Whitney as Helen Keller

For Whit's 5th grade class, all the students were assigned a person from history. They had to research this person, do a written and oral report, and then dress up and "be" that person for her schools "Living History Museum". Whitney was Helen Keller. We had a lot of fun doing the research and reading about her. Also Disney re-made "The Miracle Worker" movie and it was really good to watch and see how she learned to communicate. Whitney dressed as the young Helen Keller for the presentation. All the kids did a great job. It was fun to see Sacajawea, Jackie Kennedy, Teddy Roosevelt, Francis Scott Key, and many others. The kids also did a song presentation about America and the 50 states. At the end they sang "I'm proud to be an American". What a fitting song for the end. I was brought to tears. I love our country and I thought it was great how the school was so involved in teaching about the great USA.