Hannah's Post

Hi everyone! So since we just finished up our presentations/papers about the Historical Figures, I want to know which Historical Figure stood out most to you and why. Please pick someone you did not present on :)

The Historical Figure that stood out to me is Sophia Fowler Gallaudet. I think she stood out most to me because of everything her and her family accomplished and are known for. I think it is so interesting that she was the only one who was deaf in her family yet her husband and son have had such a large impact on the deaf community.

Hey everyone!
We just wanted to make a post to let everyone have as reference for more in depth facts and accomplishments of our historical figures!

Laurent Clerc: (1785-1869)

·      Born December 26^th, 1785 in La Blame-les Grottes, France.

·      He came from a family of royalty.

·      His father, Joseph was the mayor of their village and his mother’s father was a magistrate in another town.

o   Overall, his family knew and practiced law.

·      At age one, fell from his high chair into the kitchen fireplace.

o   Right cheek severely burned

o   Fever

o   Senses of hearing and smell were damaged

·      His name-sign comes from the scar on his right cheek from there to his mouth.

·      His parents tried different treatments to restore his hearing.

·      The next 11 years, he stayed home tending to their farm.

·      He did not go to school or learn to write.

o   Once he was deaf, he did not have an educator or a mode of communication.

·      At age 12, he was sent to the institut National des Jeune Sourds-Muets, the first public school for the deaf in the world.

·      Abbe Margaron tried teaching him to pronounce words.

o   He had difficulty and resulted in receiving a violent blow under the chin.  

§  This caused him to swear he would never speak again.

§  This gave him the belief that signing is the best method of communication for deaf students.

·     In London, Thomas Gallaudet was introduced to Clerc.

o   This is when he was invited to attend their classes at the Institution in Paris and he accepted.

·      Clerc gave private lessons to Gallaudet and became his “master teacher”

o   This caused him to ask Clerc to come with him to America to establish a school of the deaf there. He was 28 years old.

·      In 1816, Clerc and Gallaudet left for America on a voyage that lasted 52 days.

o   Gallaudet taught Clerc the English language and Clerc taught him signs.

·      The day they arrived in Hartford, CT. He met Alice Cogswell this same day.

o   They communicated with sign association. This motivated him more.

·      Through speeches from October 1816-April 1817, speeches were delivered and brought thousands of dollars to support the foundation of building a new school.

·      On April 15, 1817, the American School for the Deaf opened for seven students with rented rooms.

o   Gallaudet was the principal, Clerc was the head teacher.

o   Students filled the school within a year and ages ranged from 10-51 years old.

·      Clerc later went to Washington D.C in 1818, to gather support from Congress.

o   Here, he was introduced to President James Monroe and applauded for his work.

·      In 1819 he became the first deaf individual to address the Connecticut legislature.  

·      In 1822, he was invited to be the acting principal of the Pennsylvania Institution.

·      He taught for 50 years in 41 states.

·      He retired in 1858 but remained an advocate for education.

·      In June 1864, at age 79 he was the guest of honor at the inauguration of the National Deaf-Mute college, now known as Gallaudet University.

·      On July 18, 1869, he passed away.

Anne Sullivan: (1866-1936)

·      Born April 14^th, 1866 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts

o   Parents were poor, illiterate Irish immigrants.

o   Mother frail, suffering from tuberculosis

o   Father was unskilled and an alcoholic

·      In her early years she was unschooled and nearly blind from untreated trachoma by age seven

o   Mother died when she was 8

o   Father was abusive

o   Two years later he abandoned his family

·      On Feb 22, 1876 Anne and her brother Jimmie were sent to the state almshouse in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

·      Her brother died a short time later, and she spent four years at Tewksbury until she plead to leave and enroll in the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts.

·      At Perkins in 1880, she finally began her academic education

o    quickly learned to read and write.

o   She learned to use the manual alphabet to communicate with a friend who was deafblind.

·      She had many successful eye operations while at Perkins, which improved her sight significantly.

·      She graduated from Perkins in 1886 as valedictorian.

·      The Keller family offered her to come to Tuscumbia, Alabama to tutor their deaf, blind and mute daughter Helen.

·      In March of 1887 she began her lifelong role as Helen Keller’s beloved teacher.

·      She taught Helen for 13 years

o   Accompanied her to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1900 where Helen went to Radcliffe College.

o   Went with Helen to every class, spelling into her hand all lectures, demonstrations, assignments.

o   Helen received bachelor of arts degree.

