The history of sign language is littered with shocking events. At several points in history, some not long ago, deaf people were strongly oppressed. At one point, they were even denied their basic rights. How their language, sign language, was treated during these oppressive times is directly related to why the deaf place such a [...]
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History Books: a Source of Wisdom
July 1st, 2009 
Admin Have you ever been in a political or social debate with someone and they said to you; history tells us that if we do this then that will happen in the future? Have you ever considered that maybe their knowledge of history is incorrect because the books that they have studied or the history that [...]
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2 Comments »Teaching History – Alternatives to Traditional Methods
July 1st, 2009 Admin I learned history in a traditional school program. We studied California history in the fourth grade and US history in the fifth grade and, in general, history was organized and presented by geography in expanding circles. When I was taking courses in the history of Western Civilizations in college I found that I knew a [...]