America's Founders: Friends of the Deaf

After watching this video I feel like I have a better understanding of how the first Deaf school in America was founded. This video clarified many confusions and misunderstandings from past teachings. Three new facts I have learned from watching the video are:

1. Before watching this video I have never read about a man named Abbe Sicard. He was an educator at the school for the Deaf in France. He was the man that Clerc asked permission from for approval to go to America for 3 years. 

2. By watching the video I had also learned about a man by the name Dr. Cogswell. He is Alice Cogswell's father. After Thomas Galaudet and Laurent Clerc come to America he helped fundraise and find the perfect location for the new school for the Deaf. 

3. Based on my confusion with my Historical Activity about who founded Gallaudet University it is clear that learning about Thomas Gallaudet's son Edward Gallaudet is new for me. Edward was hired as superintendent at the Columbia institution in Washington DC. In 1864 Abraham Lincoln passed a bill stating that the institution was able to hand out college degrees. Edward was an educator just like Thomas and Clerc, and also worked at the University in Washington DC as the principal for 46 years.