1、 The Introduction of Helen Keller Judy Words Appreciation Disney Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller FanyImpressions after Reading Miffy第1页/共18页 第2页/共18页The two most interesting characters of the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller.Mark Twain第3页/共18页第4页/共18页NAME:Helen KellerNAME:Helen KellerOCCUPA
2、TION:Educator,Activist,JournalistOCCUPATION:Educator,Activist,JournalistBIRTH DATE:June 27,1880BIRTH DATE:June 27,1880DEATH DATE:June 01,1968DEATH DATE:June 01,1968EDUCATION:Horace Mann School for the Deaf,EDUCATION:Horace Mann School for the Deaf,Wright-Humason School for the Deaf,Cambridge Wright-
3、Humason School for the Deaf,Cambridge School for Young Ladies,Radcliff CollegeSchool for Young Ladies,Radcliff CollegePLACE OF BIRTH:Tuscumbia,AlabamaPLACE OF BIRTH:Tuscumbia,AlabamaPLACE OF DEATH:Easton,ConnecticutPLACE OF DEATH:Easton,ConnecticutFULL NAME:Helen KellerFULL NAME:Helen KellerFULL NAM
4、E:Helen Adams KellerFULL NAME:Helen Adams Keller第5页/共18页 第6页/共18页Quick FactsNAME:Anne Sullivan OCCUPATION:Educator BIRTH DATE:April 14,1866 DEATH DATE:October 20,1936 EDUCATION:Perkins School for the Blind Best Known ForAnne Sullivan was a teacher who,at age 21,taught Helen Keller,who was deaf,mute,
5、and blind,how to communicate and read Braille.第7页/共18页At only 21 years of age,Sullivan showed great maturity and ingenuity in teaching Keller.She wanted to help Keller make associations between words and physical objects,and worked hard with her rather stubborn and spoiled pupil.After isolating Kell
6、er from her family in order to better educate her,Sullivan began working to teach Keller how to communicate with the outside world.During one lesson,she finger-spelled the word water on one of Kellers hands as she ran water over her students other hand.Keller finally made her first major breakthroug
7、h,connecting the concept of sign language with the objects around her.第8页/共18页Thanks to Sullivans instruction,Keller learned nearly 600 words,most of her multiplication tables,and how to read Braille within a matter of months.News of Sullivans success with Keller spread,and the Perkins school wrote
8、a report about their progress as a team.Keller became a celebrity because of the report,meeting the likes of Thomas Edison,Alexander Graham Bell,and Mark Twain.第9页/共18页 Despite the physical strain on her own limited sight,Sullivan helped Keller continue her studies at Radcliffe College in 1900.She s
9、pelled the contents of class lectures into Kellers hand,and spent hours conveying information from textbooks to her.As a result,Keller became the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college.第10页/共18页第11页/共18页 First Day First I should like see the face of my dear teacher,Mrs.Anne Sullivan Macy,w
10、ho came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me.I should want not merely to see the outline of her face,so that I could cherish it in my memory,but to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the diffi
11、cult task of my education.I should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to stand firm in the face of difficulties第12页/共18页Second Day The next day,I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day.My next stop would b
12、e the Metropolitan Museum of Art.I should try to probe into the soul of man through his art.The evening,I should spend at a theatre or at the movies At night,I cannot sleep,I would enjoy the drama in my mind all night.第13页/共18页Third Day This morning,I should again greet the dawn,anxious to discover
13、new delights.Today,I shall spend in the workday world of the present,amid the haunts of men going about the business of life.And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in New York?So it becomes my destination.I will go to the top of the Empire State Building,stroll down Fifth
14、 Avenue,I will make a tour around the city,to the Park Avenue,to the slums,to the factories,etc.第14页/共18页 第15页/共18页 Live up to three following requirements:Live up to three following requirements:Dont be discouraged!Everything is possible!Fulfill your dreams with courage and persistence.Cherish what you have as if they are going to disappear tomorrow.第16页/共18页JudyFanyDisney MiffyTeam2:第17页/共18页感谢观看！第18页/共18页
