During the first week, please:

• Look over the website home page and familiarize yourself with the weekly topics;

• Read about deaf and Deaf, from cultural and linguistic perspectives, so you can compare/contrast the differences between them;

• Learn about communication preferences and literacy milestones for those who identify as deaf vs. Deaf.

During the second week, please:

• Explore and identify linguistic features of ASL;

• Identify linguistic features of English;

• Compare visual/gestural languages with aural/oral languages and identify similar features between them.

During the third week, please:

• Identify and Describe Deaf Community values. such as hands and eyes, ASL, Visual Arts, and shared lived experiences;

• Define and demonstrate examples of collectivist/communal identity approach (within the American Deaf Community and around the world);

• Read and identify "Crab Theory" within minority communities.

During the fourth week, please:

• Research and identify American Deaf Community "levels": Core Deaf Community, d/Deaf Community, CODAs, Interpreters, and Mainstream American Community;

• Discuss membership and avenues to joining the American Deaf Community (socially, linguistically, audiologically, and culturally).

During the fifth week, please:

• Begin to explore and identify American Deaf Educational approaches, such as Oralism, Aural-Oral, Signed English (SEE2), ASL, Bilingual-Bicultural, and "Total Communication";

• Compare and contrast d/Deaf students who might benefit from each of these educational approaches.

During the sixth week, please:

• Continue to explore and identify American Deaf Educational systems, including Deaf Schools/Residential Schools for the Deaf vs. Public Schools/Mainstream settings;

• Compare and contrast pros/cons for each educational setting, in relation to the d/Deaf child's needs, the parents'/guardians' needs, and recommendations from the American Deaf Community,

During the seventh week, please:

• Identify and compare the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements ("letter of the law" and "realities");

• Further delve into who's responsible for payment of accessibility accommodations;

• And explore, identify when ASL-English Interpreting services should be "quid pro quo" or "pro bono".

During the eighth week, please:

• Explore and identify ASL Storytelling artistic forms;

• Examine and identify ASL Poetry features and characteristics;

• Identify the features and irony present in ASL Jokes—visual/gestural puns vs. aural puns, Deaf culture-specific expectations, shared experiences;

• Compare and contrast the goals and "moral of the story" points in ASL Folklore.