Helen Keller is a lady who became famous throughout the world for simply being herself and helping others all while being blind and deaf. At a young age Helen became very frustrated because she knew she was different than others. In hopes of controlling Helen her parents hired Annie Sullivan to be Helen’s teacher; each day they would work together learning how to communicate with each other through sign language. After years of schooling Helen graduated with honors from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Once Helen completed college she decided to make it her goal to bring peace to humanity by traveling around the world by speaking to crowds. While traveling she focused on people who were hurt or blinded from the wars that were going on. Throughout Helen’s journey she touched and changed many people’s lives making her a heroic figure to all. Even though today, Helen Keller is no longer with us, she is still changing lives through the organizations that were created in her memory to help stop blindness and malnutrition.
After reading this book to the class, I would have them write a descriptive poem that explains Helen Keller. After they were done writing their poem I would have them come together as a class and share. We would then discuss the positive characteristics posed which made her such a role model to people of her time.
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