Old Dead Guys

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  1. 8. This old dead guy not only had a neck ruff and hair poof to die for but he somehow always makes you want a beer. He opened a school for the deaf in Germany and believed that clear thought was only possible through speech. Favored speech reading.
  2. 9. Socrates Aristotle Saint Augustine and the Justinian Code all originated here.
  3. 12. Gallaudet, This old dead guy wanted to teach a little deaf girl named Alice-so he tried to learn sign language from snobby Braidwood and when he was rejected. He went to learn in France instead. He returned from France with Monsieur Clerc and they started the American Asylum for the Deaf in Hartford Connecticut where they used sign language and finger spelling.
  4. 13. Gallaudet, This old dead dude was the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet-he was the first president of Gallaudet University and a strong advocate for sign language
  5. 16. This old dead dude viewed deafness as a handicap and wanted to prevent the birth of deaf children via marriage bans even though both his mother and wife were deaf. He helped his father teach “visible speech” and wanted to eliminate residential schools along with prohibit sign language and deaf teachers.
  6. 17. This old dead guy had people piling on top of one another and was Heinicke’s successor. He condemned signs and manual alphabet and thought children should learn language through speaking.
  7. 19. This old dead guy thought deaf people were incapable of language and ideas
  8. 20. This old dead guy and his beard had Sofia thinking that she could grow a wonky beard like his and he opened the first English school for the deaf. He associated speech sounds with alphabet and single syllables. He and his beard were also stingy with their sign language knowledge and refused to share with Mr. Gallaudet.
  9. 21. Ponce de Leon hails from here.
  10. 23. This old dead guy with an epic double chin established the first school for the deaf in France and saw the benefits of teaching manual alphabet and signing systems.
  11. 24. This old dead guy taught the Roman alphabet which was a pictorial representation of the speech organs(lips & tongue) He promoted the manual alphabet to understand lipreading.
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  1. 1. This old dead guy was a Spanish monk and referred to as the “Father of Deaf Education”
  2. 2. This old dead guy thought that faith came by hearing
  3. 3. a meeting in 1880 that declared oral education superior to manual education and passed a resolution banning the use of sign language in school.
  4. 4. This old dead guy is Hailey’s eye twin and was passionate about speechreading. Thought articulating speech does not require sound so speech should be able to be seen.
  5. 5. These old dead guys believed that speech reading has to be in context because speech sounds are difficult to distinguish.
  6. 6. Samuel Howe Harriett Rogers, These old dead people advocated for the funding of a school for the deaf in response to parents and educators in New England wanting an oral program for deaf children. Clarke School for the Deaf was the result.
  7. 7. This list of rules stated that Deaf people could not control property make contracts or write a valid will.
  8. 10. Juan Pablo Bonet-Charles Michael De l’Epee and Abbe Sicard’s pad.
  9. 11. Samuel Heinicke and Friedrich Hill’s digs.
  10. 14. John Buller-John Wallis-William Holder and Thomas Braidwood call this home.
  11. 15. Horace Mann-Samuel Howe-Harriett Rogers-the Gallaudet duo and AGB’s crib.
  12. 18. This old dead guy thought all who were born deaf became senseless and incapable of reason
  13. 22. Meghan’s suave old dead guy twin was Monsieur de l’Epee’s successor and continued with manual signs but ditched speech.