WorksheetsASL and How ASL Came to America
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 49mins
Out of the options below, which one DOES NOT describe ASL?
A language with its own structure
A language that is always adding new words and deleting old ones
A language that derived from old French Sign Language
A language that uses mime
Which of the below options is NOT TRUE in regards to Sign Language?
At one time, it was prohibited (banned, illegal) to use sign
Hearing people made deaf people feel inferior (less) when they used sign language
ASL has never been used to express poetry, songs or stories
People actually thought it was more of an "animal" language
Where can you use ASL?
Underwater
Through a window
Across a football field
Where you need to remain silent, but still get someone's attention
Silly Mrs. A...you can use it in all of those places!
Martha's Vineyard is unique because...
It was a place where everyone knew sign language
It was where the first deaf school was established
It was where the Cogswells lived
It had an asylum for people to go to
Which options below accurately depict Dr. Cogswell and his intentions?
A wealthy man, he could afford to send his daughter oversees and he did
His favorite daughter came down with spotted fever and became deaf. He sympathized with her and wanted a better life for her
He went to Europe in search of answers of how to teach his daughter
He learned ASL to communicate with Alice
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet came into the story because...
He was a tutor for the deaf and was hired to teach Alice
He was the Cogswell's neighbor and he felt bad for Alice
He worked with Dr. Cogswell and knew what to do with deaf kids
He had a lot of money to fund a trip to Europe
What option below was NOT an option for Dr. Cogswell to choose between for Alice?
To send her to live in Europe
To send her to the American deaf school
Send her to the asylum
Hire a private tutor
Why didn't Dr. Cogswell choose to send her away? (2 are correct)
It was too expensive
They said he couldn't send her
He was worried he wouldn't see her again
He didn't think she would succeed
He thought all deaf children and their families deserved to have a better option
What did Dr. Cogswell and Mr. Gallaudet decide to do?
Raise money to build the school
Raise money to travel to Europe to learn methods about how to teach deaf people
Travel to London together
Teach Alice themselves
First on his travels, Gallaudet went where to learn about teaching deaf children how to speak?
The Insane Asylum
The Abbey in France
The Abbey in London
The Braidwood School
What did he find out there?
That it took a lot of time and money to teach deaf kids to learn a language
Their speech was almost perfect when they graduated
ASL was banned, so speech was required. Thus, starting a school to teach ASL would be dumb.
He didn't learn anything: they refused to let him in or talk to him about it
What did Gallaudet witness while in London?
Deaf people talking
A protest
Deaf students communicating through sign language and written French
A man named Jean Massieu trying to convince him to teach sign language
When did Gallaudet arrive in Paris?
1817
1816
1800
1814
Gallaudet learned ASL from who?
Dr. Cogswell
Laurent Clerc
Jean Massieu
His son, Edward Gallaudet
When on the trip home, how did the 2 scholars interact?
They each taught each other their language
They learned ASL
They became friends while learning how to sail the Mary Augusta
They discussed how they were going to make enough money to succeed with the school
Where did they start the first deaf school?
Massachusets
Washington, D.C.
Connecticut
Paris
When was the school finally open for students?
1816
1817
1820
1862
What was the school called?
The American Asylum for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons
The insane Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
The American Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
The Insane Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
When the school started, what happened that they didn't plan for?
Students didn't want to learn FSL
Students were adapting the FSL signs
Students wanted to learn how to speak
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had 2 sons. Edward Minor Gallaudet founded which of the options below?
Gallaudet University
The first TTY
The first deaf school
The first deaf church
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had 2 sons. Thomas Jr. founded which of the options below?
Gallaudet University
The first TTY
The first deaf school
The first deaf church
Graduates of the deaf school went on to do what?
Teach at the asylums
Start their own deaf schools
Return with Laurent Clerc to France to prove his success
Attend the Braidwood school for more speech practice
Why was this time known as the "Golden Age of Deaf Culture?"
ASL was being taught all over the country
ASL was starting to be replaced with speaking methods
Deaf people populations were growing
The first school for the deaf was built
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