Helen's Vocab
Define Ambition
The determination to do something
What was the first word Helen understood?
Water
Define Tenderness
Kindness
Who taught Helen how to understand what things where and how to read?
Annie Sullivan
Define Capacity
The ability or power to dom understand, or experience something
Was Helen Born blind and deaf?
no, she became very ill and it happened at 19 months old!
Define Braille
Using raised dots for letter and words
How could Helen tell what someone was saying to her?
She would lip read by placing her middle finger on the persons lips and feeling vibration on their throat.
Define Trace
To copy or draw over
how old was Helen when Annie passed away, and who took her place?
Helen was 56 when Annie passed, and Polly Thomson took Annie's place.