an amazing life
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AN AMAZING LIFE
HELEN KELLER’S STORY
Helen Keller was a very important
person.
She was born in 1880 in Alabama,
in the USA. When she was a baby,
she had a high fever for several days.
After her illness, Helen was deaf and
blind.
She was often angry and frustrated.
She realized that she was different
and it was difficult to let people
know what she needed.
As Helen needed some special
help. she had a special teacher
called Anne Sullivan who was her
helper for 50 years. Anne began
to teach Helen words. She pressed
the letters of words into Helen's
hand. For example, she put a doll
in one of Helen's hands and then
pressed the letters of the word
D-O-L-L into the other hand.
Helen repeated the words into
Annie’s hand but she didn't
understand anything. One day,
Annie put Helen's hand into
water coming from a
fountain. Then she pressed
“water” into Helen's other
hand. Something clicked.
Helen finally understood what
Annie was doing.
She was an intelligent girl and soon
Helen could read books in Braille, a
special reading system for blind
people with Anne’s help. Her
favourite subject at school was
English Literature.
Helen was the first blind and deaf
person to get a degree from
university. Later, she was a writer.
The name of her first book was
“The story of my life”.
Helen was also a member of the
American Foundation for the
Blind. They help blind and deaf
people all over the world.
Helen died in 1968 in Connecticut,
in the USA.
Helen Keller was a special person
and Anne Sullivan was an amazing
teacher.
When was Helen Keller born?
What nationality was she?
What was her special subject at
school?
What was her job?
Was she happy when she was a
little girl? Why?
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
SOLUTIONS:
Helen was born in 1880.
She was American.
Helen’s favourite subject at
school was English Literature.
She was a writer.
No, she wasn’t .
Because she was deaf and
blind.
LET’S PRACTISE
D
ate of birth: 25 October 1881
LET’S PRACTISE
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ate of birth: 25 October 1881