Helen Keller Chapter 10 and Final Activities

Helen Keller Chapter 10 and Final Activities

Chapter Summary- 
After graduating from Radcliffe College, Helen begins to do all she can to help other blind and deaf people. She writes papers and gives speeches. On October 19, 1936 Anne Sullivan Dies. This is Helen' s biggest loss. Helen continues to travel and tell her story all over the world. She lives to be 87 years old and dies on June 1st, 1968.

What we will cover in this Chapter:
Language Arts- Review Questions
History- World War Two

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a review worksheet about Chapter 10.

History- World War Two
This chapter mentions  World War 2 so it was a great opportunity to talk about it with the kids.I had the kids watch a war movie. War horse is about World War 1 but it is age appropriate and it tells about wartime.  They also completed a worksheet about the World War 2 which i purchased from teacherpayteachers.com  Lily and Aj watched a video of their great grandfather who was a war hero. He was is a paratrooper who Jumped out of a plane on D Day. Their are many videos and story's about his platoon.  The kids  read a book about World War 2. They also explored an old World War 2 fort in New Hampshire. 

Watching War Horse

Worksheet about World War 2

Kids learning about their Great Grandfather 

Picture of the kids Great Grandfather

Exploring Fort Dearborn, Portsmouth Harbor NH 

This property was used during World War 2. Today it is a great hiking and picnicking spot. 

Thanks for reading about all the activities we completed while reading Helen Keller. The kids enjoyed reading about her. 

Helen Keller Chapter 9

Chapter Summary-
Helen becomes more and more independent. She learns to ride a horse, swim by herself and even rides a tandem bike with  a friend. Helen decides she wants to go to college. She and teacher head off to Radcliffe College for Women. Helen is forced to work twice as hard as other girls. Both women go to class each day. She reads so much Braille books her fingers bleed. Helen Graduates college and she is the most educated deaf-blind girl in the world.

What we will learn in this Chapter:
Language Arts- Review Questions
Fine Arts- Cooking, Roasted Apples


Language Arts- Review Questions
The kids completed questions about the chapter 9

Fine Arts- Cooking, Roasted Apples

The kids made Roasted apples just like Helen would have made.

Thanks for reading!

Helen Keller Chapter 8

Helen Keller Chapter 8

Chapter Summary- 
 Teacher enrolls Helen in the Perkins Institute- same school teacher went to as a girl. The same school Mr. Keller wrote to when he asked for help with Helen. The teachers and students at the school love Helen. Helen loves her classes and the books she is given to read. She never knew how much was available to her. When the books are not in Braille Helen asks teacher to read them to her. Helen is 9 years old now, and she spells so fast with her fingers.She decides to learn how to talk like a regular child. The teacher agrees. Helen works very hard to learn how to talk. Her first sentence is "I am not dumb now."

What we will cover in these chapters:
Language Arts- Review Questions
History and Geography:Plymouth Rock
History and Geography: Anne Sullivan's Life- Teacher

Language Arts- Review Questions
The kids completed questions about the chapter 8

History and Geography:Plymouth Rock
We took a field trip to Plymouth Rock to see where the Pilgrims landed.

History and Geography: Anne Sullivan's Life- Teacher
Lily and Aj watched a you-tube video about Anne Sullivan's life.

Thanks for reading!

Helen Keller Chapter 7

Helen Keller Chapter 7

Chapter Summary-
Teacher makes sure that Helen has all of the same experiences that any other child would. Helen gets to go to the zoo, attend the circus, bake Christmas cookies and enjoy a canary for a pet. Helen is dong very well. Soon, she begin to learn to read Braille- the raised symbol language of the blind. In just one year, Helen has learned so much! Teacher knows its time to learn even more.

What we will cover in this chapter:
Language arts- Review questions
History and Geography- The Circus
Science- Primates and Apes 
Fine Arts- Arts and Crafts

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a worksheet about Chapter 7

History and Geography- The Circus
The kids watched a video on the history of the Ringling Brothers circus. They also completed Language Arts worksheets and coloring sheets about the circus. They also enjoyed a picture book about the circus.

Science- Primates and Apes 
Lily and Aj read books about animals that are in the circus

Fine Arts- Arts and Crafts
Lily and Aj made Circus Tents with acrylic paint, construction paper and tissue paper.

Thanks for Reading!