helen keller the story of my life
TRANSCRIPT
Close your eyes and ears for five seconds…….
What do you feel?
BY HRUSHIKESH DAWANGE
Helen Keller
INTRODUCTION
She, is both deaf and blind.
Who would believe such a person would write books on her own.
BIRTH
• She was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama
• She was the child of Captain Auther H. Keller
The Happy Days Didn’t Last Long
• At the age of 19 month little Helen was caught by a fever which caused her to be deaf and blind
“Gradually I got used to the silence and darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been different”
A shake of head for NO, a nod for YES was her communicate
Helen’s mother cherished her tenderly while she was loosing her sight little by littleThe only word she
could remember was “Water”, this was her only word in her world at that time
Helen Going to have a teacher
She was struggling to be free. Free from the world of misery & bitterness where she experienced failures when expressing herself
Her parents suffered too. They searched for teachers having the method to teach a child who’s both deaf and blind.
Helen’s parents were able to find Alexander Grahm Bell and with his help they were able to find a way to educate little Helen.
A light in the Darkness
Ms. Anne Sullivan was a light to Helen’s lonely and dark life.
Anne was so friendly and kind to the poor girl.
Helen soon showed that she is capable and learned quickly
The way she learnedFinger play, Spelling word into her
handFirst word she learned was doll.
• At the age of ten Helen had mastered Braille as well as the manual alphabet and even learned to use the typewriter
Names for Everything
Water was the word which Helen couldn’t understand easily.
Ms.Sullivan put Helen’s hand under water coming out from the pump and spelled w-a-t-e-r to her hand
When she realized what water means she rejoiced.
Learning Words
• Ms. Sullivan used cardboard slips having raised letters to teach her words
“One day, Miss Sullivan tells me, I pinned the word girl on my pinafore and stood in the wardrobe. On the shelf I arranged the words, is, in, wardrobe. Nothing delighted me so much as this game”
Helen’s EducationPrimarily her teacher was Ms. Anne Sullivan
In 1888 entered to Perkins School in Boston
Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City in 1894
In 1896 - Entered Cambridge College for Young Ladies
Helen Keller as a Graduate
What had she achieved?
In 1900 she entered to the Radcliffe college
On 28 June 1904 Helen graduated from Radcliffe College earning a Bachelor of Arts degree
She received honorary doctoral degrees fromTemple and Harvard Universities in the
United States
Glasgow and Berlin Universities in Europe
Delhi University in India
Witwatersrand University in South Africa
Special Awards
She also received an honorary Academy Award in 1955 as the inspiration for the documentary about her life, Helen Keller in Her Story.
In 1964 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, by President Lyndon Johnson
Helen Keller was the first deaf/blind
person to graduated from
College
“I WILL NOT JUST LIVE MY LIFE. I WILL NOT
JUST SPEND MY LIFE. I WILL INVEST MY LIFE."
Helen Keller inspired future generations of people with disabilities to live life to the fullest.
Thank you……..