Human Rights Work after World War II | Becoming Helen Keller

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American Masters Becoming Helen Keller bhk21 Helen Keller WNET The WNET Group Censorship Ambassador World War II WWII Japan wounded soldiers wounded veterans Nazi Holocaust disabled disability blind deaf deafblind Helen Keller Polly Thomson state department goodwill ambassador book burning Nagasaki Hiroshima atomic bomb human rights Cold War Helen Keller disabilities persons with disabilities disability advocates disability rights disabled veterans wounded veterans Nazis Germany censorship Japan visit women's rights apartheid South Africa gender roles
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Health Studies History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Human Rights Work after World War II | Becoming Helen Keller

Examine Helen Keller's activism and humanitarian work during WWII and in its aftermath in this video from the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary, Becoming Helen Keller. Through video, discussion questions, teaching tips and an activity, students learn more about disabled WWII soldiers. The activity also asks students to think critically about Keller's work by analyzing a letter she wrote to a friend describing her experience visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the horror and devastation of the atomic bombs.
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PBS Learning Media

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