ASL examples of storytelling

Compiled by Gabriela Monasterio and Stephanie Jones

Deaf Hulk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZjAVRjxMHU

Reiteration: 0:24 - 0:29

He says he punched all the guys out and then signed each punch.

Scaffolding: 1:14 - 1:22

He has “tunnel vision” and signs it as things passing by him and suddenly snapping out of it when someone taps his shoulder.

ASL Frog Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYXOpci7wCc

Scaffolding:0:10 - 3:32

The frog is in an area, with lots of trees and plants. The trees have mushrooms growing all over them.

Reiteration: 1:14 - 1:35

The frog looks around (“F” eyes) at its surroundings, and looks for flies. It sees and tracks a fly, then eats it. the reiteration is in both the looking and the fly.

ASL Story: The Tree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUhFPrU3uHw

Scaffolding: 0:18 - 1:11

The tree grows from a seed to maturity, showing each stage. The seedling pokes up through the dirt, grows taller, and develops into a fully grown tree.

Reiteration: 1:56 - 2:02

The person is hot, goes under the tree, is cool, walks back, and is hot again. The fanning is repeated multiple times.

Timber (ASL story)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMuWpcOvNY

Scaffolding: 0:23 - 0:28

She describes the axe and shows it thrown over her shoulder to show she has an axe, without actually signing it.

Scaffolding: 0:30 - 0:32

Instead of signing lunch box, she describes the box shape and shows food goes inside of it. Thus letting the audience know it is a lunch bag of some sort.

ABC Gum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdR7iyXJEsk

Scaffolding: 0:00 - 0:08

In the first few seconds of the video, she describes the boy enjoying the gum and chewing it over and over, his teeth grinding the gum and more chewing.

Reiteration: 0:44 - 0:48

She describes the man being unable to get up and trying over and over again.

Rolling in the Deep Adele (ASL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNHUhA8Wbg

Faceting: 0:10 - 0:13

She repeats how the thoughts of him are building up and are stuck in her mind

Anglo-Persian Oil Co Handout and bibliographyDo not copy*

The Anglo-Persian Oil Co. (Later Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and BP)

Gabriela Monasterio and Eric Ackbar

1901  William D’Arcy funds project for oil in the Anglo-Persian region, nearly bankrupted himself.

George Reynolds was in charge of the on site drilling/finding of oil.

May 26,1908 finally hit oil

The Field of Naphtha: site of company’s early refinery - used donkey to build pipeline since area was rugged and had no roads.

1909 Abadan refinery finally completed

1914 Nearly reached bankruptcy since cars were still too expensive for the average person, and many still believed in the power of coal. Winston Churchill argued for Britain to have personal access to a large oil deposit and thus the government became a significant shareholder (51%).

British Petroleum brand actually started from a German Company. In WWI the british governments seized their assets and sold it to  the Anglo-Persian Company

1951 Mohammed Mossadegh tries to kick the AIOC out of Iran to help nationalize oil. The rest of the modern world disagrees, and help the British embargo non- AIOC Iranian oil

AIOC shuts down oil production until the revolution in 1953

1953 MI6 and CIA work together to overthrow Iranian government and  (CIA interested in stopping the spread of communism). Supplying guns, bombs, and ammunition. They also hired protesters to fight on their behalf.

1954 Changes name to BP

1970’s Britain leaves Iran; however, Iran begins conquering several Arab Islands in the Strait of Hormuz.This angers newly appointed dictator of Libya Ghaddafi. He nationalizes Libya’s oil enticing neighboring Middle Eastern countries to begin nationalizing their own oil. Oil from Middle East shrinks from 140 million tons in 1975 to 500,000 tons in 1983. BP forced to seek alternative sources, such as the Forties Oil field and Alaska oil from Prudhoe Bay. Take part in constructing Trans-Atlantic Pipeline in 1975

IMPACT

• Iran focuses on oil instead of their gov’t
• The head start Iran and BP gained was lost after Iran nationalized oil, causing a major drop in production
• British, US and Iran have a very strained relationship after the coup in 1953
• Iran’s non-oil related issues are ignored

Bibliography

Boundless.com. “A Grinding War against Iran.” Boundless. Accessed October 29, 2013. https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/from-isolation-to-world-war-ii-1930-1943/the-end-of-wwii/a-grinding-war-against-iran/.

BP p.l.c. “History of BP: First Oil.” BP Global. Last modified 2013. Accessed October 29, 2013. http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/our-history/history-of-bp/first-oil.html.

Cavendish, Richard. “The Iranian Oil Fields Are Nationalised.” In History Today, 2001. Vol. 51. London, United Kingdom: History Today Ltd., 2001. Previously published in History Today.

Heiss, Mary Ann. “Real Men Don’t Wear Pajamas.” Last modified January 20, 2012. PDF.