·      Met John Albert Macy at Radcliffe and fell in love

o   Married on May 3, 1905

o   Separated 1914

·      Spent years after living in Wrentham, Massachusetts and then in Forest Hills with Helen and Polly Thomson.

·      1916- Annes health began to weaken

o   Incorrectly diagnosed as having tuberculosis

o   Ordered to recuperate at Lake Placid – Polly went with her

o   They soon left Lake Placid for the warmer climate of Puerto Rico

o   Returned to Forest Hills when US entered WWI

·      The three women traveled widely in the US and after WWI, other countries.

o   They gave lectures, performances, and appeared in a film titled “Deliverance”

·      1924: Anne and Helen began to work for the American Foundation for the Blind as advocates, counselors and fundraisers.

·      1930-1931: Temple University in Philadelphia, PA wished to recognize Anne and Helens achievements with honorary degrees. Anne accepted the honor.

·      1936: Died at home in Forest Hills, NY on Oct. 20 at the age of seventy.

Information About Andrew Foster and Annie Cannon

Hey guys its Megan! Since we did not get the opportunity to go through all the cards I wanted to share all the information with you all.  Hope you guys enjoyed our game! Let us know if you have any further questions (or want further clarification) when it comes to accommodating someone who is DeafBlind or any further questions for Danielle let us know!  There are no questions off limit!

Andrew Foster

1. Andrew Foster was the son of a coal miner born on June 27, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama.

2. He graduated from the Alabama School for the Deaf with an 8^th grade education

3. He worked a variety of jobs in Detroit, Michigan such as a restaurant work, a bakery, a laundry, an auto and military factory, and as a truck driver, stock handler, boxer, and even a salesman selling women's hosiery door-to-door.

4. In 1951 he graduated from the Detroit Institute of Commerce and the American High School and received a 4-year congressional scholarship to study at Gallaudet University.

5. Foster was the first Black deaf graduate of two more institutions: Michigan State Normal College in 1955 and Seattle Pacific Christian College in 1956.

6. Dr. Andrew Foster was a deaf African American who founded 32 schools for the deaf in 13 African nations.

7. His 60th anniversary of his arrival in Liberia and Ghana and the 30th anniversary of his tragic death in Rwanda airplane accident both occurred in 2017.

8. Foster served in “the inner-city ghetto neighborhoods” to “rehabilitative” deaf African Americans; during this experience, he discovered that there were only 12 schools for the deaf in Africa.

9.   In 1957 Foster found that an “unknown numbers of deaf children were illiterate, language less, and isolated” in Ghana.  It was reported that there are no records from Ghana of any known programs, schools, and teachers for the deaf from that time.

10.  Some researchers claimed that there was no sign language in Ghana before Foster arrived.

11.  In 1957, Foster borrowed a classroom from Osu Presbyterian Middle School for Boys in Accra, from which he launched the Ghana Mission School for the Deaf.  He is said to have initially enrolled 13 deaf children and 11 deaf adults, whom he taught at different times in the same borrowed classroom.

12.  Foster enrolled and taught a total of 53 deaf students.  He taught one class for deaf children, a basic education class for deaf education for youth and adults

13.  By January 1958, Foster found an “uncompleted house at Mampong in the cool Akwapim hills”. He later rented this house, renovated it, and then moved his school from Accra to Mampong.

14. He lost his hearing at age 11 years to spinal meningitis

15. In the meantime, the Ghana Mission Center for Deaf Adults and Youth remained in the Osu neighborhood of Accra. That same academic year more than 100 deaf students enrolled at the Ghana Mission School for the Deaf, while several hundred queued up on a waiting list.

Annie Cannon

1.  Annie Jump Cannon was born December 11, 1863 in Dover, Delaware.

2.  She was one of three children.

3.  Through her experience working with stars she rarely touched a telescope.

4. She created a system for stellar classification that was adopted by the International Astronomical Union and is still in use today.

5. Cannon used her classification system to catalog 225,000 stars, and published her work as the “Henry Draper Catalogue,” which became an important reference tool.

6. Her mother shared an interest in astronomy with her.  The two had a close relationship, and would view the night sky from the roof to their house, taking notes and comparing constellations with a guidebook by candlelight.

7. She lived with her parents and indulged in activities that were typical of women in the nineteenth century which included cooking, playing the piano, and reading.

