Helen Keller
It was the summer of 1880. A healthy baby girl was born in a small town in Alabama. Her parents loved her dearly and named her Helen Keller. One day, the baby fell ill. Her fever stayed high. The parents tried their best to help her get better. They were disappointed and said, "There is nothing more, we can do. The baby may not live."
Helen lived but she was not the same after her illness. "Something is very wrong," her mother said. At last they found out what was wrong. The child was unable to see and hear.
The baby grew up. Her parents felt sorry for her. Though Helen could not see and hear, she was a bright little girl. People thought Helen could not learn anything but her mother did not agree. She always thought how they could teach her.
Helen began to grow wild. She would not let anyone do anything for her. Her clothes were always dirty. She was often angry. Sometimes she even lay on the floor and kicked her feet.
Her parents soon found a teacher for her. Miss Sullivan, a young teacher promised to help Helen Keller to see the world. Miss Sullivan gave Helen a doll. She spelt the word D O L L with her fingers on Helen's hand. She made the letter with special hand signs.
Helen copied her teacher and spelt D O L L, but did not understand what she was doing. The teacher helped Helen to spell a lot of words. One day the teacher made Helen put her hand into running water. She spelt W A T E R. Helen understood that WATER meant something wet, running over her hand.
She understood that words were the most important things in the world. Words would tell her everything she wanted to know.
Helen Keller became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Helen was a bright little girl.
Miss Sullivan helped Helen learn words.
Water meant something wet.
Words were important to Helen.
Helen Keller became a great achiever.
Listen to the prompts and answer orally:
- When and where was Helen Keller born?
- Who was Miss Sullivan?
- What word did Helen first understand clearly through running water?
- What did Helen understand about words?
Write a simple English word on a partner's palm using a finger. Let the partner guess the word. Then exchange roles.
Suggested words: water, doll, book, sun, tree, mother, teacher.
Draw Helen with Miss Sullivan learning the word WATER. You may draw a hand, running water and a teacher.
Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor's degree in 1904.
She published her famous autobiography The Story of My Life in 1903.
She published twelve books in her writing career including Light in My Darkness.
Helen Keller was a world renowned speaker.
Helen Keller made seven trips across the world visiting 35 countries of five continents and meeting with world leaders including Winston Churchill, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Golda Meir.
She co-founded organisation Helen Keller International (HKI) in 1915. It combats the causes and consequences of blindness of malnutrition.
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama.
After an illness, she became unable to see and hear.
Her mother believed that Helen could learn and found a teacher, Miss Sullivan, for her.
Miss Sullivan taught Helen words through special hand signs.
When Helen felt running water and learned the word WATER, she understood the power of words.
Helen Keller worked hard and became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Her life teaches us courage, patience, determination and the value of education.
हेलेन केलर का जन्म 1880 में अलाबामा में हुआ था।
एक गंभीर बीमारी के बाद वह देखने और सुनने में असमर्थ हो गईं।
उनकी माँ को विश्वास था कि हेलेन सीख सकती हैं और उन्होंने उनके लिए मिस सुलिवन को शिक्षिका बनाया।
मिस सुलिवन ने विशेष हाथ के संकेतों द्वारा हेलेन को शब्द सिखाए।
बहते हुए पानी के अनुभव से हेलेन ने WATER शब्द का अर्थ समझा और शब्दों की शक्ति को पहचाना।
कठिन परिश्रम और दृढ़ संकल्प के बल पर हेलेन केलर ने महान उपलब्धियाँ हासिल कीं और बैचलर ऑफ आर्ट्स की डिग्री प्राप्त करने वाली पहली बधिर-दृष्टिहीन व्यक्ति बनीं।
उनका जीवन हमें साहस, धैर्य, दृढ़ निश्चय और शिक्षा का महत्त्व सिखाता है।
"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."
— Helen Keller