Union High School

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Deaf Studies Curriculum Supplement

ASL Years 1 & 2

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RESOURCE MATERIALS LIST (COLOR CODED):

RED: YouTube / Vimeo: YT
BLUE: Books
GREEN: Art
ORANGE: Articles / Blogs / Vlogs
PURPLE: Films
Required Textbook: Signing Naturally
Resource Textbooks (provided):
-Deaf Culture, Our Way
-For Hearing People Only
-Through Deaf Eyes
-The Deaf Community In America
-Intro to American Deaf Culture
-Deaf World
-A Journey Into The DEAF-World
-Deaf In America
-Train Go Sorry

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(Listed as SN in curriculum)

(Listed as DCOW in curriculum)

(Listed as FHPO in curriculum)
(Listed as TDE in curriculum)
(Listed as TDCA in curriculum)
(Listed as IADC in curriculum)
(Listed as DW in curriculum)
(Listed as JIDW in curriculum)
(Listed as DIA in curriculum)
(Listed as TGS in curriculum)

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WEEK 1

Greetings

WEEK 2

Ways of communicating with Deaf

WEEK 3

Getting signers attention

WEEK 4

Deaf Awareness Week

WEEK 5

Creating A signing environment

WEEK 6

Cultural Norms: Conversations

WEEK 7

Introduction to a visual culture

FHPO Ch. 1
Film See What I Mean: Differences
Between Deaf And Hearing
Cultures
DCOW Classic Hazards

WEEK 8

Cultural Norms: Speaking

FHPO Ch. 110

History: How ASL came to America

TDE - Introduction

Deaf Sports

DW: Ch. 42
YT: Sports Illustrated
Underdogs: California School for
the Deaf
DW: Ch 42
Ben Jarashow Lecture Teaching
Deaf Studies Through DeVia

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SN Deaf Culture Quiz

DCOW Classic Humor
FHPO Ch. 14
DCOW Our Unique Ways
SignGenius Tips at: http://
www.signgenius.com/info-do
%27s&don%27ts.shtml
Zoom 2012: Little World at: http://
www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/
zoom-2012-little-world/
FHPO: Ch. 107

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Deaf Artists: Key Figures

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SEMESTER 1

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WEEK 12

1-10 Stories

WEEK 13

ABC Stories

WEEK 14

Frank Talk: Physical Features

WEEK 15

ASL Interpreters: What They Do

WEEK 16

Gallaudet University

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What Happens At Deaf Parties

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FHPO Ch. 6
YT: Evelina Gaina, ASL Number/ABC
Story Backwards "Vampire &
Werewolf"
ASL Works of Poetry: Selected
Works of Clayton Valli
FHPO: Ch. 111

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National Deaf Organizations: An

Overview

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WEEK 18

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Art: Matt Daigle, Extreme

Interpreting
YT: Terrylene1 Gallaudets
Favorite Poem!
YT: Gallaudetfilm Gallaudet: The
Film
National Association for the Deaf
(www.nad.org
World Federation For the Deaf
www.wfd.org
Art: Nancy Rourke, CODA Waits

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SEMESTER 2

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RESOURCES

WEEK 1

Introduction: Deaf Culture Review

WEEK 2

Deaf Performing Arts: Theatre

WEEK 3

Deaf Films

WEEK 4

Storytelling: The Diamond Approach

WEEK 5

Deaf Education: Key Figures

WEEK 6

Little d and big D definitions

WEEK 7

Communication modalities: An Overview

WEEK 8

Medical View On Deafness

WEEK 9

Cultural View On Deafness

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SN Deaf Culture Quiz Recall

FHPO: Ch. 9, 55, 56
FHPO Ch. 66

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A History of Deafness and Driving

Residential Schools for the Deaf: A
Cultural Bastion
Audism

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Wrong Game
Versa Effect
Dack Virnig Snowman
DCOW A Hazard No More
FHPO Ch. 128

FHPO Ch. 32
FHPO Ch. 35
FHPO Ch. 49
Movie: And Your Name is Jonah
FHPO Ch. 55
FHPO Ch. 117
Article at: http://hubpages.com/
hub/Deaf-People-Drive
FHPO: Ch. 71-73
TDE Ch 2: Advent of Deaf
Education
TGS Ch. 10: Stupid English

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WEEK 13

Technologys impact on Deaf Culture

WEEK 14

Reasons Why Being Deaf is Awesome

Deaf World: Social Medias

Impact on the Deaf Community
DCOW Not So New Technology
DCOW New Technology
DCOW Blessings Of Being Deaf

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Discrimination: A broad understanding

FHPO Ch. 42
Movie: Sound And Fury
DCOW Hearing Parents of Deaf
Children
DCOW Hearing with Deaf
Parents
FHPO Ch. 84

WEEK 18

Creating Allies

Movie: Love Is Never Silent

WEEK 15

Cochlear Implants: Deaf vs. Hearing

perspectives
What CODAs are, and what its like to be
one

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WEEK 16

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GUTHRIE NUTTER @2014

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TGS Ch. 9: Salvaging

WEEK 2

Local Deaf Organizations: How to Get

Involved
Deaf Clubs

WEEK 3

Deaf Performing Arts: Challenges

TGS Ch. 11: Number-One Home

WEEK 4

Deaf Films: A Critical View

WEEK 5

Deaf Education: Colliding Philosophies

WEEK 6

Bilingualism / Biculturalism

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Black Sand vs. Gerald

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Communication Modalities: Impacts on

Community, Culture, and Identity
Medical Approaches on eradication of
Deafness

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JITDW Ch. 1

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TGS Ch. 12: Train Go Sorry

ASL literature: Pointy Three
By Adam Stone
TGS Ch. 13: Whose Apple Pie
JITDW Ch. 14
Art: Matt Daigle, Im Sooo
Sorry

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WEEK 12

Deaf Employment: Current challenges

TGS Ch. 14: Moving The

Boundaries Blog: Sign language
that African Americans use is
different from that of whites
(Washington Post: http://
www.washingtonpost.com/
lifestyle/style/sign-languagethat-african-americans-use-isdifferent-from-that-of-whites/
2012/09/17/2e897628bbe2-11e1-8867ecf6cb7935ef_story.html)
FHPO Ch. 57
Deaf Space (Gallaudet website
at: http://www.gallaudet.edu/
university_communications/
gallaudet_today_magazine/
deaf_space_spring_2007.html
TGS Ch. 15: Light & Dark
Understanding Harry Potter:
Parallels to the Deaf World
(article)
IAD Ch. 12

WEEK 13

Protests: Current factors and Future

Protests

TGS Ch. 16: Interpreting

BW Ch. 48

WEEK 9

Comparing Deafness to other Minority

Cultures

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Deaf Friendly Living Spaces

WEEK 11

Residential Schools for the Deaf: Legal

Challenges and Current Trends

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SEMESTER 2
WEEK 14

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Criminal Justice

FHPO Ch. 131

My Deaf Mom, the Cop and the
Law at https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=VRaBUfeNfAU
Marlee Matlin On Deaf and Police
Interaction at https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pAvewviVwjY
TGS Ch. 17: The Long Goodbye

Early Intervention http://

aslized.org/journal/ei/
YT: James Kittell My Son is
DEAF, Finally! (subtitles)
FHPO Ch. 52
TGS Ch. 18: Graduation
DeafHood summary at: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafhood
YT: Deaf Discrimination on ABC's
"What Would You Do?"

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WEEK 15

Cochlear Implants and Language

Acquisition

WEEK 16

Deaf Identity Spectrum

WEEK 17

DeafHood

WEEK 18

Being Agents Of Change As Allies

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