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After your students follow the story of the Deaf President Now
protest, they may wish to complete to complete the following.
1) When did the Gallaudet protest take place?
From ______________ to ______________ in ______.
2) How did deaf people show that they wanted Gallaudet University
to have a deaf president?
3) When the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees selected
a hearing president, what was the reaction of deaf people?
4) What were the names of the Gallaudet students who led the
protest?
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2.
3.
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5) Who was the 7th president of Gallaudet University?
6) What did the students do after the 7th president was selected?
7) What were the students’ four demands?
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2.
3.
8) What were the two complaints the students had against Zinser?
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2.
9) Who became the 8th president of Gallaudet University?
10) What TV network carried news about the student protest?
Possible Essay Topics
1. Do you think that it is important for a university for deaf
students to have a deaf president? Why?
2. Do you think the students’ successful “Deaf President Now” protest
was important for hearing people as well as deaf people? Why?
Research
Dr. I. King Jordan was not the first deaf individual to be
president of an American college or university. Can you find
the names of other college or university presidents who were
deaf or hard of hearing? [Hint: Look into the history of Columbia
University in New York City.]
Note: These questions were adapted with deep appreciation
from a quiz placed by a teacher on the internet. Efforts to
identify and contact the teacher were unsuccessful.
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