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Jasmine g.

Buckeye May 2011

LIFE EVENTS

BIRTH:June 27 1880 DEATH:June 1 1968

OTHER:Helen was 87 when she died.Helen was born on a farm in alabama.before helen was 2 she became sick very sick helen ran a very high fever at that time there were few medicines to cure sickness the docter thought that helen would die then suddenly the fever broke.but

i read that helen did not have very many friends and she cut off one of her friends hair helen thought it was only fair if her friend cut her hair off.helen's mom was not happy at all.i think it would be hard not having very many friends and having your hair cut off.

i read that helen's little sister was was born when helen was five and helen's mom was spending more time with mildred helen's little sister than she was spending with helen when helen discoverd mildred in her dolls cradle she pushed it over but her mom caught mildred.i think.helen was jealous of mildred and she was angry her mom did not spend as much time with her.

i read that alexander graham bell helped deaf people learn to talk with drawings somewhat because his wife was deaf.i think it was very nice of alexander to help deaf people. he must have spent a lot of time making the drawings.

i read that alexander graham bell told the kellers about perkins school that might be able to help helen and alexander and helen made a bond.i think alexander helped the kellers with their problem a lot because helen learned to read braille at perkins school which helped helen a lot later in life.

i read that helen sometimes pinched or hit her teacher annie that alexander helped the kellers find at the perkins school so helen could have a teacher.but over time helen learned not too.helen pinched or hit annie because her parents let her act out.so annie had to teach helen everything.i think years later what annie taught helen helped her a lot.

i read that using the hand alphabet and braille helen also learned german and french.but helen had a new goal. she wanted to go to college with students who could see and hear.i think helen's goal was a very hard one.and i think helen learning german and french was very impressive and helen must have been a very good student to get to the level of college.

i read that helen learned the thing water by feeling water and having water spelled into her hand suddenly the little girl unde-rstood the liquid she felt and the word being spelled into her hand were the same thing.i think helen wanted to learn and she would not give up.helen proved that she could learn and learn well.helen was also a quick learner.

i read that helen spent three years getting ready for the collage entrance exams with students who could both see and hear.the tests were copied into braille. helen worried that she might not pass.but then one day a letter with good news arrived. helen had been accepted to radcliffe collage.helen's perserverance paid off and she was the first blind and deaf woman to finish

an organization with helen's name works to help blind people. these days there are hearing aids that help people who can not hear that well but are not deaf to hear better.i think helen made a positive impact on the world and i'm glad that helen learned to read andwrite in braille and that she learned to speak and figure out what others are saying.

helen also perservered when she learned the thing and word water she still wanted to learn what other things were.

helen took action by learning to speak and figuering out what others are saying helen was one of the first blind and deaf people to speak aloud and understand spoken words.

helen also showed compasion when her father died before she could go to preperation for collage.when her father died she wanted to go home for his funeral but her mom said no because there was an illness going around and helen's mom did not want helen to catch it.

helen made a differance when she was the first blind and deaf woman to graduate collage.

I'm Similar to my changemaker because: we've both had a time were we are upset but we perservered for helen it was her first few weeks of learning stuff from annie.for me its when i'm trying to explain somthing to my brother but he keeps interupting me and then he gets mad at me.

My Changemaker is connected to:louis braille because they are both blind and they both eventaully taught people about there lifee or how to communicate or read when your blind.

I'm A changemaker when i: hold the door open for someone,let someone cut me in line,buy my friend some i cecream,help the person sitting next to me with there work, play a game and be onest that i or anyone else on my team got out,or when i see someone doing something they should not be doing i will tell them to stop.

Author Talk

name of one of the books used to get information on helen keller: helen keller courage in the

Name of the other book used to get information on helen keller:who was helen keller?

a changemaker is a person or a group of people that changed a part or all of the world by doing something that no one else has done or accomplished and poblisised. someone who is deaf can not hear a sound even if its really loud.

someone who is blind can not see anything not even the brightest of lights.

braille is a form of writing that uses a couple raised dots for each letter the dot are raised so that blind people can feel the letter with the tips of there fingers.it is called braille because it was invented by a man named louis braille.

helen found a key she new that keys locked things her mom was in the pantry helen locked her mom in the pantry there were three hours before she got out.