Famous People
Helen Keller's teacher
Anne Sullivan
When Deaf History Month is
March 13 to April 15
Washington, DC
Who can assign a sign name to a person
A member of the Deaf community
What does TTCQ stand for?
Time Topic Comment Question
Person who invented the telephone and didn't support sign language
Alexander Graham Bell
Where the football huddle originated
Gallaudet University
Where the American School for the Deaf is located
Hartford, Connecticut
What CODA stands for
Child of a Deaf Adult
What does NMS stand for and where can you find it
Non-manual signs
Found on your face (facial expressions) or body movements
Founders of the first school for the Deaf in America
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc
Student protest at Gallaudet in March 1988
Deaf President Now
What year the first public school for the Deaf opened
1817
The movie that won Best Film during the 94th Oscars in 2022
"CODA"
Indicates that you are asking a yes/no question
Brought French Sign Language to America
Laurent Clerc
Island where MVSL could be found and was affected by hereditary deafness
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's neighbor and inspiration to open the American School for the Deaf
Alice Cogswell
Form of transcribing or labeling ASL
Gloss
The five (5) ASL parameters
handshape, location, orientation, movement, NMS
First Deaf actor to win an Oscar
Marlee Matlin
Year the first single-channel cochlear implant was implanted
1961
Conference in 1880 was organized to ban sign language in schools
The Milan Conference
Who is Heather Whitestone?
First Deaf Miss America
What are mouth morphemes? Give an example
Movements made with mouth that accompany a sign
EX: "oo", "pah", "cha", "fsh"