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A turning point  to Helen Keller’s life was when Annie got married to John Macy.

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Helen was attending New York's Wright Humanson School for the Deaf in 1896, when she received word that her father suddenly died. She was devastated.

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Tommy is a five year old boy who lived in poor house and had no parents.

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A choice that Helen Keller made is that she wanted to help a boy named Tommy.

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Helen : patient
Helen is patient because even when she would get frustrated when she didn’t understand things she still tried to stay calm and always try to learn it again

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Sarah Fuller would begin by placing Helen’s hand on her face and in her mouth, lightly at first. This allowed Helen to feel the position of Sarah’s tongue and lips when she made a sound. Then she shaped Helen’s own mouth for making basic sounds. Then she took Helen’s hand and put It in her throat so that Helen could feel the vibration.

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Helen : determined
Helen is determined because she would never give up when she was trying to learn sign language.

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Annie : patient
She is patient because Helen would have tantrums and she would remain calm and would not scream

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Helen decided she wanted to learn how to speak, so she needed the best teacher. Annie brought Helen to Sarah Fuller, principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. Helen remembered that when she was a young girl she would stand in between two people who where conversing and she would touch their lips. Now at the age of 10, Helen was getting her chance to learn how to speak.

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Braille was created in 1825 by a 16 year old boy. To read each letter you would have to use the most sensitive spot of the index finger.

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Annie would spell the sign language letters into Helen's hand and then let her feel the object that it is. It was hard for her because she cant see the object or hear what It sounds like and she would get really frustrated.

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Annie is blind. When she was a little girl her left eye began to itch. She had an infection. The more she rubbed the more I️t damaged her eye. He parents had no money for a doctor, so they waited hoping her eye would get better. Annie’s eye didn’t get better so she developed blindness

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Helen Keller is having tantrums because it is hard for her to learn sign language

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Annie brings Helen to a camp house so she can teach her things whithout any distractions

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March 3, 1887: Annie arrives in Tuscumbia to begin teaching Helen.

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One turning point is when the Keller's took Helen to a eye doctor in Baltimore. The Dr said he could not bring Helen's sight back but she is very clever and could be educated. The Dr. brought the Keller's to Alexander Graham Bell ( Dr. Bell), who was an expert on teaching speech to the deaf.

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a Dr asking Annie if she can help Helen Keller, and she says yes.

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January 1882: Helen develops a high fever and loses her sight and hearing.

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The Kellers house was built in 1820

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One struggle for Helen Keller was when she was 1 1/2 had a horrible fever and it made her become blind and then later that day become deaf. Kate Keller, Helen Keller's mom did not know what to do. Helen was trapped in a dark silent world. Some of her relatives told Kate to give up on Helen, but she never did.

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June 27, 1880: Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia Alabama.