ASL+and+Deaf+Studies

Introduction:
Our collection includes learning American Sign Language, ASL storytelling videos, picture books and novels depicting life of the deaf and hard of hearing, nonfiction covering Deaf Culture and the history of the Deaf community.

Questions for Inquiry:
How do I learn sign language? What is the Deaf community? Deaf Culture? The Deaf World? What is life like when you are Deaf or hard of hearing? What is the history of education for Deaf people?

Keywords:
deaf, deaf world, deaf community, ASL, American Sign Language, hard of hearing, cochlear implants, hearing aids, deaf parents

Subject Headings:
__American Sign Language--Handbooks, manuals, etc.__ __American Sign Language--Study and teaching.__ __Deaf- Education Children of deaf parents--Biography.__ __Deaf parents--Biography.__ __Deaf--Case studies.__ __Deaf--History.__

Dewey Decimal Classification(s):
419 362

Reference:


//American Sign Language Dictionary//

//The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary.//

//Talking with Your Hands//

//1,000 Signs of Life: Basic ASL for everyday conversation//

//Signing for Kids.//

Non-fiction (elementary):
//Deaf Culture A to Z// by Walkter Paul Kelley. A great introduction to Deaf Culture.

//Can you hear a rainbow?:// //the story of a deaf boy named Chris// by Jamee Riggio Heelan. A deaf child tells how he uses sign language, hearing aids, and his other senses to communicate, how his friends help him, and how he goes to public school with an interpreter.

//All about Sign Language: Talking with your Hands// by Felicia Lowenstein.

//Hearing Loss// by Carol Baldwin.

Non-fiction (secondary):
//Deaf in Delhi// by Madan Vasishta. A memoir of growing up deaf in India.

//My Sense of Silence: A Memoir of a Childhood with Deafness// by Lennard J. Davis A memoir of growing up as a child of a deaf adults (CODA).

//Hand, Heart and Mind: The Story of the Education of America's Deaf People// by Lou Ann Walker.

//Deaf Girls Rule//. Wendy Tiefenbacher, Editor. A photoessay about Gallaudet's basketball team.

Picture books (elementary):
//Moses// series by Isaac Millman. Depicts school life of Moses and his classmates, all deaf, with storyboard sequences of sign language sentences on many pages. Very appealing to kids who want to learn some key phrases in sign.

//I'm Deaf, and it's okay// by Lorraine Aseltine//.// A classic for deaf children. A favorite of some of our teachers.

//Daddy and Me in the Morning// by Pat Lakin. A glimpse into the daily life of a young deaf boys who uses hearing aids. He and his father have lots of ways to communicate and they get up early to see a breathtakingly illustrated sunrise.

//Silent Lotus// by Jeanne Lee//.// A reading rainbow selection about a young deaf dancer in Cambodia who is chosen to become a temple dancer, the highest honor for a dancer, communicates with others.

Middle Readers (elementary/secondary):
//Of Sound Mind// by Jean Ferris.

//Deaf Child Crossing// by Marlee Maitlin. A plucky young girl who is hard of hearing tries to be normal.

//Dovey Coe// by Frances by O'Roark Dowell.

//The Boys of San Joaquin// by D. James Smith.

Videos/DVDs (elementary):
//Once Upon a Time series.// ASL storytelling.

//Signing Times series.// Learning ASL.

//Silent Lotus//. Reading Rainbow about signing and family life for a deaf child.

Videos/DVDs (secondary):
//Sound and Fury//. Documentary about cochlear implants.

//ASL Poetry//. Selected Works of Clayton Valli.

//Do you think Deaf people have problems?// One-woman comedy show giving the perspective of a Deaf woman and how she survives in a hearing world.

Community Resources:
National Theater for the Deaf League of Hard-of-Hearing New York Society for the Deaf

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:
ASL is a second language: Foreign Language requirement for HS