My heart glow, Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the birth of American sign language, Emily Arnold McCully
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Label
My heart glow, Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the birth of American sign language, Emily Arnold McCully
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page [29])
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
680L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
My heart glow
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Emily Arnold McCully
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, LG, 4.4, 0.5, 124297
Sub title
Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the birth of American sign language
Summary
Discusses how Thomas Gallaudet, inspired by a young deaf woman, Alice Cogswell, went abroad to develop a sign language that was to become the American Sign Language. He went on to establish the first American school dedicated exclusively to teaching deaf children
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the birth of American sign language
Creator
Subject
- Deafness -- Juvenile literature
- Sign language -- Juvenile literature
- American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf -- Juvenile literature
- Teachers -- Juvenile literature
- Bemis, Alice Cogswell, 1845- -- Juvenile literature
- Gallaudet, T. H., Thomas Hopkins, 1787-1851 -- Juvenile literature
- Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons -- Juvenile literature
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject7
- Deafness -- Juvenile literature
- Sign language -- Juvenile literature
- American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf -- Juvenile literature
- Teachers -- Juvenile literature
- Bemis, Alice Cogswell, 1845- -- Juvenile literature
- Gallaudet, T. H., Thomas Hopkins, 1787-1851 -- Juvenile literature
- Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons -- Juvenile literature
- Content1