8. In 1911, Cannon succeeded Fleming and began to implement a new and improved system of classification, based on Fleming's work. Cannon selected the letters OBAFGKM to represent stellar temperatures in a range from the hottest to the coolest stars. "O" stars are the hottest, now known to be hotter than 30,000 kelvins, and emit blue rays; "M" stars are cooler than 4,000 kelvins, and emit red rays.

9. Using this method, Cannon classified every star that had been recorded at the observatory, down to the ninth magnitude. This project involved approximately 225,000 stars. Her work was published in nine volumes between 1918 and 1924, as the "Henry Draper Catalogue”.

10. Cannon went on to classify stars down to the eleventh magnitude (these stars are fainter, and can be viewed with amateur telescopes). These results were published as the "Henry Draper Extension" in 1925 and 1949.

11. Cannon enjoyed traveling, and attended many meetings of the International Astronomical Union in different cities around Europe. This provided her an opportunity to meet astronomers from around the world.

12. Even though she was partially deaf, she never had a problem communicating, and her deafness did not interfere with her work.

13. Cannon died of heart failure and arteriosclerosis.

14. The American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.) honors Cannon each year by presenting the Annie Jump Cannon award to a female astronomy student. Wesley College named the Cannon Science Hall in her honor, and Cannon's childhood home is now used by the college as the president's residence.

KSD Trip

Hey guys! So I've been thinking about about our trip to KSD that's coming up next month, and I was wondering what y'all are excited for or nervous about. I think it's going to be a great experience that could give good insight to what a Deaf Education classroom looks like. For those of you who are future Deaf Educators like myself, how are you going to set up your classroom?

For our trip to KSD, I am super excited to be around students who are deaf. Even though I grew up 10 minutes away from the school, I've never seen much going on around campus. I would love to be able to see instruction at all grade levels, but the younger class should be fun. I am a little nervous about my ASL skills being insufficient for what will be needed when we go. I took a year of ASL in High School but I didn't get to sign much last semester so I'm a little rusty.
Being a future educator, I want to set up my classroom that best benefits my students. I would set up my classroom in a circle/U-shape so that all my students could see each other and conversation would (hopefully) flow smoothly. I also want to have my room a bright and cheerful color to set a positive mood.

Follow Up

Hey guys, it's Tionna! So I decided to put this information on the blog just in case people were interested about Alexander Graham Bell or Helen Keller or just wanted this information. Here are our ten questions and answers below (Feel free to ask any questions if you are confused and Colleen or I will try to help as much as we can):

1. Who termed the word "decentralizing"? *AGB
- Bell sought to integrate deaf children with hearing children in their communities.

2. Who argued without speech deaf children would never be able to participate fully in society? *AGB
- Bell believed that oral-ism would mainstream deaf children and allow them to flourish in society.

3. Whose father was the creator of a program called visible speech (which used symbols to teach deaf people how to speak languages they'd never heard? *AGB
- Bell's father was a elocutionist which is the study and practice of goal delivery.

4. Who wanted more deaf-hearing marriages? *AGB
- Bell believed that the more deaf/deaf marriages that occurred would result in more deaf children. Also more deaf/ hearing marriages would allow for more mainstreaming into the hearing community. 

5. Who sparked a debate between manual-ism and oral-ism which continued to this day? *AGB
- Bell encouraged oral-ism to mainstream the deaf population into the hearing world.

6. Who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964? *HK
- Keller got awarded for her work for helping other with disabilities.

7. Who visited 39 countries during their life time? *HK
- Keller went all around the world to encourage establish schools for deaf and blind students.

8. Who passed away in their sleep? *HK
- Keller passed away due to natural causes in her 80's.

9. Who graduated from Radcliffe University? *HK
- In 1904, Keller graduated at the university and was the first person to earn a degree deaf and blind.

10.  Who was born in Alabama? *HK
- Keller was born in Tuscumbia, AL

- I hope this helps anyone that needed this, you guys have a blessed night!

Historical Figure Activity - Schedule for Activities

I am looking forward to participating in the activities you will conduct with our class next week to help us learn more about the historical figures you have been studying.  Remember as posted:

Student Essays Due Friday, February 23rd by Midnight

Student Presentations Due in Class February 20th & 22nd

I am posting the schedule here on the blog so you can sign up for when you would like to do your activity with the class.  First post in the comments and claim a time here on the blog...the first to have that time slot!  <grin> 

Tuesday

• 6:15     Cassidy & Whitney
• 6:45     Brooklyn, Courtney & Kelly
• 7:00     Colleen & Tionna

Thursday

• 6:15     Abigale & Hannah & Victoria
• 6:30     Abigayle & Faith
• 6:45     Amber & Miranda
• 7:00     Danielle & Megan

As I see the comments I'll update the schedule and repost.

