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
