To begin this lesson students will be able to share their responses from the previous lesson. I will then introduce the book
Helen Keller Courage in the Dark
by Johanna Hurwitz. I will explain to the students that as a part of our science unit we will be studying the life of Helen Keller, because she was a person who lived life without the ability to hear sound. Throughout each chapter of the book students will be able to respond to the following journal questions.
1. How would your life be different if you could not hear sound?
2. Do you think Helen Keller would be able to come to Bishop Woods School? Why or Why not?
3. How would Helen’s life be different if she were alive today?
4. What would you have done if you were Helen Keller?
Students will also be given the opportunity to learn the Braille alphabet. Students will use the Braille alphabet to write messages to their friends.
A great demonstration to help students identify with how life must have been for Helen, would be to blind fold and ear plug a student and ask them to perform a simple task such as eating a cookie or tying their shoes.