Natalie Hendrix-Evans

TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 1 Lesson Plan

Intro to Religion and Deaf

Length of time

Roll Call

Teacher fingerspells students first

names.

5 minutes

Objectives

1. Students will learn specific vocabulary

related to religion in general.
2. Students will compare how ASL uses
the sign Amen to other country sign
languages around the world.
3. Students will discuss and share
information about religion and deaf in
ASL.
4. Students will connect with what they
know about their religion traditions.
5. Students will understand history of
religion and its perspectives of Deaf
people through time.
6. Students will learn country/city signs.

3 minutes

Review Previous
Class

None needed (first day of introduction to

theme)

Procedures Introduction of new

material
Vocabulary/
semantics
Grammar skills
Communication
behaviors
Grammar and
culture information

1.

Activities or Games
to practice or
reinforce

1.

Review

2.

3.

Introduce new vocabulary (different

countries, different religions, if no
sign, finger spell specific name of
religion).
Watch video about Amen - discuss
different ways how Deaf people sign
it around the world. (see https://
youtu.be/03J9Sa7MNhE - Deaf
Amen, 2010)
Teacher will provide lecture about
history of religion and Deaf.

20 - 25 minutes

3 minutes (video)
5 minutes discuss
10-15 minutes

Group discussion about history of

religion and deaf - each group gets a
different article/website link
2.
Each member of one group will
change to another group (goal is to
mix up groups so that new group has
one member from each resource to
share/discuss).

10 minutes

Clarifications if needed (students can ask

to review signs or clear up confusions/
misunderstandings related with articles/
websites.)

2 minutes

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Natalie Hendrix-Evans

TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 1 Lesson Plan

Intro to Religion and Deaf

Length of time

Quiz/Homework
Review

None needed (first day of introduction to

theme)

0 minutes

Announcements or
Homework

Assign homework - give each student a

different religion question handout
(Methodist, Catholic, etc.) to research
history information on - founder of
religion, date, etc.

2 minutes

Materials

Article handouts (papers)

Websites (lists or on strip of paper)
Youtube video
Powerpoint
Homework: Question handout (for
religion research)
Dry erase board
Dry erase markers
Dry erase board eraser

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Equipment

Computer
Smartboard
Chromebooks

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Total time:

90 minutes

Day 2 Lesson Plan

Roll Call

Topic: Christian and Deaf

1.

Watch https://youtu.be/
5uHy_ntpTmg - Deaf children
praying (or on facebook - https://
www.facebook.com/kidsinministry/
videos/10153001201275143/ )

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Length of time
5 minutes
(video is 1
minute long)

Natalie Hendrix-Evans

TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 2 Lesson Plan

Objectives

Topic: Christian and Deaf

1.

2.
3.

4.

5.
6.

Students will use signs related

with Christianity and be able to
finger spell names of different
books in the Bible.
Students will compare hearing
experience vs deaf experience of
going to church.
Students will demonstrate what a
Deaf worship service looks like
compared to a Hearing worship
services.
Students will present in ASL what
they learned from their research
on the Christian religion topic and
be able to discuss similarities/
differences between different
christian religions.
Students will learn how to use
Bible verses to share scriptures.
Students will learn how to use
numbers within the scriptures/
verses.

Length of time
3 minutes

Review Previous Class

Review related signs for Christian

(Amen, Christ, Pray, Priest, Preach,
etc.) - have students provide the
signs they learned/remembered from
last class.

Procedures Introduction of new

material
Vocabulary/semantics
Grammar skills
Communication
behaviors
Grammar and culture
information

Watch https://youtu.be/s8N3RptwbOs 7 minutes (video)

- CODA brothers Church 2007
(After students presentations, if time
allows, brief lecture to teach students
how to finger spell bible books and
use numbers for verses. Following
that, Round Robin activity to practice
fingerspelling names of Bible books)

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Natalie Hendrix-Evans

TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 2 Lesson Plan

Topic: Christian and Deaf

Length of time

(After watching CODA brother

Church video) - have students
break up into two groups through
use of random numbers (1 and 2).
One group is hearing and other
group is deaf - they are to act
out the experience of the people.
Teacher will close activity with
2.
comments - ask students for
feedback/input of the activity
(what did they learn/realize?)

15 minutes for
CODA church
activity

Quiz/Homework Review

Students share what they learned

from their research - founder of
religion, dates, etc.

