teachers of the deaf

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teachers of the deaf

Gallaudet, friend of the deaf

1987
A biography of Thomas H. Gallaudet, who believed the deaf deserved the availability of a high school and college education and set about making it a reality.

Laurent Clerc

the story of his early years
1991
A fictionalized autobiography in which the voice of Laurent Clerc describes his boyhood in France as a deaf student and his development of his own progressive methods to teach the deaf.

Sign language man

Gallaudet and his incredible work
2011
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Thomas H. Gallaudet, describing how he helped a young girl who could not hear, and discussing his efforts to develop and teach American Sign Language.

A deaf child listened

Thomas Gallaudet, pioneer in American education
1983
A biography of a man whose pioneering efforts in educating deaf children in the early part of the nineteenth century are still being felt today.

A world of knowing

a story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
1995
A biography of the founder of the first school for the deaf in the United States who, among other accomplishments, evolved a new sign language and wrote children's books.

Hello, Alexander Graham Bell speaking

a biography
1991
A biography of the inventor of the telephone.
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