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Helen Keller

Helen Keller. Born in 1880 - Died in 1968. By: Hailey B. How did Helen Keller grow up?. Her dad was in the Civil War. She was born June 27,1880. She lived in Alabama. She had a sister and 2 brothers. Who was Helen Keller?.

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Helen Keller

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  1. Helen Keller Born in 1880 - Died in 1968 By: Hailey B.

  2. How did Helen Keller grow up? • Her dad was in the Civil War. • She was born June 27,1880. • She lived in Alabama. • She had a sister and 2 brothers

  3. Who was Helen Keller? • She was a blind and deaf girl which means she could not see or hear anything.

  4. How did she become blind and deaf? • She was sick when she was little and it made her blind and deaf. • She stared at a light without blinking. • The doctor thought she might die. • Her fever had broke. • She would live. • Her eyes and ears would probably slowly heal. • She never did get better. • She would just lay there crying unless her mother was holding her.

  5. How did she help kids? • She used the money people gave her.

  6. How did she act? • She always acted crazy. • She knocked her baby sister into the floor. • She threw a spoon across the room. • She broke her teachers teeth. • She was doing sign language in her sleep.

  7. More facts • She was not born blind and deaf • At 19 months old she contracted illness describe as an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain which could possibly have been scarlet fever or meningitis • When she was 6 her parents hired Anne Sullivan • She had several strokes in 1961 • She wrote to 8 presidents • She published 11 books

  8. Map of Alabama White stands for Alabama

  9. Helen Keller’s house The home when she was little is right here

  10. Word wise Boldly-it means slowly Kerosene-a light Squinting-putting your eye lids down

  11. What books and web sites did I use? • East-buc.k12.ia.us/00_1/wh/sas/sas.htm • Helen Keller A Light For The Blind By: Kathleen V. Kudlinski

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