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WorksheetsDFST 375 - Deaf History (Martha's Vineyard)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
We have learned how Deaf people were historically viewed in the past. What were some of the attitudes in 1890? (p. 98)
Deaf people were normal.
Deaf people were accepted and integrated in society.
Deaf people were viewed as brutes, idiots, and “half men”
Deaf people were awesome!
In the nineteenth century, Deaf people were not encouraged to have rights or responsibilities as a citizen as they were seen as “defectives.” Deaf people remain an isolated group by choice or prejudicial actions by hearing people. Why is that? (p. 98-99)
Ignorance was the main factor
Hearing people viewed them as capable
Society was inclusive for Deaf people
Deaf people were world class citizens
The earliest written records on Deaf people were from a law that restricted their rights. What law was it? (p. 99)
Socrates
Justinian Code
Babylonian law
Aristotle
Who commented that Deaf people could not learn because “speech was the primary vehicle of thought and education?” (p. 99)
Socrates
Aristotle
Babylonian law
Justinian Code
Another record from the sixth century made a distinction between Deaf people from birth and late deafened regarding their rights. Who made this historical record? (p. 99-100)
Aristotle
Justinian Code
Babylonian law
Socrates
Despite Deaf people not being allowed to marry, have a voice in politics, or inherit property, one philosopher, Cardan, made an argument about Deaf people. What was his argument? (p. 100)
Deaf people could not read and write
Deaf people had the ability to learn; were capable of using their minds
Deaf people had no abstract thoughts
Deaf people had the ability to drive
A group of settlers from the Weald had already been on the island for a decade when one of the first books on Deaf Education was published. Who wrote these books? (p. 101)
John Bulwer
Aristotle
Gallaudet
Clerc
Educators of the Deaf did not visit the Vineyard or even consider these Deaf islanders’ lifestyles. Comparisons between Deaf people and Native Americans had been made. Despite Deaf people being able to be educated, what was the attitude shown in literature about Deaf people? (p. 102-104)
Positive attitudes were made
Deaf people were viewed as "wow!"
Society believed Deaf people were normal
Negative views and ideas were still made about Deaf people
Educators were the ones who instigated the propensity to be prejudiced against Deaf people unlike the people on the Vineyard. Such thinking influenced the general public. What prevented Deaf people from using their full abilities? (p. 104)
Use of sign language
Unemployment and underemployment
Attending school
Technology
Despite having a Deaf subculture, how have Deaf people bonded to have a tight knit? (p. 104-105)
Use of sign language
Shared experiences
Marriage to other Deaf people
Membership in a Deaf organization
All of the above
For about 250 years, Deaf islanders were included and encouraged/expected to participate to the fullest extent in society. Not being able to hear was not an issue nor was it given a negative attitude. Where did the positive attitude and thinking of the Vineyarders about Deaf people possibly come from? (p. 107-108)
Lambert family
Weald family (Weald of Kent)
Groce family
Wolsey family
The concept of ‘colonists’ shaped the Vineyarders’ adaptations to Deaf people. Despite the high number of Deaf people born on the island, why were Deaf people successful? (p. 107-108)
Small size island
Simple society with little/no technology
Deaf people could do anything except for a few tasks
Deaf people were accepted by everyone
All of the above
The Vineyarders’ experience suggested that the word “handicap” is an arbitrary social concept. What can we learn from Martha’s Vineyard regarding people with disabilities? (p. 108)
a) People with disabilities can be productive citizens of the community if the community includes them
b) The community is not willing to adapt and accommodate people with disabilities
c) The community is willing to adapt and make changes; therefore, adaptation was important
d) a and c
Today, the older Vineyarders continue to remember Deaf people and the use of signed language, and the importance of Martha’s Vineyard. However, this unusual phenomenon of a signing community and Vineyarder’s memories living in a signing community is slowly diminishing over time. What is one important message that we can learn from Martha’s Vineyard? (p. 109)
a) They struggled to fit in and communicate with everyone because sign language was not used
b) Deaf individuals on the island were not handicapped; no one viewed them as having a handicap/disability
c) They were just like everyone else
d) b and c
In addition to Martha’s Vineyard view and attitude about Deaf people, the island is a model. What is their model that we should incorporate today?
a) Everyone used sign language whether you were Deaf or hearing; therefore, full inclusion was seen on the island
b) Martha's Vineyard showed that sign language was not important to use with Deaf people
c) Martha’s Vineyard provides a model for today’s society to be more inclusive and welcoming to Deaf people
d) a and c
