The Miracle Worker

Helen Keller has taught the entire nation that it is possible to overcome obstacles and obtain goals. At the age of nineteen months, she was stricken by an illness called “brain fever”, that left her blind and deaf. It is evident that Keller lived a strenuous life, but along the way she managed to establish the American Civil Liberties Union and received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments. The fact that a blind and deaf woman accomplished so many achievements over the course of her

Helen Keller Helen Keller Early life and family Helen was born as a healthy, seeing and hearing child on 27th June 1880 in Tuscumbia. Her parents were Kate Keller and Colonel Keller. When Helen was 19 months old, she became deaf and blind as a result of scarlet fever. As she grew from infancy into childhood, she became unruly and often lashed out in anger at her inability to communicate and and comprehend the world around her. Annie Sullivan and her influence on Helen When Helen was 6 years old

GROUP II ROLE: MRS. KELLER - ___________________________ MR. KELLER - _________________________ DOCTOR - ___________________________ DIRECTOR ANAGNOS - ___________________________ ANNE SULLIVAN - ___________________________ HELEN KELLER - ________________________ SCRIPT: On June 27, 1880, a girl named  Helen Adams Keller, a very well-knowned writer, was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama,   in a white, frame cottage called “Ivy Green.” Her parents were captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller

Keller joined a Socialist party to bring fairness to the people with special needs (deaf, blind or mentally retarded). She became extremely active by speaking and writing in support of people with disabilities. Soon after Keller joined the Industrial Workers of the World and became a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement, she helped contribute by writing essays, lectures, and tried to influence politicians for women's right to vote. She was also in an important fundraiser called the American

Helen Keller in her autobiography “The Story of my Life” talks about her struggles of being both blind and deaf and how she has overcome those barriers in her life to find new light in her dark world. Keller utilizes pathos, imagery, and perspective to show her audience what it’s like to live the way she does. Keller’s purpose is to show others her difficulties being disabled and to shed light on others and to give them hope that their own battles can be won, no matter the difficulty. Keller delivers

Attending college was a huge accomplishment for Helen, as she was the first deaf-blind person ever to attend a college. The college's curriculum required a lot of extra work on both Helen and Annie's part. Helen was an remarkable writer and she would type papers using the Braille typewriter. Before long, Helen was a paid writer for Ladies' Home Journal, where Keller would write articles about her life. Although she loved her work, she felt overcome by all of the writing. At this time, Helen meets

accomplishments which are disability-related.) Those of us who have grown up in the last half of this century have only known Keller as a figure of veneration. We know her primarily through popularized versions of her life such as the play "The Miracle Worker," or through her autobiographical works such as The Story of My Life (Keller, 1961 [1902]) and The World I Live In (Keller, 1908). Most of us have come away with the image of a more-than-human person living with the

Since Helen Keller’s early years in life she has always been blind, deaf and mute. Members in her family knew there was sure to be many difficulties in teaching her basic life routines, and from where the family stood there was no way to teach her. Helen sometimes got so frustrated she would lash out. Until one day her family, with hopes to teach her, hired someone with experience to help. The teacher's name is Annie Sullivan. Sullivan had some difficulties getting through to Helen, but once she

The Brain Fever “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller. Have you ever thought about how hard life would be if you were deaf, blind, and could hardly speak? If you did, then you will know how hard Helen’s life was. Nobody understood her and they thought that she was a freak but that all changed when Anne Sullivan became her teacher. Her full name is Helen Adams Keller. She was born on June 27, 1880. Unfortunately

(1)Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880. (2)She was very spoiled. (3)Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama (4)Lost her sight and hearing due to an unknown illness. (5)How did she contract such a virus? (6)Hot day, Keller and Miss Sullivan wait in the shade.(7)Keller climbs a cherry tree.(8)Going to have lunch at the tree.(9)A storm come and she get’s stuck in tree.(10)Scared of the storm, but more scared of falling. (11)Keller learns the manual alphabet, new words, and phrases.(12)Her teacher is Miss Sullivan