Use the image above as a starting place.įor a more hands-on primary source analysis experience, Braille Alphabet Cards are available for purchase from the National Braille Press. For this primary source pairing, invite students to investigate the Braille alphabet. His creation of an alphabet of raised letters created the opportunity for people who were blind to read, write, communicate, and create for generations to come. It is hard to imagine the perseverance Louis Braille embodied over 200 years ago. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today. And so he invented his own alphabet–a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. Pair with The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin to further understand the challenges blind students face and overcome.Written by Jen Bryant, Illustrated by Boris Kulikov A "More About Braille" Q&A section has even more fascinating insights about this remarkable young man. Narrator Pete Cross has an abysmal French accent, but the story is charming and teaches perseverance. He achieves that goal with his domino-like twin columns of six dots and also invents a musical notation code for the blind, both of which are still in use today. When Louis learns there are no books for blind children, he is determined to make one. With a Debussy piano score setting the scene, the clever lad refuses to be held back by his disability, becoming a musician and adept student.
With rich illustrations by Boris Kulikov and minimal animation, we are transported to the small French town of Coupvray in 1812 at the scene of an accident that led to Braille becoming blind at three years old.
Gr 2–5-With an introductory analogy from Helen Keller ("We the blind are as indebted to Louis Braille as mankind is indebted to Gutenberg"), author Jen Bryant reveals the teenage inventor who changed the world forever at the tender age of 15.
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