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Pbs Learning Media: Advocacy for People With Disabilities: Becoming Helen Keller
This resource from the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller features Keller's work around social justice and the disability movement. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and activities, students explore how...
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Pbs Learning Media: Eugenics: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn about the controversial Baby Bollinger case (1915) connected to the eugenics movement and Helen Keller's decision to comment publicly on the case in this video adapted from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller. Use this...
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Pbs Learning Media: The History of Oralism: Becoming Helen Keller
In this resource from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller, learn about the history of oralism and its impact on Deaf culture. Using video, discussion questions, and short activities, students examine primary source materials...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Myth of Helen Keller: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn how the film The Miracle Worker shifted Helen Keller's cultural and historical significance in this resource from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and a primary...
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Pbs Learning Media: Women and Education in the Progressive Era: Becoming Helen Keller
Examine the history of women in college during the Progressive Era through the lens of Helen Keller's experience in this video from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Advocate for the Blind: Becoming Helen Keller
In this resource from the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller, examine Keller's advocacy for the Blind through her 40 years of work with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Through video, discussion questions,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Tools of the Film: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn about the tools (e.g., terms, concepts, and features) utilized to help make the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller accessible for people who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, or a combination of...
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Pbs Learning Media: The History of Special Education and Reform: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn about Helen Keller's work toward special education and reform in this video from the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips and an activity focused the Individuals with...
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Pbs Learning Media: Human Rights Work After World War Ii: Becoming Helen Keller
Examine Helen Keller's activism and humanitarian work during WWII and in its aftermath in this video. Through video, discussion questions, teaching tips and an activity, students learn more about disabled WWII soldiers. The activity also...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Crisis and Anti Racist Work: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn about Keller's large donation and letter of support for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1916. Through video, discussion questions, teaching tips, Keller's original letter to the NAACP, and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Helen Keller in Vaudeville: Becoming Helen Keller
Learn about Helen Keller's decision to perform on the vaudeville stage and explore the reasons her performance was so controversial and popular in the 1920s. Using video, discussion questions and teaching tips, students explore the work...