Posted by admin on December 30, 2010 under Active Organizations, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan, Web links | 
At a plain, black well-pump in the small southern town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, one of the world’s great miracles took place. It began one bright, spring day in 1887. Puffy white clouds floated overhead on a background of blue, while birds fluttered through oaks and maples and flowers burst forth from the fertile soil in an array of colors—all unheard and unseen by a pretty girl of seven.
Standing at the totally blind and deaf Helen Keller’s side was a young woman, Anne Sullivan. Miss Sullivan was steadily pumping cool water into one of the girl’s hands while repeatedly tapping out an alphabet code of five letters in the other—first slowly, then rapidly. The scene was repeated again and again as young Helen painstakingly struggled to break her world of silence.
Suddenly the signals crossed Helen’s consciousness with a meaning. She knew that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the cool something flowing over her hand. Darkness began to melt from her mind like so much ice left out on the sunny March day. By nightfall, Helen had learned 30 words.
Since 1954 Helen Keller’s birthplace has been a permanent shrine to the “miracle” that occurred in a blind and deaf seven-year old girl’s life. At that time Ivy Green was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/
Posted by admin on under Fun Facts, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Fun Facts |
Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree. She graduated from Radcliffe College, with honors, in 1904.
More… http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkfacts.asp
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Here is a fun web page for kids to explore more about Helen Keller – from the American Foundation for the Blind.
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkmuseum.asp
Posted by admin on December 28, 2010 under Challenges, Hero Hunt Challenge, Teaching With Heroes |
Hero Hunt
Talk about the power of words! This colonial patriot’s words made such “common sense” to the people in the American colonies that they wanted to be independent. Before he wrote his famous pamphlet, many colonial men wanted to remain Englishmen. After they read his words, many in 1775 wanted to become independent Americans.
Who is he?
Posted by admin on November 7, 2009 under Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Quotes, Quotes |
“All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
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“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller
Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Fun Facts, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Fun Facts |
The Miracle Worker is a play by William Gibson based upon Helen Keller’s autobiography, The Story of My Life.
Posted by admin on October 25, 2009 under Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Blackwell, George C. Marshall, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Harry S Truman, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey, Jane Addams, John Muir, Jonas Salk, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea, Mary McLeod Bethune, Milton Hershey, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roberto Clemente, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney |
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Posted by admin on under Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts, Albert Einstein Fun Facts, Benjamin Franklin Fun Facts, Cesar Chavez & Delores Huerta Fun Facts, Clara Barton Fun Facts, Eleanor Roosevelt Fun Facts, Elizabeth Blackwell Fun Facts, Fun Facts, George C. Marshall Fun Facts, George Washington Fun Facts, Harriet Tubman Fun Facts, Harry S Truman Fun Facts, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Fun Facts, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey Fun Facts, Jane Addams Fun Facts, John Muir Fun Facts, Jonas Salk Fun Facts, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea Fun Facts, Mary McLeod Bethune Fun Facts, Milton Hershey Fun Facts, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fun Facts, Roberto Clemente Fun Facts, Rosa Parks Fun Facts, Susan B. Anthony Fun Facts, Thomas Edison Fun Facts, Walt Disney Fun Facts |
Fun facts are tidbits of information about the hero. They may be events or details – in most cases they are as unique as the hero him/herself.
