Activities that expose them to ASL and culturally significant aspects of the Deaf community provide opportunities for students to gain insight into Deaf culture and society. Ask students to share information on their cultures with classmates, including the special foods they eat, celebrations, and culturally significant objects relating to their heritage.
Students can then organize displays to introduce their classmates to their cultures.
Displays could include samples or demonstrations, personal objects, brief explanations of special traditions, or photos. Provide a large map of the world and have students use push-pin flags to mark their families' regions of origin. They might add their own names to the map and the names of family members who came from those locations. Encourage students to use appropriate Deaf behaviours such as foot stomping, hand waving, and other attention-getting techniques in their daily activities. Have students create collages or murals that represent what they know and have learned about ASL and Deaf culture.