ASL Jeopardy Today!!!

You may have your culture/grammar review sheet out, but put everything else away. Music is allowed (and food/drink), but no texting/phones necessary and only ASL on your desks. You may also practice your presentation while you play.

Final Jeopardy Question

1. Deaf Culture 2. Deaf History

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4. Fast Facts 5. Deaf Education

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3. Grammar

This is a natural language, the

sign language of Deaf people in the

USA

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What is ASL?

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This man founded the first school for the deaf in the USA

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Who was Gallaudet?

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This person believed deaf people should not marry or have

children, and thought deafness

was contagious. He was an inventor, and

a phone company was named after him

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Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

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These are given to you by deaf people, and

are ways to represent your name without

having to fingerspell it.

What are name signs?

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These professionals generally discourage hearing parents from using signs with their

deaf babies (even though they ironically

often encourage signing with hearing

babies)

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Who are doctors/speech therapists/Audiologists/medical professionals?

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This movement was the first time that

Deaf rights and Deaf pride made national

and international news

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What is « Deaf President Now » ?

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This is the region in England where the deaf people lived before moving

to Martha’s Vineyard in the USA

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What is Kent ?

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This is the language that both hearing and deaf people used for school, work, etc, in a specific place in the USA in the

1700’s and early 1800’s.

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What is Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language?

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This is the education method that research

shows encourages the best English fluency in deaf

individuals

What is the ASL bilingual method ?

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These are the two types of students’

signing that combined with the

Old French Sign Language of their

teacher to form Old ASL

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What are home signs and Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language?

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This is writing in all capital letters, one word for each

sign.

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What is an ASL gloss ?

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The line over the capital letters and its symbol in written ASL

show what to do with this.

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What is your facial expression?

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This is ASL word order (also known as Topic-Comment structure).

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What is TIME OBJECT SUBJECT VERB ?

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This is spoken English word order.

What is Subject Verb Object

(SVO) ?

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These are what we call signs such as

---to, and, or, so, ...

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What is Signed English (Signed English markers,

prepositions, etc.)?

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This is the meaning of Deaf (instead of

deaf).

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What is culturally Deaf ?

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90% of deaf children are born to these

parents.

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What are hearing parents?

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This is the appropriate term for

those who can switch from the

hearing and Deaf worlds (who may

also identify themselves as

Deaf).Back

What is hard of hearing ? (remember, not the

offensive term hearing impaired)

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When was the International

Congress in Milan, Italy, which met

on deaf education?

What is 1880?

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This is the average reading level of deaf students when they

graduate high school (a failure of deaf education

in the USA)

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What is a 3rd or 4th grade reading level?

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This is when the first school for the deaf was founded

in the USA.

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What is 1817?

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This is where the first school for the deaf was founded in the USA.

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What is Hartford, Connecticut?

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This is what was decided at the International

Congress on deaf education in Milan, Italy

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What is Oralism, or no signing allowed in deaf education?

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This is the signing system that was

invented by hearing people, and is not a signed language (it

is just a visual version of a spoken

language).

What is Signed English (or SEE, MCE,

etc.)?

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This is the method that began in the

1970’s to use “whatever works” in deaf education (but

ended up often excluding ASL).

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What is Total Communication?

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This is the name of the Deaf

Frenchman who helped Gallaudet

found the first school for the

deaf in the USA.

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Who is Laurent Clerc?

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