Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- strategies to comprehend meaning through recognition of key words, phrases, and formulaic language that are highly contextualized.
- strategies to identify and describe positive images of being Deaf.
- strategies to describe Deaf-Gain.
- strategies to identify the viewpoint of the Deaf community shown through cultural and historical videos in the target language.
Skills
Students are able to:
- comprehend short stories, folktales, jokes, and stories in the target language.
- comprehend and describe the positive image of being Deaf as seen in Deaf cultural media.
- describe Deaf-Gain.
- comprehend and identify the Deaf viewpoint shown in cultural and historical folktales and stories.
- describe historical figures and show how they relate to the current viewpoints in Deaf culture.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- cultural issues affect the Deaf community's perspective.
- to identify diverse perspectives of the Deaf community, it is only available through studying ASL.
- viewing literature in ASL increases understanding of culture, historical figures, and positive images of the Deaf.