ASL: A History

Who helped teach students using the monks sign language and opened the first documented Deaf school?

• Edward Miner Gallaudet

• Early Christians

• Pedro Ponce de Leon

• Juan Pablo Bonet

This place was established in 1864 by Edward Miner Gallaudet and originally named the National Deaf-Mute College

• Martha's Vineyard

• The French Institute for the Deaf

• American School for the Deaf

• Gallaudet University.

Who had the belief of these people were that if you were Deaf, God was punishing you and you couldn't go to Heaven due to your lack of ability to read the Bible.

• Early Jews

• Ancient Greeks

• Early Christians

• Ancient Romans

What year did the Milan Conference take place?

• 1914

• 1880

• 1817

• 1895

What was the name of the Deaf Utopia where, due to a recessive gene, most of the residents were Deaf?

• Martha's Vineyard

• American School for the Deaf

• Gallaudet University

• France

Who created the first electronic hearing aid in 1895?

• Father Charles-Michel d'l'Eppe'

• Miller Reese Hutchinson

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Veditz

Who was a famous Deaf Major League Baseball (MLB) player?

• William Hoy

• Edward Gallaudet

• William Stokoe

• Laurent Clerc

Who brought Laurent Clerc over to help establish the American School for the Deaf?

• William Hoy

• Edward Gallaudet

• Thomas Gallaudet

• George Veditz

Who established the school for the Deaf in France in 1760? He was also known as the "Father of Deaf Education".

• William Hoy

• Father Charles-Michel d'l'Eppe'

• Pedro Ponce de Leon

• George Veditz

The belief of these people was that Deaf cannot learn because they cannot hear.

• Early Jews

• Ancient Greeks

• Early Christians

• Ancient Romans