Asl reading quiz on Douglas Tilden

Name

Douglas Tilden

He had roots in the

San Francisco bay area deaf community

Cause of deafness

Scarlet fever

Paul Choppin was

A famed sculptor who was also deaf

Tilden is remembered in the art world as

A standard bearer for the spirit of the American west

In the deaf community Tilden is remembered for his

Activism against the suppression of sign language for educating deaf children

Tilden later became an

Art professor at the university of California

Place of birth

Chico, California

Became deaf at age

Four

Tilden died of

Heart failure

When asked how he would communicate with his students, Tilden said

I do not plan to talk to them. I plan to make them work!

At the international Congress of the deaf's Convention, Tilden proclaimed

Sign language is our language!

School he taught at

The California school for the deaf

School he went to at age five

The California school for the deaf

Tilden's famous San Francisco statues include

The Football players, the mechanics, the baseball player, and Father Juniper's Serra

He was called

The Michelangelo of the American West

One of Tilden's most famous sculptures is called

The bear hunt

While in Paris Tilden became involved with

The deaf community

In 1889 Tilden organized and became vice president of

The international Congress of the deaf

Tilden proposed a bill to fight

The rising tide of oralism

Year of Tilden's death

1935

Date of birth

1860

Tilden's work was exhibited along with

Monet, Rembrandt, and Delacroix

The bearhunt stands

On the campus of the California school for the deaf in Fremont

In 1888 he traveled to

Paris

His mentor

Paul Choppin