ASL 2 Deaf Culture Final

Question 1

William Hoy

Answer 1

1. Lost his hearing at 3 due to meningitis
2. He learned to read lips becuase Sign Language was not widely used in his time
3. He arranged to have signs help him understand the umpires in baseball

Question 2

Dr. William Stokoe

Answer 2

1. Was able to prove that Sign Language is a real language + not just a translation of English
2. His work helped end a century long banishment of signing from the classroom
3. When Dr. Stokoe arrived at Gallaudet in 1955, he knew little about Sign Language or Deafness

Question 3

Joel Barish

Answer 3

1. He has visited over 100+ nations to live as much of the Deaf experience as possible
2. He is the co-founder of DeafNation
3. He helps bring awareness and accessibility for Deaf travelers

Question 4

Douglass Ridloff

Answer 4

1. Poet and visual storyteller
2. An active promoter of ASL Literature
3. He is the executive director of ASL SLAM

Question 5

Lauren Ridloff

Answer 5

1. Deaf actress
2. Was an ASL tutor in 2016 for the revival of the Broadway play “Children of Lesser God”
3. She was selected Miss Deaf America in 2000

Question 6

Thomas H. Gallaudet

Answer 6

1. Was Alice Cogswell’s neighbor and she was his first student
2. Connected with Laurent Clerc while at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and they went back to America to start Deaf Education there
3. He wrote children’s books and was an advocate for Women’s higher education

Question 7

Laurent Clerc

Answer 7

1. Taught Gallaudet Sign Language while they journeyed from France to America
2. Asl is heavily influenced by the French Signs Clerc brought to the US
3. He got married to his wife an their marriage was the first recorded Deaf marriage in the US

Question 8

Alice Cogswell

Answer 8

1. The first student to enroll in the American School for the Deaf
2. She was very smart and was Gallaudet first student
3. She inspired Gallaudet to begin Deaf education in America

Question 9

Bernard Bragg

Answer 9

1. We won the Teegarden award his last year at Gallaudet for creative poetry
2. He studied under famous mime Marcel Marceau
3. He obtained a masters in special ed. with a minor in drama while still teaching

Question 10

Paul Hubbard

Answer 10

1. Was the quarterback at Gallaudet who invented the football huddle
2. He was a teacher, coach, and AD at the Kansas School for the Deaf
3. He has 2 hearing kids