30-45 minutes

Announcements or
Homework

Assign Homework - http://

www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-andreligion/139163/deaf-rabbi - Deaf
Rabbi article

5 minutes

Materials

Powerpoint
Round Robin cards (Bible names)
Article handout (paper)
Youtube videos
Dry erase board
Dry erase markers
Dry erase board eraser

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Equipment

Computer
Smartboard
Chromebooks

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Total time:

90 minutes

Day 3 Lesson Plan

Topic: Jewish and Deaf

Length of time

Roll Call

Teacher will finger spell students first

names.

5 minutes

Activities or Games to
practice or reinforce

1.

Review

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TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 3 Lesson Plan

Objectives

Topic: Jewish and Deaf

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.

Review Previous Class

Procedures Introduction of new
material
Vocabulary/semantics
Grammar skills
Communication
behaviors
Grammar and culture
information

Students will learn Jewish

terminology in ASL.
Students will gain an unique
perspective of what it was like to
be Deaf and Jewish during
holocaust through the Five
Needles story.
Students will discuss how the
Five Needles story made them
feel.
Students will be able to discuss in
ASL about the Jewish faith.
Students will learn how to play the
dreidel game.
Students will incorporate/apply
Deaf culture behavior in the
game. (signing my turn, your
turn, etc. or use of eye gaze)
Review related Jewish signs

1.

2.
3.

4.

Introduce/expand Jewish signs

not learned yet. See http://
jewishdeafmm.org/jewish-signsglossary/ if not sure of signs.
Discuss about Rabbi article.
Provide class with guided
questions to think about while
watching Five Needles about 5
Deaf Jewish women.
Discuss about the short film.

Length of time
3 minutes

5-10 minutes
10 minutes

10 minutes
14 minutes
(video)
15-20 minutes

Activities or Games to
practice or reinforce

Students will play a Jewish game

(Dreidel spin) in groups of 4.

10 minutes

Review

Clarifications if needed.

2 minutes

Quiz/Homework Review

Covered in procedures

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Announcements or
Homework

Students are to think of 5 to 10

questions for the panel tomorrow.

6 minutes

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TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 3 Lesson Plan

Topic: Jewish and Deaf

Length of time

Materials

Powerpoint
Dreidel dices
Pots (for game)
Candy pieces (for game)
Video link (Five Needles)
Dry erase board
Dry erase markers
Dry erase board eraser

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Equipment

Computer
Smartboard

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Total time:

90 minutes

Day 4 Lesson Plan

Topic: Overview of different

religions

Length of time

Roll Call

Teacher will finger spell students

first names.

5 minutes

Students will use ASL to

discuss and ask questions
about religion with deaf adults
from the community.
Students will be able to
discuss in ASL with their peers
about religion.
Students will be able to
discuss abstract ideas with
their beliefs.
Students will expand their
understanding of the unique
perspective of deaf people
with religion experiences.
Students will learn what
technology/services and
resources are available
through the local churches/
temples for the Deaf in our
area.
Students will connect with
different faiths within our
community.

3 minutes

Objectives

1.

2.
3.
4.

5.

6.

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TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 4 Lesson Plan

Topic: Overview of different

religions

Review Previous Class

Procedures Introduction of new
material
Vocabulary/semantics
Grammar skills
Communication
behaviors
Grammar and culture
information

Length of time
5 -10 minutes

Teach new vocabulary (not

exposed to in prior lessons).
https://youtu.be/8TPx-J3sMuk
(Islam terminology)
Show https://youtu.be/
2.
RjkZTBZp-Jk - Ramadan
Fasting for deaf, 2016
Plan B (in case of guest
3.
speakers not showing up) show video about Amish deaf
family in Indiana - http://
deafuvivid.blogspot.com/
2014/06/deaf-amish-world-fulldocumentary-film.html and
discuss about that.
1.

10-15 minutes

10 minutes (video)

Activities or Games to
practice or reinforce

Review with students expectations for behavior. (Allow

students to give rules/examples of
what behavior is expected of
them)
Host a panel of deaf people (deaf
from different religions - christian,
muslim, buddhism, etc.)
Allow students to ask questions
about their experiences with
religion

Review

Wrap up (from panel discussion)

5 minutes

Quiz/Homework Review

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Announcements or
Homework

Homework assign: Students will

write a reflection on the panel
discussion.
Plan B (if no panel): Students will
write reflection on what they
learned about the ramadan and
amish as well as other religions in
comparison to their religion
experiences.

2 minutes

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Natalie Hendrix-Evans

TASL 504 Mock Curriculum

Day 4 Lesson Plan

Topic: Overview of different

religions

Length of time

Materials

Powerpoint
Deaf people of different religions
(guest speakers)
Youtube videos
Dry erase board
Dry erase markers
Dry erase board eraser

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Equipment

Computer
Smartboard

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Total time:

90 minutes

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