HELLEN KELLER

EARLY LIFE OF HELEN KELLER

• Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia Alabama in the year 1880
• The Keller family was not rich, nor poor. They earned there money from the cotton plantation they owned.
• When Helen was 1 1/2 years old she was diagonsed, with scarlet fever, which was an un-curable disease. This disease had some major effects on Helen including they mad her Mute, deaf, and blind.

HELEN KELLER'S EDUCATION

• In 1880 Helen Keller went to Perkins institute for the blind where she met Anne Sullivan, and became Helens full time teacher. Her parents tried to teach her simple skills like communication but it was almost impossible to because of her disabilities, but Anne Sullivan taught her over time how to communicate and she started making connections.
• In 1894 Anne Sullivan took her to New York to the school Wright Humasen for the deaf.
• She learned how to read people's words with her fingers through vibrations as they spoke.
• At the age of 24 Helen Keller became the first deaf/blind person to graduate from college

HELEN WITH COURAGE

• Helen Keller Became a very strong successful women with the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen wanted to make a difference for the children who had disabilities.
• Helen Keller was a woman who would speak out against women's rights and all type's of war.
• Anne and Helen traveled to 39 countries to speak about these idea's.

HELEN AND COURAGE

• She wanted to change how people viewed the disabled. So with the courage she had she did so.
• With the help of Anne Sullivan Helen gained her courage over time and became a national hero to the children/adults that were blind,deaf, and mute.

HER DREAMS AND LIFE GOALS

• Helen Keller even tried to make a difference in the lives of the young disabled.
• She also had the dream of a young child to graduate from college which she did so.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY'S

• Reeves, Geneviève. "Helen Killers Contribution to Society." October 2010 HELEN KELLER’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY Why She Is a True Leader (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 4 June 2015.
• "Helen Keller Biography." - American Foundation for the Blind. American Foundation for the blind, n.d. Web. 09 June 2015. Copy & paste citation What are n.p. & n.d.? | View in list | Edit
• Tuttle, Dean. "Hall of Fame: Helen Keller." Hall of Fame: Helen Keller. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 June 2015.
• "Anne Sullivan Macy - Anne Sullivan Macy Biography." Anne Sullivan Macy - Anne Sullivan Macy Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 June 2015.

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• "Helen Keller." Prezi.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 June 2015.