Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF - same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the episode (most notably available - as of 2019 - on Netflix).

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF – same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the movie (was on Netflix for a time). Extra Information: These questions will open the opportunity to discuss d/Deaf-hearing families and communication amongst those members, d/Deaf education and mainstreaming, communication with d/Deaf persons in their chosen language, cultural point-of-view regarding speaking/signing, and d/Deaf within the political realms.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF – same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the episode (most notably available - as of 2019 - on Netflix). Extra Information/Suggestions: This series of questions opens the opportunity for a discussion of the importance of schools for the Deaf. Within these questions, the topic of world sign languages, their development, the relationship of various world sign languages to one another, home sign languages, and the acquisition of a formal sign language. Also, the questions allow for exploration of d/Deaf adoption (d/Deaf adults adopting and d/Deaf children being adopted). Lastly, the questions provoke the topic of emotion affecting sign language.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF – same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the episode (most notably available - as of 2019 - on Netflix).

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF – same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the episode (most notably available - as of 2019 - on Netflix). Learning Objectives: In this multi-layered discussion question worksheet, students will examine their own understanding, perception, and beliefs regarding d/Deaf and their abilities to participate in “the hearing world”. Students will have an opportunity to answer questions with their opinions, then watch the episode and respond to the same beginning questions with a possibly altered opinion/view. Following this, and before submitting, students will research into the world addressed by the episode - Deaf becoming doctors and Deaf dancing. Once the research is completed, students will again be asked a series of questions to guide their understanding of their beliefs, the episode, and the research.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators. What’s included: Activity description with details for students to follow on how to conduct the experience/experiment as well as how to compose the journal/paper. Rubric for educators to utilize to aid in grading the level of participation, thought, and composition. Formats offered doc, xls, and PDF – same information/questions on either file, per the name of the files. Why it’s useful: As ASL instructors, we are often confronted with students that have not had personal exposure to d/Deaf world. In some cases, we simply live and teach in areas that are not highly concentrated with d/Deaf and therefore lack the ability to aid our students in experiencing the d/Deaf world. The purpose of the Deaf experience/Ear plug experiment is to give students a glimpse of what it is to be d/Deaf and operate within the hearing world. Extra information: This project is intensive, but the purpose of the experience/experiment should warrant a more involved assignment. All parameters for the project are available for each instructor’s personal alteration. The Excel file contains a single tab/worksheet of the rubric. The Excel file will enable you to alter the headers and/or information therein. Also, with a bit of work, you should be able to modify the Excel file to compute students’ grades for you.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators. What’s included: Rubric for educators to utilize to aid in grading fingerspelling production. Formats offered: xls and PDF – same information/questions on either file. Why it’s useful: As ASL instructors, we are often confronted with students that lack confidence, practice, or desire to properly produce the sign language alphabet we are teaching. The Fingerspelling Production Rubric will enable you to more easily inform and grade students on the quality of their fingerspelling production. Extra information: The Excel file contains a single tab/worksheet. The Excel file will enable you to alter the headers and/or information therein. Also, with a bit of work, you should be able to modify the Excel file to compute students’ grades for you.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators … Any foreign language instructor/educator What’s included: Rubrics for educators to utilize to aid in grading activity performance and participation. Formats offered xls and PDF – same information/questions on either file. Why it’s useful: As ASL instructors, we are often confronted with students that lack confidence, practice, or desire to participate in activities or production of the signs/words we are teaching. These Activity Participation Rubrics will enable you to more easily inform and grade students on the quality of their participation. Extra information: The Excel file contains two tabs/worksheets each with a variation of the rubric. The Excel file will enable you to alter the headers and/or information therein. Also, with a bit of work, you should be able to modify the Excel file to compute students’ grades for you.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Activity for students to practice becoming comfortable and understanding the importance of using non-manual markers (facial expressions and body language specifically). Formats offered doc and PDF – same information/questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use an activity for students to practice, and subsequently submit their best work, non-manual markers of ASL. Educators can use this activity as either in-class or as homework - best suggestion is for homework where students are able to practice in private initially. Extra information: Not provided here, but is provided through my other resources, is an Activity Rubric. While this activity is seemingly designed as a yes/no - done/not-done type of assignment, instructors may wish to apply a grade. Please look for the “Activity Participation Rubrics” provided in shop.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators. What’s included: Activity for students to practice communicating using methods other than verbal. Also encourages an understanding of the importance of using non-manual markers (facial expressions and body language specifically). Formats offered doc and PDF – same information/questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use an activity for students to practice non-verbal and non-manual communication, as well as hone their use non-manual markers of ASL. Educators will need to set the parameters of acceptable show-and-tell items. When the author conducted this activity, students were instructed to bring in their favorite stuffed animal. Extra information: Not provided here, but is provided through my other resources, is an Activity Rubric. While this activity is seemingly designed as a yes/no - done/not-done type of assignment, instructors may wish to apply a grade. Please look for the “Activity Participation Rubrics” provided in shop.

Who it’s for: American Sign Language (ASL) instructors/educators What’s included: Discussion questions based on the episode. Formats offered doc and PDF – same questions on either file. Why it’s useful: For those educators who desire to use a movie or television show/episode but struggle with making the showing relevant, here are some discussion questions to lead students in thinking through what was viewed. Educators can use these questions as either in-class discussions or hand to students for in-class work or even as homework. Might be a good snow-day assignment, if the instructor is certain students have access to the episode (most notably available - as of 2019 - on Netflix). Extra Information: The first several questions have been borrowed and modified from musictherapy. All remaining questions have been created by the submitting instructor.