hamill? SOURCE: https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/45/matt-hamill http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094666/
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Girl at War
Who is Sara Nović? SOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/23/what-its-like-to-be-a-deaf-novelist
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4 parameters of ASL
What are 1. handshape 2. location 3. movement 4. palm orientation
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Establishment of National Theatre of the Deaf
What is 1967 or Connecticut? SOURCE: http://www.ntd.org/ntd_milestones.html
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Gallaudet University
What is 1864? The Enabling Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The college was previously established as Kendall School in 1857 with Edward Miner Gallaudet as superintendent. On April 8, 1864, the 38th congress of the America, authorized the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, to confer degrees in liberal arts and sciences that are usually conferred in colleges. Edward M. Gallaudet became the first president and continued until 1910. In September, the CIDDB was named the National Deaf Mute College.
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Deaf Inventor of Electricity
Who is Thomas Edison? SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/edis/faqs.htm
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The Deaf Guy
Who is Matt Daigle? SOURCE: http://www.mattdaigle.com/artist-bio/ http://www.thatdeafguy.com/
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Two countries in the world mostly use ASL
What are USA and Canada?
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The law requires that among other things, all television sets must be equipped with the close captioning devices
What is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
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Colorado School for the Deaf
What is 1874? SOURCE: https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-school-deaf-and-blind
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Deaf Founder of Girl Scout
Who is Juliette Lowe? SOURCE: http://www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/our-history/juliette-gordon-low.html http://www.gallaudet.edu/tutorial-and-instructional-programs/english-center/reading---english-as-second-language/practice-exercises/juliette-low
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The Story of My Life, was used as the basis for television movie, The Miracle Worker.
What is Helen Keller? SOURCE: https://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967
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Number of handshapes in the American Manual Alphabet
What is 22? 1. G and Q 2. H and U 3. I and J 4. K and P
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Communication between Deaf and hearing persons using interpreter
What is Video Relay Service (VRS)?
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