Mod Rock Hand Moulds - Who, What, Why, Where, When, How.
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Plasticine Hands - Alphabet Animation
Above are the contributions I made towards preparing for our Model Tableau. The clay carvings represent the historical research I had made for the previous week. Working with the others in the group, we sculpted the hands and created plasticine hands for an animation of the British sign language alphabet. As sculpting our hands took some time, we thought it'd be a good idea to limit ourselves to the Question Words; Who, What, Why, When, Where, and How. We thought this would be most suitable because we can associate them with questions to BSL, and answer them so that we're giving the audience some background information about BSL. With the theme of researching at a library, we believe that by giving information about BSL is also raising awareness about deaf communities today that rely on this method of communication.
We received fair criticism about our display about what our peers liked and found unnecessary. Based on looking at the final display and the feedback, it's clear that our main theme is sign language and the historical references aren't working at all. I'm happy to start developing sign language as the theme with the group because I find it such an important social topic. Sign language builds a bridge between two people who cannot communicate completely through verbals, and communication is key in today's society. When I've experienced language barriers, I find it frustrating and isolating that it's difficult to converse to another person due to lack of understanding each other and I can only imagine how deaf people may feel about this. I think incorporating awareness to learning sign language and the benefits of doing so is the right direction our group should lead because if it means we can help build a bridge over a gap between two people communicating, I'd feel accomplished.
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