Final Project Topic

The topic I chose for my final project is children's literature with deaf or hard of hearing characters or with topics related to the culture. I chose this topic because not only am I a deaf education major, but I am also sincerely interested in learning more about what children's literature has to offer in regards to giving a perspective to being deaf or hard of hearing. I would like to see how this culture is portrayed in children's lit and feel it would be a good learning tool for me as well. It will be helpful to learn about how children feel about this culture and how it is shown to children at an early age, since that is the age group that I would most like to teach. It will also be helpful because when I go into the workforce in this field, I will have a little bit more background knowledge about how this culture is portrayed in children's literature and what books would be helpful or useful in a classroom. I feel it will give me a more well-rounded lesson in regards to perspectives and experiences that I may not know about before this project.