part three. milan, italy september 1880 hearing educators of the deaf
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Do you know the 1880’s?part three
Where was there an international conference on
educating Deaf children?
Milan, Italy
When was there an international convention?
September 1880
Who was at the international convention?
hearing educators of the Deaf
How many people were at the international
convention?
164
How many Americans were at the international
convention?
five
How many schools were at the Americans representing?
51
How many students were at the Americans
representing?
6000
Why is that significant?
The Americans were representing more
students than the other 159 participants combined
How many Deaf people were at the international
convention?
one
Who was it?
James Denison
What did the members at the international
convention vote to do?
Outlaw the use of sign language as a method for educating Deaf children
What method did educators now have to use
(because of the vote)?
the oral method
What method did the Americans favor?
The combined method Why?
Based on child’s needs
What was the Raindrop?
stories adapting Aesop’s Fables & old literary
masterpieces into simple stories
What happened to it?
it ran out of funds and folded in a year
What did James Logan do?
He published all the stories in book form
Who chaired the second NAD meeting?
the first NAD president Robert P McGregor
Who was the second NAD president (think about the people from the article)?
Edwin Hodgson
1880’s Quiz is Thursday.Pronoun Quiz is Tuesday.
Edmund Booth 1810 – 1905
In 1880 life expectancy was 40 years old
Put in order: -Milan Conference
-1st school for the Deaf established in America
-Helen Keller was born -Deaf President Now Protest
-Bronze Gallaudet/Cogswell statue unveiled
-A.G. Bell patented a device -1st NAD meeting
1.1st school for the Deaf established in America (1817)
2. A.G. Bell patented a device (1876)3. Helen Keller was born (June 1880)
4. 1st NAD meeting (August 1880)5. Milan Conference (Sept 1880)
6. Bronze Gallaudet/Cogswell statue unveiled (1889)
7. Deaf President Now Protest (1988)