Through Deaf Eyes – Flashcards
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What % of deaf people have hearing parents?
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90%
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What did Thomas Gallaudet do?
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He built the first deaf school and went to France to acquire the man to do it with
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Why is Laurent Clerc a legend in the deaf community?
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He brought sign language to America
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What did Clerc blend French sign language with?
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Signs students used/home signs/native signs
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Who signed the law to establish Gallaudet University?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What was Alexander Graham Bell's mission?
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He wanted to bring spoken language to deaf people
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How does the Deaf community view Bell?
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An antagonist
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When did oral schools open?
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Late 1860s
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What did the Milan Congress decide?
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Oralism was better/Ban ASL
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What is eugenics?
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The idea that planned breeding can improve the US
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What was believed if deaf people married each other?
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There would be an expansion of deaf community (deaf babies)
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What are residential schools?
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Boarding schools
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What happened to some students when they were dropped off at a residential school?
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They didn't know what was happening
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What is a name sign?
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A sign as your identity given to you by a deaf person
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What would happen if you would use sign language in class?
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you would be punished
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What is the planet Eyeth?
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deaf world
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Why was the National Association of the Deaf founded?
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to protect deaf people
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T or F: A law was passed saying deaf people couldn't work for their government?
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true
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Why did the NAD produce films in sign language?
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to preserve sign language
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Why was the transition from silent movies to talking films a disaster for deaf people?
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they couldn't understand it
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What did the Gallaudet football team create that changed football forever?
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the huddle
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What were ways people tried to cure deafness?
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aviation, shock/thrill, praying, and heatwaves
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How long was the ban against black people from joining the NAD?
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40 years
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What is an audiogram?
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test that measures the ability to hear
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How long before deaf people could use a telephone?
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90 years
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What was invented to make the telephone useful for deaf people?
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He used a typewriter + phone + modem
(TTY Teletypwriter)
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What did William Stokoe do for sign language?
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he said it was a language and made a dictionary
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What are some of the differences between black and white people's signing?
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Black deaf people use more expression and less fingerspelling
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Why was the movie "Children of A Lesser God" important to the Deaf community?
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first time deaf people had a star
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Why were people upset when Marlee Matlin spoke the names of the nominees?
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she wasn't supporting deaf culture
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What did the Deaf President Now Protest accomplish?
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a deaf president
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Who supported the protest?
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93% of people (Jesse Jackson, George Bush, Postal Workers Union, etc.. Majority of America
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What did the Americans with Disabilities Act do?
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it made it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities
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What is the cochlear implant?
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it helps hear by the sound traveling not through the ear
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Why did Summer say she felt more confident wearing her implant when she attended the Deaf school?
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she didn't feel different, because everyone was deaf like her
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Language is developed when children are between the ages of what?
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0-5
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Why is the band Beethoven's Nightmare unique?
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deaf musicians
