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A group of people walk down a city street overlayed on a map of North America. Caption. You may be aware of the fact that there are 25 million people in the United States alone.
23 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman faces camera and gestures in sign language, making an L shape with thumb and index finger. Caption. And coordinating both the interpreter and ASL programs.
1 hours 27 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman at door of a brick building. Caption. So with the 16 Black students and 4 Black teachers, they set up what...
43 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: K - 12
Black and white photo of a Black couple, woman gestures using sign language. Caption. M, A, L, A, I, K, A.
1 hours 31 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Blonde woman looks at camera, holding up a closed fist with pinky raised. Caption. Sign to voice interpreter. Hi, my name is Lucinda O'Grady Batch.
15 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Valerie Sutton stands in a blue interior space and does sign language towards the camera. Caption. I invented Sign Writing back in 1974.
29 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man wearing a name badge pauses at a conference booth, using sign language to talk to another man wearing a badge. Behind the booth, a sign reads, "Tomato Chef." Caption. That's why the word Deaf is always spelled with a capital D.
Deaf TV
Episode 1
23 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Middle-aged man in business attire in an office setting. He faces camera and uses sign language, holding 1 fist up facing inward. Caption. School aged Deaf youth.
Deaf TV
Episode 2
34 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Video screen shows a woman with blonde straight hair looking out and using sign language, touching a closed fist with thumb up to the top of the other hand. Text on image reads, "Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, California."
Deaf TV
Episode 3
22 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Christina Vorreyer-Davis stands in front of a black backdrop and looks at us with a big smile. She holds her hand to her forehead like she’s saluting.
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 1
1 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us and holds her hands together in fists with her thumbs up. Text reads, “Money behind.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 2
1 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us with a frown on her face as she hand one hand in a thumbs up position and another one with a finger out against the top of her other hand’s fingers. “Text, “Finish Touch.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 3
1 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-David looks at us with scrunched up eyebrows and points to her forehead. Text reads, “Make-Face For-For.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 4
1 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-David looks at us while holding her hand to her neck. Text reads, “Swallow-Pride.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 5
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us with her hands next to each other with two pinkie fingers up. Text reads, “Talk-self.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 6
58 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us while squinting her eyes. She rests her wrist on one hand and points her finger at us. Text reads, “Beat-You.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 7
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Senior man faces camera using sign language, holding up a hand like he is going to take a picture. Caption. Taught Gallaudet sign language.
Famous Deaf Americans
Episode 1
30 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Senior man faces camera using sign language. Caption. She was the deaf girlfriend of "The Fonz," Henry Winkler.
Famous Deaf Americans
Episode 2
29 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of Evelyn Zola, dressed in a fancy black hat, red boa, and black cape. Caption. Good morning, good morning, good morning.
31 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man gestures in sign language on stage, touching thumbs together, hands flat and pointing in either direction. Caption. A butterfly in South America.
1 hours 10 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: All
Male performer on stage reaches 1 hand out in front while lunging back slightly, as if he is doing a pantomime act. Caption. Eyes the runner leading off first base.
57 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: All
2 women shake hands at the front of a school classroom. Caption. I have the new student for you.
23 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: All
Still image from: How to Sign in BASL (Black American Sign Language)
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Lucinda O'Grady Batch holds up her hands to do sign language. Caption. For example, in Norway, Denmark.
21 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
White banner with 6 drawings demonstrating a system of writing in sign language.
30 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Seated man using sign language, touching 1 finger to an open palm. Caption. What is my purpose here on earth?
52 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Robert Panara, professor and authority on deaf figures in literature, faces camera and uses sign language. Caption. We have almost 1,000 deaf students.
28 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Black man glances to the side and sits with his left palm held up vertically and his right pointer finger touching it. Rows of desks and chairs are in background.
27 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Woman smiles and holds up a hand to gesture in sign language. Caption. Most of the following poems were created in A, S, L.
49 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in boxing ring, mouth open and gesturing. Caption. I said, Dad, stop! I'm tryin' to understand you.
1 hours 19 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
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