Weather
Figurative Language
Louis Braille
Helen Keller
Alaska
100

What do you call a look ahead at the weather?

a forecast

100

What type of figurative speech is this...

BAM!    CRASH!    SLURP!         WAAAAAAH!

Onomatopoeia 

100

What is the reading (and writing) system used by the blind called?

braille

100

How did Helen Keller become blind and deaf?

She got very sick when she was a toddler and it caused her to lose her hearing and vision.

100

Out of the 50 American states, which number is Alaska?

49th.  (Hawaii was the 50th and last state so far.)

200

What does humidity mean?

It tells how much water is in the air.  (sweaty)

200

What type of figurative speech is this....

My brother is a monster!

Metaphor

200

What toy brick does braille writing look like?

Lego

200

What is the name of Helen Keller's teacher?

Anne Sullivan

200

On what day of the year, do Alaskans play baseball at midnight?

On the summer solstice, June 21st!  The sun is out the longest that day.

300

What machine measures the wind force?

anemometer

300

What type of figurative speech is this?

You eats like a bird.

He walks as fast as a turtle.

simile

300

How many dots are on each cube for the braille alphabet?

6

300

True or False

Helen Keller never learned to write.

False.  After learning braille from her teacher, Helen Keller wrote many books and used the money to build schools for the blind.  She also influenced leaders of countries to help blind people and people with other disabilities.

300

What is one natural resource Alaska provides?

There are many but here are 3.

                  trees,  fish, or oil    

400

What tool measures the weather temperature - how hot or cold it is outside?

a thermometer

400

What type of figurative speech is this?

The stars are winking at us from the sky.

Personification

400

Who invented the reading and writing system still used today for the blind?

Louis Braille

400

What big prize was Helen Keller nominated for in 1953?

It was the famous Nobel Peace Prize for her work on civil rights for disabled and blind people.

She didn't win.

400

What do you call the native Alaskan people?

Indigenous 

500

What is fog?

It's a cloud that is low to the ground.

500

What type of figurative language is this?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration

500

What country was Louis Braille from?

France

500

How did Helen Keller help the world?

(Pick one answer)

1.  She changed laws to build schools for blind.

2.  She had braille books put into libraries.

3. She traveled the world teaching leaders of countries on how smart blind kids are so they would make changes to help them learn so they could get jobs.

500

What does "Alyeska" (Alaska)  mean in the indigenous language?

Great Land