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A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.

Assists interpreters who are seeking to interpret effectively in educational settings. The format is presented so that interpreters can practice interpretation skills from "spoken English (teacher discourse to sign language (for students" and from "sign language (student discourse) to spoken English"

This project presents English idioms in sentence format then has two certified interpreters model how to transliterate and interpret each one. The goal of the DVD is to provide a realistic demonstration of what a qualified interpreter would do with the stimulus material. Viewers can watch and listen to the spoken sentence, transliterate the sentence, view the modeled version for feedback, interpret the same sentence, and finally view the modeled...

Historical and archival video/film clips from people, places, and events sponsored by the Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) in Knoxville, TN and/or its alumni.

"An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true-and troubling-story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career. Bell was an elocution teacher by profession. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach the deaf to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his...

This DVD was designed to assist interpreters who are seeking to interpret effectively in educational settings. This DVD will enable interpreters to practice interpretation skills from "spoken English (teacher discourse to sign language (for students)" and from "sign language (student discourse) to spoken English." The DVD is an authentic resource that will complement the professional development plans for interpreters of all skill levels. DVDs contain...

"In Reading between the Signs, Anna Mindess provides a new perspective on a poorly understood culture, American Deaf culture. With the collaboration of three distinguished Deaf consultants, Mindess explores the implication of cultural differences at the intersection of the Deaf and hearing worlds. This new, third edition of her classic and best-selling text covers several new topics of great interest to activists and interpreters, including teaming...

The majority of professional interpreters working within the educational setting feel the pressure of deadlines to improve skills, to achieve national certification and to earn CEUs. The Educational Interpreting Series focuses on these interpreters and provides information and practice in a variety of academic areas. Each video presents spoken information/lecture or ASL presentation then provides two interpreter models which allows one to benefit...

100 words used in teaching algebra are presented in alphabetical order. Each word is followed by a presentation of how to sign the word. At the end of the presentation 2 quizes are administered: 1) 15 words are given and the viewer must sign them, and 2) 15 signs are given and the viewer must give the word.