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In The Beginning Signs created by family members of deaf “Home Signs” Education was only for wealthy families Abbe Charles Michel de L'Epee - founder of first free public school for deaf.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Minister from Hartford, Connecticut Meets Alice Cogswell Gallaudet travels to Europe British use oral method French use Sign Language to educate Meets Laurent Clerc
Laurent Clerc Deaf Educator in France Comes to America with Gallaudet Educates using French Sign Language
American School for the Deaf Established in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 First public free school for deaf in America
Find a partner (up to group of 3) How would you convey these concepts into a sign or gesture? Mother Water Home Red Work What would you do?
The Sign Language Melting Pot French Sign Language Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language Native American Sign Language
Gallaudet University Established in Washington D.C First college for Deaf in the world All classes are taught in ASL
William Stokoe Helped ASL get recognized as a legitimate and living language Published Sign Language Structure (1960) Co-authored A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles (1965) First time the name American Sign Language was used
ASL is a “living” language, which means it is still growing and evolving today. Technology impacts: Evolution of the sign “telephone” Video Phones are bridging culture, people, and signs. Technology and ASL
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