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Helen Keller AssignmentTask
You are employed by a publishing company who is releasing a memoir about Helen Keller to celebrate her life.
To complete your section of the memoir, you must take on the role of linguist, sociologist, biographer, and
literary historian. Each job description is connected to specific sections of the memoir.
You will create the memoir using both text and pictures. The finished product should be in ”book” form.
The big question that you have to answer is...
In each of the four areas of study, what are the most important facts and ideas associated with Helen Keller's
life?
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Process
To complete the assignment you need to follow these steps:
1) Read the entire packet before going any further! …Yep go on read, I will wait………………………….
2) Did you read the entire packet??? NO?!? THEN GET READING!!
3) As you begin your research remember you need to turn in the Source Log with your completed section
of the memoir.
4) You will need to write a report based Helen Keller’s life. In each role there are 3 underlined sub topics.
You must address each of these to get full points (approx.. 2 paragraphs for each subtopic). Please use
the topic name as a heading for each section. Also, please include at least one picture for each section
for a minimum total of 3. Format them into the paper nicely please.
Example:
Braille
Braille blah blah and yackity yak…..
5) You will need to develop a timeline of significant events in Helen Keller’s life you can do this in Word.
You must include 10 events.
Include a picture, year and short description (Approx. 2 sentences) of each event. You may include
important historical dates as well but they will not count towards you total number.
Example:
1904 Helen Graduates from Radcliff.
6) You will probably want to format something like this…
Title Page – Include a picture or other art, group members names and roles
Table of Contents- Include all written work and timeline, works cited page and conclusion.
Timeline
Source Logs- Please include a bibliography a simple list of sources if fine you do not need to use MLA or
APA formatting.
Conclusion- Individually please answers these questions: What did you learn from this? What is the
most interesting fact about Helen’s life? What can we learn from her?
Put it all together and turn it in…
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Helen Keller Grading Rubric
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Contents
All Elements are present: Title
Page
Table of Contents
Timeline
Source Logs
Conclusion
Missing 1 Element
Missing 2+ Elements.
Mechanics
No misspellings or grammatical Three or fewer misspellings
errors.
and/or mechanical errors.
More than 4 errors in spelling
or grammar.
Content
Covers topic in-depth with
details and examples. Subject
knowledge is excellent.
Content is minimal OR there
are several factual errors.
Information
Content is well organized using Uses headings or bulleted lists There was no clear or logical
headings or bulleted lists to
to organize, but the overall
organizational structure, just
group related material.
organization of topics appears lots of facts.
flawed.
Sources
Source information collected
for all graphics, facts and
quotes. All documented in
desired format.
Includes essential knowledge
about the topic. Subject
knowledge appears to be
good.
Source information collected
for all graphics, facts and
quotes. Most documented in
desired format.
Very little or no source
information was collected.
Total Possible Points________/150
I will not accept it if it is not formatted with the following….
Font Size – 12
Font Style- Times New Roman
Spacing- Double
Header- Name (First and Last)
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Roles
Linguist
As a linguist you are an expert on the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and
modification of language. For this book you will concentrate on the physical and written languages for the
blind.
With the use of these skills, you are responsible for gathering, summarizing, synthesizing and rewriting
material for the Helen Keller Memoir on the following topics:
-Braille
-Sign Language
-What are some of the new resources for blind or deaf people which would have been helpful to Helen Keller?
Sociologist
As a sociologist, you deal with the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective
behavior of organized groups of human beings. Using these skills, you are responsible for gathering,
summarizing, synthesizing and rewriting material for the Helen Keller Memoir on the following topics:
-Life in Tuscumbia, Alabama
-Disability Awareness
-World View - what was happening at the time (education, religion, technology/discoveries and lifestyles)
Biographer
As the biographer, you are the specialist on the study of Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, and the rest of the Keller
Family.
While incorporating your expertise, you will be responsible for gathering, summarizing, synthesizing and
rewriting material for the memoir on the following topics:
-Helen Keller
-Annie Sullivan
-Keller's and Sullivan's Family Members