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Can you imagine spending an entire day in the dark unable to see anything? What if you could not hear a word anyone said? Now picture yourself not being able to utter a sound? How would this make you feel - frustrated, discouraged or angry? These are all feelings Helen Keller had to learn to deal with when it was discovered she was blind, deaf, and mute. Before we view //Miracle Worker//, you will complete research to gain better understanding of Helen and her challenges.

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How did Helen Keller become deaf and blind? What was it called? Helen became deaf and blind by a diesease called Brain Congestion.

What was her life like as a child? Where did she live? Helen was born a normal child, when she was six months old she could start talking, when she was a year old she could speak and she learned to walk. When Helen was eighteen months she developed a illness and had fever for many days, when the fever was gone she was left blind and deaf. Helen would scream and kick when she was mad and when she was happy she would giggle and laugh. Helen lived in Tuscumbia,Alabama.

Did she have any siblings? With whom did she live? What were her parents’ names? . She had two brothers. She lived with her mom and dad. Her parents names were Captain Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller.

What did Anne Sullivan do to help Helen Keller? How did she teach her? Anne Sullivan Helped spell words on Helen's fingers and helped her read Brallie and Manual Language in three years and hepled her read regular text by translating the words.

What was Anne Sullivan’s life like before and after meeting Helen Keller? Anne Sullivan was a teacher at a school for blind people and she had sight problems too. She helped Helen how to spell words.

What is Braille? Braille is a series of dots in a order to represent words and numbers to help blind people read.

What is fingerspelling? Fingerspelling is spelling words on your fingers if your blind or deaf.

What is the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston? The Perkins School for the Blind is a school in which qualified teachers help students who are blind read and write.

Did Helen Keller learn to speak? Helen Keller did learn to speak, in 1890 Helen taught at the Mann School for the Deaf in Boston after twenty-five years she could speak in a language peoplecan understand.

Where did she go to college? Helen went to Cambridge School for Young Ladies.

What was the name of her autobiography? Helen Keller Biography

What did Helen Keller do for the American Foundation for the Blind? She was a blind and deaf activist when she joined in 1924.

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