Name: ______Who is Helen Keller?

Hi, my name is Helen Adams Keller. I was born on ______in ______, Alabama. When I was ______months old, I got very sick and it left me both ______and ______. I was very scared but my parents hired ______to help. She taught me the meaning of words, how to read and how to write! I learned how to communicate by using ______, I would sign into people’s hands. I learned how to read _____ which is a system of raised dots that represents letters. I did not let my disability stop me, and went on to graduate from ______when I was ____ years old. After college I went on to be an ______, ______and ______. I died of natural causes when I was 88 on ______. Read like Helen!

Use the key to figure out the message below!

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Talk like Helen!

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Write 5-6 sentences about how you and your partner communicated with each other. Was it difficult or easy? How would life be different if you were blind and deaf?

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