Why?

Hi y'all, I guess I'm in charge of the blog this week. I've got a few questions that hopefully you all can help answer. First question, what are your majors and what would you do with that major? Second question, why did you choose that major? Third question, if you could have any job what would that be? I think majority of the group is planning on teaching in some sort of way. I know these questions might seem  silly, but when you sit back and find the core of yourself and why you are doing what you are doing hopefully that motivates you throughout this semester. This semester is going to fly by so sometimes a little reminder is a good thing.

Hi, my name is Victoria McKay, when I graduate from Eastern Kentucky University I hope to be an Occupational Therapist. When I was asked as a kid, even in high school, what do you want to do after you graduate. I never really had an answer until the end of my junior year, that is when I was introduced to Occupational Therapy. From that point on I have shadowed several different occupational therapist in several different locations, each time motivating me more and more to be an occupational therapist. When people ask me what does an occupational therapist do, I try to come up with a simple answer by giving them examples of what they do. Occupational therapist help people become independent or regain their independence. They can work with any age group and the techniques tend to be the same. The work on fine motor movements such as being able to button clothes, tie shoes, or hold a pencil. One of the most common patients that I saw while shadowing was a hip replacement. One of the moments that has stuck with me is when one of the patients showed me how he washed his face, brushed his teeth, and put on deodorant. That doesn't sound to impressive until you realize he doesn't have arms, his right arm ended at the forearm and his left was above his elbow. I have always wanted to help people and I think that this career is a perfect fit for me.

Can't wait to read what y'all post! :)

Guest Speaker & KSD Trip

I have now confirmed our Guest Speaker & the date for our KSD Trip.  

We will travel to KSD and have our class with the kids in the elementary dorm on Tuesday, March 27th.  You may wish to carpool with others in the class.  If you need a ride or are willing to take others with you in your car - you can comment here to begin to make those arrangements.  If there are enough students to ride with one another I will not drive from Frankfort to Richmond to Danville.  However, if there is a need for me to provide transportation, I can do that.

Next, I am excited to bring back to my class one of the speakers students have talked about long after she has been to the class.  Anita Dowd is deaf and is the Executive Staff Advisor at the Kentucky Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  She oversees the Information, Referral and Advocacy Department, and has worked for KCDHH since 1998. She enjoys traveling around the state sharing presentations related to hearing loss for various

organizations and agencies. She is also passionate about advocating for deaf and hard of hearing issues. Anita attended Gallaudet University and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University. She has two awesome daughters that also have hearing loss. She lives in Lawrenceburg with her youngest daughter and her four-legged family: two cats, two rats and a dog, but everyone knows this can change at any moment. She has also owned a snake, a turtle and she’s thinking about adopting a few chickens!  Anita will be joining us on March 29th to speak to the chapter on Forming an Identity! 

Yes, this means I'll be updating the schedule again!!

DeafBlind

If you had a  student in your class that is DeafBlind meaning they have a combination of vision and hearing loss affects gain information visually and auditorily how do you think you could accommodate that studen? I am myself DeafBlind and fall in to this category. I am totally blind and have mild to moderate hearing loss and have hearing aids for both ears. you  may also ask me questions about deafBlindness.   
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Historical Figure Project

Your first assignment/project for the class is to dig into Deaf Education History.  You will work with one or two other students to learn about individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of Deaf Education or have had a significant impact on the lives of Deaf individuals.

The key is then helping your classmates learn significant information about these individuals in a fun and engaging way!  You and your partner must select two individuals and no group may do the same person as another group.  You must notify me by Thursday, February 8th who you will study and share with us.  I'll keep an updated list here on the blog.

The sooner you choose with whom you are working, the sooner your group can decide who you want to study.  This folder in Blackboard has significant resources for you to use.  Previous semesters this was a different type of project so you can see some presentations students did.  This can give you an idea of WHO to do but not WHAT to do in terms of an activity.

We will talk more about the types of activities and WHAT to do in your activity in class.  The rubric you will use to help guide you in developing it or how it will be scored is in Blackboard.

Post any questions you have about this project here in the Comments and I'll be happy to answer them here.

MRS. WHITE