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Helen Keller

By Anne Pemberton

Portrait of Helen Keller   This page creates an adventure story starring your student or your child. He or she travels back in history to Ivy Green in Tuscombia, Alabama in 1895 to meet Helen Keller, Helen's teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's teacher, Alexander Graham Bell.

Turn on Speakers to hear "The Entertainer".

STORY FORM:

Create a Personalized Story

Enter the name to appear in the story:

Click on gender: :

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Directions to use the STORY FORM above to create this story:

    1. Enter the name or nickname as you want it to appear in the story.
    2. Click on the gender of your student or your child.
    3. If you make a mistake, or want to start over, click on the "Reset" button.
    4. Turn on the speakers to hear the music.

    If you want to read the story on the screen:

    1. Click on the "Show the Story" button.
    2. To return to this page, click the "Back" button in your browser.

    If you want to print the story in a booklet:

    1. Click the "Print the Story" button in the Story Form.
    2. Click on "File" and then "Page Setup" in your browser.
    3. Select "Landscape".
    4. Delete any text in "Header" and "Footer" Spaces.
    5. Click "OK".
    6. Make sure your printer is turned on and has paper in it.
    7. Click on "File" and then "Print" in your browser.
    8. Click on "OK".
    9. Fold each page in half with the print side out.
    10. Wrap the cover around the open ends of the pages.
    11. Staple.
    12. To return to this page, click the "Back" button in your browser.

Music Credits

Background Music: "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin. The composition was widely played during the time of this story and is still enjoyed today. Synthesized by Randy Cabell, 2004. Music used by permission.

Illustration Credits

Illustrations used without permission, for educational use only. Some illustrations have been edited for this application.

  1. History Hat: MSN Clipart
  2. Alexander Graham Bell: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/alexander_bell.htm
  3. Ivy Green http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/The_Home/the_home.html
  4. Bougainvillea http://www.kaley-bradley.com/Wedding/honeymoon/otherFloweringTrees.html
  5. Elizabeth Park Rose Garden http://www.elizabethpark.org/rose_garden.htm
  6. All images of Helen and friends: http://www.afb.org
  7. Clip Art from MSN.com

Page created September 25, 2004. Anne Pemberton. Updated Sun, 20-Apr-2008 . AP.

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