EOC Deaf History!

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  1. 3. CLUE: Troy ______, the first Deaf man to win an acting Oscar for his role in the 2021 film CODA.
  2. 7. CLUE: The accessibility feature that first appeared on television in 1972 on the show The French Chef.
  3. 8. CLUE: The Greek philosopher whose claim that the Deaf were "incapable of reason" hindered Deaf rights for nearly 2,000 years.
  4. 10. CLUE: Under this ancient law, Deaf people were protected from being cursed but were seen as "not fully competent."
  5. 13. CLUE: The educational method that focuses on speech and lip-reading while forbidding the use of signs.
  6. 17. CLUE: The Massachusetts island (Martha's ______) where a high rate of hereditary deafness led to a society where everyone signed.
  7. 18. CLUE: The acronym for the American School for the Deaf, founded in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817.
  8. 19. CLUE: The Saint who originally believed Deaf people could not be saved because they could not hear "the word."
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  1. 1. CLUE: A Deaf person who historically sold manual alphabet cards or trinkets in public places to survive during eras of high unemployment.
  2. 2. CLUE: Deaf workers in WWII defense plants were known as "______ Without Guns."
  3. 4. CLUE: He published the first book on Deaf education in 1620, featuring a manual alphabet.
  4. 5. CLUE: Alice ______, the young neighbor of Thomas Gallaudet whose need for education inspired his journey to Europe.
  5. 6. CLUE: Known as the "Father of the Deaf," he founded the first public school for Deaf students in Paris.
  6. 7. CLUE: The Deaf Frenchman who traveled to America with Thomas Gallaudet to establish the first permanent school for the Deaf.
  7. 9. CLUE: The Gallaudet professor who linguistically proved in the 1960s that ASL is a real language.
  8. 11. CLUE: The first Deaf actress to win an Academy Award for her role in Children of a Lesser God.
  9. 12. CLUE: The hearing president whose appointment sparked the 1988 "Deaf President Now" protest.
  10. 14. CLUE: The Italian city where an 1880 conference infamously voted to ban sign language in schools.
  11. 15. CLUE: I. King _____, who became the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University following the 1988 protests.
  12. 16. CLUE: The 1980 civil rights law (Americans with Disabilities Act) that mandates equal access in public and professional spaces.