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The History of Sign Language in America, Along With Other Facts!

The History of Sign Language in America, Along With Other Facts!. Gabriella Herren Roed Language Arts May 30, 2012. Where ASL Came From & Why. ASL means American Sign Language Dr. Thomas Hopkin Gallaudet brought over French Sign Language.

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The History of Sign Language in America, Along With Other Facts!

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  1. The History of Sign Language in America,Along With Other Facts! Gabriella Herren Roed Language Arts May 30, 2012

  2. Where ASL Came From & Why. • ASL means American Sign Language • Dr. Thomas Hopkin Gallaudet brought over French Sign Language. • Dr Gallaudet was Alice Cogswells teacher. Alice was deaf. He wanted to create a school for people like her.

  3. Beginning of ASL • April of 1815, Gallaudet began to raise money for a deaf school. He took a trip to Europe to learn the French Sign language. • April 15th 1817, The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opened; it taught Sign Language along with health and manners.

  4. Continued ASL • 1850, twelve states in America had schools for the deaf. • 1864, There was a college opened where deaf could earn a college degree. It was called National Deaf-Mute College • 1986 the college was renamed the Gallaudet University.

  5. End of ASL timeline • 1900’s teachers thought ASL was useless; ASL was forbidden. • 1960’s people realized that ASL was important and ASL is used still today • ASL is the third most used language in the world today!

  6. How can people become deaf? • There are three main ways people can become deaf. • One: You can be born deaf by heritage. Example on Martha's Vineyard, a small island, one out of every four babies are born deaf. • Two: An illness after birth can cause lose of either eyesight or hearing later in life. Example: Helen Keller had scarlet fever at 19 months which cause loss of both hearing and eyesight. • Three: There is then unknown trauma in delivery. Example is my sister had this when she was born, and after much medical attention, she is 85%deaf in her left ear and 55% in her right, with hearing aid.

  7. Work Cited • Lowenstein, Felicia. “All About Sign Language; Talking With Your Hands.” United States of America. Enslow Publishers, Inc. 2004. May 24, 2012. Pages 16-25. • Zonderman, Jon. "Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan; Working Miracles Together." Hong Kong. Blackbirch Press, Inc. 1994. May 29, 2012. • Blair Elementary School Students Nancy and Hilary. “Welcome to The History of Sign Language” http://library.thinkquest.org/J002931/dev.thinkquest.org/history_of_sign_language.htm . Fair child AFB. May 24, 2012. • Mitchell, Ross E. “How Many People Use ASL? And Other Questions Without Good Answers” http://research.gallaudet.edu/Presentations/2004-04-07-1.pdf . Gallaudet Research Institute. April 7, 2004. May 24, 2012.

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