Moaddel, Mansoor, ed. “Anglo - Iranian Oil Company.” Answers.com. Accessed November 6, 2013. http://www.answers.com/topic/anglo-iranian-oil-company.

Norouzi, Arash Norouzi. “The ‘Moral Challenge’ Not Taken TIME’s ‘Man of the Year’ Choice Portends 60 Years of US Policy.” Mohammad Mossadegh. Last modified January 7, 2012. Accessed November 6, 2013. http://www.mohammadmossadegh.com/news/time-magazine/man-of-the-year/.

A Timeline of BP Logos. Image. Dynamic Software. Accessed October 31, 2013. http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/12-linind/petroch/bplogos.jpg.

Wolfe, Lisa Wolf Reynolds. “Cold War in Iran: The Politics of Oil.” The Cold War (blog). Entry posted February 15, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2013. http://www.coldwarstudies.com/2011/02/15/cold-war-in-iran-the-politics-of-oil/.

Young Winston Churchill. Photograph. Berryhill and Sturgeon, Ltd. April 25, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. http://berryhillsturgeon.com/Archives/Britain/George%20V/Pitman/GeorgeVPitman.html.

Armenian Genocide Handout *Do not copy*

The Armenian Genocide

Gaby Monasterio

Sreekar Kandlakunta

Quincy Rhoades

When?

• The genocide took place from 1914 to 1922

Consequences?

• The population of Armenians in Turkey went from 2,133,190 to 387,800 in 8 years
• Armenian people were taken from their homes and forced into concentration camps
• Some were forced to march for miles upon miles, without food or water, and in one case, without clothes.
• In Aleppo, many women and children were abandoned without food, water or money to support themselves. The emaciated Armenians could not digest food, and starved to death, or caught Typhoid.

Turkish Justification

• The Turkish government tried to say that the mass “deportation” of the Armenians was for military purposes, as they had “lent themselves to acts of espionage”

Real Reasons

• A more likely reason was because they needed a scapegoat, and the religious minority of the Christian Armenians served their purpose.
• Apparently, a few Armenians escaped death by converting to Islam, and a few children were carted off to “Turkish and Kurdish villages, where they have to accept Islam”
• Time of great turmoil in the crumbling Ottoman Empire, and the government wanted to crush any opportunities for dissent from the Christian minority.

Vietnam Handout and links *Do not copy*

Vietnam

General Information:

• Population: 91,519,289
• 81% atheist
• Communist government

Geography:

• Vietnam is on the Eastern side of the Indochinese peninsula
• It is 331,210 square kilometers
• It is “S” shaped and has 3,444 kilometers of coastline
• It is surrounded by the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and South China Sea
• Rugged mountains and plateaus to the north
• Forested hills

Climate:

• Extremely humid
• Varied climate temperatures because of its length

Early History:

• It was one of the longest continuous empires in history, about 10,000 years

• They had 1,000 years of foreign rule, mostly by dynastic China, some by France
• The Hung Dynasty lasted until 258 BC, when it was overthrown by a nearby kingdom, and became known as Au Lac
• In 208 BC, A Chinese general conquered Au Lac, and named it Nam Viet
• Nam Viet battled with The Han Dynasty in China until finally being defeated and conquered by China in 111 BC.
• For the next 1,900 years, Vietnam struggled to maintain its independence

Mythological Beginnings:

• According to tradition, King Lac Long Quan(the Dragon Lord of Lac) married the immortal Au Co
• Au Co bore him 100 sons, and they formed a nation between China and Indonesia (Van Lang)
• They did not believe that they could live together, with their differing backgrounds, so each took 50 sons
• When Lac Long died in about 2879 BCE, his oldest son founded the Hung Dynasty

Dynasties:

• A dynastic period started in 939 CE, when General Ngo Quyen freed Vietnam from China, and founded the Ngo Dynasty. This dynasty lasted between 939-967
• The Dinh Dynasty(968-980 CE) replaced the Ngo Dynasty by unifying the feudal lords that overthrew Ngo.
• The Early Le (lay) Dynasty lasted from 980 to 1009. this dynasty established buddhism as the main religion in Vietnam
• the Ly (lee) Dynasty lasted from 1009 and 1225, and moved the capital to Thang Long, now called Hanoi

• The Tran Dynasty ruled between 1225 and 1400, and successfully defended Vietnam from Kublai Khan
• From 1400 to 1428, the Ho Dynasty ruled, but was also briefly occupied by China
• The Late Le (lay) Dynasty is considered Vietnam's golden age period. they developed guerilla war tactics, and forced China out of Vietnam
• between 1543 and 1776, a civil war divided the country. the north was ruled by the Trinh Dynasty, and the Nguyen Dynasty ruled the south
• The Nguyen Dynasty won the civil war, and unified Vietnam between 1792 and 1883

