Through Deaf Eyes

Through Deaf Eyes

Through Deaf Eyes Chapters 1-4

1.In CJ’s driving joke why does he pair “deaf and proud” and “deaf and rich (thank you very much)”?

2. What % of deaf people have hearing parents?

3. About how many Americans are profoundly deaf?

4. Who, in 1817, opened the first permanent school for the deaf?

5. What did all the early schools for the deaf have in common?

6. Why is Alexander Graham Bell considered to be the boogieman in deaf folklore?

7. What two popular American movements did Bell believe in?

8. Why was Bell against deaf people marrying each other?

Through Deaf Eyes Chapters 5-11

1. Why do you think deaf children at oral schools taught each other to sign “on the sly”?

2. Why were students at oral schools not allowed to sign? What were their teachers afraid of?

3. Why do some successful oral deaf people like Kristen Harmon choose not to use, even though she’s easy to understand?

4. Why did the NAD begin making films in 1910?

5. What kinds of activities were available through deaf clubs?

6. What is the origin of the huddle in football?

7. What equipment was required for a deaf person to use a telephone after 1964?

8. What makes a house “deaf friendly”?

Through Deaf Eyes Chapters 12-14

1. Why were deaf people not supportive of William Stokoe’s research?

2. Why did deaf people believe signing wasn’t a language?

3. What are some “movie effects” that are used in ASL?

4. List at least 3 classifiers Wayne Betts used in his film Vital Signs. What did each classifier represent?

5. In the play My Third Eye, what do you think the “bucket” scene represents?

6. Why was Children of a Lesser God so important to deaf people?

7. Why do you think some Deaf people were offended when Marlee Matlin used her voice at the Oscars?

Through Deaf Eyes Chapters 15-19

1. Name some of the reasons why it was important to the deaf community to have a deaf president at Gallaudet University.

2. What is “the most celebrated event in deaf history” known as?

3. Why are cochlear implants not “ an automatic way to pick up spoken language”?

4. Why did going to the Florida School for the Deaf make Summer Crider want to wear her cochlear implant again?

5. In the film Equilibrium, Adrean’s coveralls say “ Cyborg”. What is a cyborg and how does it relate to the film’s plot?

6. Most deaf children today are mainstreamed into regular public schools. What resources do they have to help them learn?