In 1953 a documentary film “The Unconquered” was made about Helen’s life; the film won an Academy Award for best feature length documentary.
In 1962 “The Miracle Worker,” first a Broadway play, was made into a movie starring Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen Keller. Both actresses won Academy Awards. There are a couple of TV versions of the same movie/play, but the classic 1962 version is best.

Helen Keller Kids’ Museum Online

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller

Books about Helen Keller:
A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler, Holiday House, New York, 1992
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz, Random House, New York, 1999

Story of My Life by Helen Keller available free online.

The Braille Bug Site has activities to encourage understanding of the blind and the visually impaired by sighted children. The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille and to encourage literacy among all children.

As the result of a Presidential Proclamation in 1984, the week of June 27th has been designated Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.

Helen Keller for Young Readers

Helen Keller, by the way, espoused some ideas as an adult that I would strongly disagree with. She called herself a socialist, advocated birth control and supported Margaret Sanger, and she was a pacifist who believed that WW I was a ploy to make more money for the rich capitalists. She also helped found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Helen Keller was a follower of the ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth century Swedish New Thought heretic.