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Ch. 2 - Origins of Deaf Learning In America - Coggle Diagram
Ch. 2 - Origins of Deaf Learning In America
Martha's Vineyard
during the 1640's, Wamapanog's and new settlers lived peacefully on the Island together. Due to the small nature of the Island, there were high birthrates and population expanded quickly.
Many of the Deaf people who lived on the Island were poor farmers and they left England to begin a new life In America.
Martha's vineyard was established In 1602, by a man named Bartholomew Grosnold. He named the Island after his daughter, Martha.
The Island's deaf population had their own signed language-it became known as Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, many scholars believe MVSL played a big role In the development and establishment of what Is now known as ASL.
Mainstream Education
Francis Green maintained his interest In deaf education. He visited the national Institution of Paris, where Sicard used signs to teach his students and this fascinated Green.
A man named Francis Green also enrolled his deaf child, Charles at the Braidwood Academy. The academy focused on oral education only, but Charles was able to master both speech and a signed language. However, Charles died just a year after learning sign language In a tragic fishing accident.
Francis Green strongly advocated for free education for all deaf kids In America. He even collected a census so that he could learn how many deaf adults there were In the area- deaf people had previously been excluded. Green, sadly passed before the first school for the deaf was established, but his work and Intentions continue to live on.
The earliest records of mainstream education begin the 1700s. A man named Samuel Edge paid double the tuition amount to have his deaf son, John, taught In a class with hearing children.
Pioneers (1) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas's younger sister had a friend named Alice- she had lost her hearing at the age of 2 after she became very ill. Thomas noticed one day that she struggled to keep up with the other kids, and he sympathized with her. He taught her how to spell a few words that afternoon-her name Included. Thomas was convinced just In one afternoon that she was just as capable as her hearing peers to receive an education.
Thomas met with Alice's father, who was a prominent physician. Together they made plans to learn a proper way to teach deaf kids and raise funds to establish a school In Connecticut. He traveled to Europe to learn the teachings that they were using, and he had to be very persistent In order to get "trade family secrets." He also had to fight his way through to get funding, but he was eventually successful on his mission.
Thomas was the oldest of 12 kids. He graduated from Yale at the top of his class at the age of 14.
He successfully established the first school for the deaf In Hartford Connecticut In 1885. It was named the American School for the Deaf. Seven students enrolled on the first day and they ranged from ages 10-40years old. THG continued to teach for most of his life and he also worked against slavery, wrote children's books, and advocated for the education of deaf kids as well as giving women access to a college education. He died In 1851, but his work continues to live on and will continue to impact the deaf community for many years to come.
Pioneers (2) Alice Cogswell
However, when Thomas taught her how to spell things like hat, and her named. She quickly became fascinated and wanted to learn the name for everything. She was a very bright girl and It was because of her that Thomas set out on his journey to fund a school for deaf Individuals.
Alice was said to be a model student. She demonstrated very Intricate thoughts after just 3 years of education-which Is huge considering that she did not have an access to education at an earlier age like her peers did. As a 15 year old, she composed poems. One read "What Is hope? It Is to aim the good thing with moderate wish and a smile but It is not a violent emotion....."
Alice Cogswell lost her hearing at the age of 2 after sh became sick. She was friends with Thomas's younger siblings, but she struggled to keep up with them sometimes.
Sadly, not much Is known about Alice. But she was very affectionate towards her father and therefore was very attached. She died at a very early age, just 10 days after her father passed away. She was only 25. Today, there are streets named after her.