Art, care & community
Helen Keller
1880–1968
Massachusetts connection
Perkins in Boston; Radcliffe in Cambridge
Keller was a deafblind author and advocate for equal opportunity. She learned with Anne Sullivan and studied at Perkins and Radcliffe. She worked to expand access to education and public life. Her story helps us ask how schools and communities can remove barriers to participation.
You can use your device’s reading tools or read with a partner.
Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- How can making art, teaching, or caring for others change a community?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“Helen Keller mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
Follow the evidence.
This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: perkins.org ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?