Activity: Be the HistorianCorrecting the RecordPrimary sources help historians connect directly with people who lived decades and even centuries ago. Often, these first hand accounts contain perspectives that may have been left out of traditional histories. This is certainly true of people with disabilities. Rarely will a classroom textbook talk about the everyday struggles and heated public debates that affected (and continue to affect) disabled people. Primary sources can correct those omissions. Read and analyze six of the following sources from the digital Helen Keller Archive. Directly cite at least four primary sources. Helen Keller lost her hearing and vision when she was only 19 months old, and her outspoken advocacy as a person with disabilities captivated public interest. Write a mini-history of living with disability during Helen Keller’s life time (1880-1968). In your history, consider the following questions:
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Helen Keller Archive
A fully accessible digital collection from
the American Foundation for the Blind