1. What do you feel?  Remain silent as you close your eyes and cover your ears for fifteen seconds….

2. Meet the Miracle of Helen Keller

3. Who was she? How did she learn to speak? Why was she famous? When was she born? Where was she born? Why was she blind, deaf and dumb? By the end of the lesson, you should be able to answer the following questions …

4. " The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." --- Helen Keller

5. Hellen Keller was born in 1880.

7. When she was two, she was very sick. Then she became blind and deaf.

8. Did you know that 90% of Deaf have hearing parents?

9. In 1887, she met her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Anne was a patient teacher.

10. Helen and Annie make history  This History Day project created by a middle school student, shows the lives of both of these incredible women.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGD _w98Y7jg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGD _w98Y7jg

12. Fingerspelling is mainly used to give names of people, places, and identify brands or movie titles.

13. Anne taught Helen how to speak.

14. Helen showed the world that blind people can do great things. http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=8ch_H8pt9M8 &list=UUtSbdTQLA4sp - 0VFXE095ew&index=2 0

15. "Helen Keller In Her Story" 1954 Helen was good at writing too. She wrote many books. The most famous one is The Story of My Life.

16. Helen passed away in 1968. Today, people all over the world still admire her for what she did.

17. Helen Keller Who was she? How did she learn to speak? Why was she famous? When was she born? Where was she born? Why was she blind, deaf and dumb? Were you able to learn the answers to these questions? Discuss at tables.

18. Some strategies to help you communicate with a Deaf person: Let the Deaf person know you can sign Let the Deaf person set the communication pattern to be used Avoid talking (voicing) in the presence of a Deaf person without signing While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signers face Avoid “eyedropping” on other people signing