Instruction

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This file appears in: Alcorn Homestead
Instruction

This photograph appears to show a teacher using elements of the Tadoma Method to teach a hearing impaired child to talk. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Alcorn Homestead

By Ashlee Chilton
Historical Marker #2135 in Lincoln County marks the home of noted teacher Sophia Alcorn, who worked extensively with hearing and vision impaired students during the early twentieth century. Born in Stanford in Lincoln County on August 3, 1883,…