How do you sign “History” in ASL?
HISTORY: HISTORY in American Sign Language (ASL) names the study of the past. Watch the video and animation below to see it signed.


Where does HISTORY come up in conversation?
HISTORY belongs to class schedules and to storytelling about how things came to be. Deaf history is a proud subject of its own, from Deaf schools to Deaf President Now, and this sign opens the door to it.
It appears in Lesson 16 of Book 1.
📖 HISTORY is taught in Lesson 16 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →

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