Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Deaf Culture is rich in creative art, especially the visual arts.
- Deaf scholars have provided the world with a vast amount of important discoveries.
- they can create art that is represented by Deaf Culture.
Skills
Students are able to:
- identify different genres of Deaf Art, along with what popular motifs are represented within these pieces.
- identify and expand upon different Deaf scholars' contributions to different intellectual fields.
- create and describe a simple piece of Deaf art.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- the Deaf community creates products that reflect their culture.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- different motifs and themes appear in Deaf visual art.
- these motifs have a strong representation to Deaf Culture and issues that Deaf people, especially children, face.
- Deaf scholars, especially from both Gallaudet University and NTID, have provided a great deal of knowledge to both the Deaf world and general population.
- students, too, can create Deaf art.
