1. Mrs. Davis ASL 1

2.  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.

3.  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

4.  Laurent Clerc  Deaf Educator in France  Comes to America with Gallaudet  Educates using French Sign Language

5.  American School for the Deaf  Established in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817  First public free school for deaf in America

6.   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?

7.  The Sign Language Melting Pot  French Sign Language  Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language  Native American Sign Language

8.  Gallaudet University  Established in Washington D.C. 1864  First college for Deaf in the world  All classes are taught in ASL

9.  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

10.   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

11.   http://www.gallaudet.edu/ http://www.gallaudet.edu/  http://www.start-american-sign- language.com/history-of-sign-language.html http://www.start-american-sign- language.com/history-of-sign-language.html Additional Resources