1. We are doing Sign Language

2. Timeline where are famous people are. Beethoven was in the timeline of 1770-1827 Helen Keller was in the timeline of 1880- 1968 The Year Of Miss Agnes 1948 Marlee Matlin was in the timeline of 1965(still alive)

3. Beethoven  Beethoven composed all 9 symphonies between 1799 and 1899 He studied under Haydn for less then a year in 1794 In 1801 he wrote a letter to his friend about his loss of hearing In 1772 he to Vienna At age 8 he studied theory and played piano In his teenage years he performed playing piano Beethoven was born in December 17, 1770- Bonn Beethoven died in March 26, 1827- Vienna Western Germany- Bonn Vienna- Republic Australia Beethoven and Hayhn Branms Parents were Johann and Maria Magdalena

4. Helen Keller Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880 Born healthy, but got very sick when 2 years old Got better but left her blind and deaf Couldn ’ t talk Helen didn ’ t always get along well with others Helen ’ s parents took Helen to Dr. Alexander Gram Bell Dr. Alexander Graham bell ran a school to teach deaf people He told them about sign language and how to find a teacher Annie Sullivan became Helen ’ s teacher

5. Helen Keller  Everyday they studied spelling words Annie and Helen had a lot of fights Annie wanted Helen to listen to her but Helen did not like that idea.  Helen’s parents never punished her when she was bad because they felt sorry for her, but Annie knew she had to learn to be good so she had to punish her.  Everyday Helen got better and better when Annie taught her  Annie took her out to a water pump one day and she put her hands under the water and she spelled water and she understood what words were now  Now she could talk to people and people could talk to her by their fingers  Helen learned to read and write in Braille. In Braille, words are reaised dots that blind people can feel.

6. Helen Keller  Helen also learned to lip-read by touching people’s faces  When Helen was a teenager she learned to speak  When Helen was 20 she went to college  Even know Helen was blind and deaf she spent her life helping blind and deaf people and she even wrote many books  Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968