ASL 3 Storyboard Narrative
Storyboard Text
- In 1815, Thomas Gallaudet set out for England in hopes of learning a way of communicating with a deaf child, Alice Cogswell.
- I'm not satisfied with this oral communication... there must be another way to talk with her...
- Arrival
- Gallaudet comes across the Braidwood family, who teach deaf children how to lip-read. Due to his lack of funds, the family refuses to teach Thomas the skill.
- Meeting
- I'm sorry, but you just lack the funds to be able to learn the skills we teach.
- I can't stay in England much longer with these funds... perhaps Clerc would like to come back with me?
- French Signer
- Gallaudet meets Laurent Clerc, a Frenchman who is able to sign.
- Clerc agrees to depart to the Americas with Gallaudet; teaching him sign language along the way. Gallaudet teaches him English in return.
- Departure
- Fascinating... speaking with the hands?
- Gallaudet and Clerc establish the American School for the Deaf in 1817. Clerc becomes the first American Deaf teacher.
- Establishment
- And from that day on, Gallaudet University would be one of America's largest Deaf schools.
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