French Occupation:

• Started in 1883
• Happened because France wanted to introduce Catholicism to SE Asia and Vietnam and when the Vietnamese refused, they invaded to force Catholicism upon them
• France obtained official rule after the Sino-French war in 1884 and 1885
• Ended with Vichy France- Nazi influenced France- when it surrendered Vietnam to Japan in 1949

Vietnam War:

• Started in 1955
• Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese Communist leader, led a rebellion against the government
• The US attempted to help the South Vietnamese fight for democracy
• The US was unprepared for the terrain and guerilla warfare
• They used a chemical agent called “Agent Orange” that killed much of the vegetation, and damaged the environment
• The demilitarized zone was at the 38th parallel
• Ended in 1975

Current Issues:

• Vietnam has a high crime rate
• The cleanup from “Agent Orange” is ongoing and may still take years to fully clean up
• There is no freedom of press and the Communist regime is allegedly still jailing people for news articles about democracy and related topics
• Vietnam is in a dispute with China over the Spratly Islands

Culture:

• There is an emphasis on community and family values, hard work, hospitality, and devotion to one's studies
• The majority of Vietnam is atheist, but some major religions in Vietnam are Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and the native religions
• Buddhism was most prominent between 1010 and 1440

Cuisine:

• The style of cooking is a blend of Chinese, French and miscellaneous Asian spices, flavors, techniques, and ingredients
• Fish, long grain rice and noodles are a main staple
• All food is served at once, no “courses” in meals

• Influenced by the Asian principle of 5 elements and Mahabhuta
• Wood
• Fire
• Water
• Earth
• Metal/Space

Citations:

Chaney, A. "Geography of Vietnam." Edited by Wikipedia. Princeton University.

Accessed February 11, 2013. http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/

docs/Geography_of_Vietnam.html.

Largo, V. Vietnam: Current Issues and Historical Background. N.p.: Nova Publishers, 2002.

Rosenburg, Matt. "Geography and Map of Vietnam." About.com. Accessed February 7, 2013.  http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcvietnam.htm.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "Vietnam War", accessed February 19, 2013,

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "Sino-French War", accessed February 19, 2013,

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546163/Sino-French-War.

Monier-Williams, Monier. "Mahabhuta." In Sanskrit Dictionary, by Monier

-Williams. N.p., 1899.

"History of Vietnamese Food ." Food of Vietnam. http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/history_of_vietnamese_food.htm

(accessed February 13, 2019).

“Major Cities of Vietnam” http://itouchmap.com/i/map/vm.gif

Aztec Fact Sheet *Do not copy*

Aztec Fact Sheet

Gabriela, Matthew, Alix, Stephen

Ninjas

Geography:

• The center of the empire was located southwest of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Valley of Mexico- which was the
• heart of the Aztec civilization.
• Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco. It was also a city-state, with complex systems of waterways between the five main islands constructed, servicing canoes and other boats.
• It was at its largest in 1486, under Moctezuma

Climate:

• 7,000 feet above sea level
• Hot and dry in the summer, cold in the winter because of the elevation
• Large irrigation canals and waterways

Language and Culture:

• spoke Nahuatl, a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family
• religious festivals coincided with the Aztec calendar, usually related to various deities worshiped with elaborate temples and ceremonies
• To the Aztecs, death was instrumental in the perpetuation of creation, and gods and humans alike had the responsibility of sacrificing themselves in order to allow life to continue.

Early History:

• The empire was originally several groups of nomadic tribes who banded together.
• Aztec empire was developed by the Triple alliance, composed of the three cities located on Lake Texcoco: Tlacopan, Texcoco, and Tenochtitlan.
• Over time, Tlacopan and Texcoco declined and Tenochtitlan was the sole capital of the Aztec empire.Ninjas

Leaders:

• There were 19 leaders of the Aztec empire, (Tenochtitlan rulers or "Aztec Emperors")
• Acamapichtli ("Handful of Arrows")- formed a coalition with other lakeside people against the Tepanecs which brought an end to the Tepanec Domination of the Mexican basin and founded the Triple Alliance.
• Itzcoatl ("Obsidian Serpent")-guided early construction of the city and accomplished a number of local conquests.

• Moctezuma Ilhuicamina ("Angry Lord, Archer in the Sky")

Military:

• The Aztec military used fear tactics by spreading rumors across Mexico of the Aztecs' brutality.
• The Aztec military used fear tactics by spreading rumors across Mexico of the Aztecs' brutality.

Developments:

• Mandatory education for children
• Chewing gum
• Highly advanced calendars and astronomy systems (365 day calendar)
• Medications for various afflictions (eg. heart/stomach problems, flu symptoms, pain, etc.)

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