After Thursday Essay & Project Ideas

After Thursday Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Blindness at birth can have a variety of causes. Use library resources to see what you can find about the handicap. What is being done to prevent it?

2. Abe uses Braille to read, write and play music. Find an example of Braille and a chart or printed information that would demonstrate the Braille patterns for the letters of the alphabet. Make a display in your class and invite classmates to "write" their names in Braille.

3. Interview a blind person or a person with limited vision. Find out about that person's life. What is it like? What brings joy to his or her life? What causes consternation and frustration?

How would he or she have others change?

4. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be blind? Pair students up in your class. Now move around your...
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