Louis Braille

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Louis Braille
Makayla
The people who read Out Of Darkness are Riley,
Makayla, Leonie, Rosany, and Veronica.
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About the Author
Riley

• Russell Freedman was born 1929, in San Francisco
• He has written over 50 books for young people
• Some examples of his books are Children of the
  Wild West 1983, Cowboys of the Wild West 1985,
  Indian Chiefs 1992, The Wright Brothers How They
  Invented the Airplane 1991, An Indian Winter
  1992, The Adventures of Marco Polo 2006, Eleanor
  Roosevelt A Life Of Discovery 1993, and MANY
  more.

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Louise Braille Stabbed in The Eye!

• Louise Braille got stabbed in the eye- His dad
  told him not to touch his tools but, he got on
  the workbench and saw an awl on the workbench.

He pulled hard at the the awl because it was
stuck in some leather, the awl slipped, and he
suffered an awl in the eye! The reason he is
totally blind, is because the infection moved to
his other eye and that eye got infected and that
is how he became totally blind!
Riley
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Information
Makayla
Louis Braille was a young boy when he got
stabbed. In the picture they are showing the
tools in the workshop that Simon Louiss dad
worked in. When Simon was helping a customer,
thats when it happened. Riley will tell you more
about that.
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Characters
Makayla
The characters in the book are Simon (Louiss
dad) Monique (Louiss mom), dr. Barbier
(caption of the army), Pigner (assistant),
Dufu (head master), Katherine (sister),
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Books about Louis Braille
Makayla

• The Boy Who Invented Books For the Blind
• Out of Darkness
• A Picture Book of Louis Braille
• Louis Braille
• Louis Braille a Touch of Genius

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The book's on Louis Braille
Makayla
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About the book Out of Darkness
Louis Braille was stabbed in the eye and then he
had to go to a blind school in Paris. Braille was
trying to make a system for the blind people and
children, but one day there was a man named Dr.
Barbier and he made a system for in the dark and
might work on the blind.
..
Makayla
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Louis tried Barbiers system and he could not
find out which letter it was cause there was to
many dots like 1-9 per. Letter. Then Barbier said
that it did not matter cause blind dont need to
read. So then some of the town and the school
went into a little room to see which system was
better and that the blind could read. They took 1
new boy and 1 new girl. Barbier and Louis started
punching holes in the paper. They bang in the boy
and girl and the boy could not read Barbiers
cause the dots were too close, well that is what
he said and the girl did Louiss system and
finished the sentence.
Makayla
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Louis Braille
Leonie

• Louis Braille
• Was born in January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, near
  Paris.

Louis got blind when he was three years old. Louis went to the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris when he was 15.
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Leonie
When Did Louis Die?

• Louis died in June 8, 1852. He was buried in
  Coupvray later on though they took him to Paris
  and buried him in Paris at a place where all the
  rich and famous people of Paris where buried. His
  sister said though that his soft and smooth hands
  where still in Coupvray the small village he
  loved so much.

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Helen Keller

• Helen Adams Keller was born in1880. she was born
  with full sight and hearing. But in 1882 she got
  brain fever and went blind and deaf. She is
  the only blind and deaf author. Its amazing that
  she is blind and deaf and is a author.

Veronica
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Dr. William Moon

• The Moon alphabet was invented by William Moon
  (1818-1894). Dr. Moon lost his sight completely
  at the age of 21. He learned all the embossed
  systems that were available at the time but he
  didnt like them so he invented his own system.
  He brought out his first booklet in the new
  alphabet, The last days of Polycarp, in 1874.

Veronica
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Henry Fawcett
Even though he was blind he was part of the
British government!

• Henry Fawcett was born in August 26 1833 and died
  on November 6 1884. Even a statue of him stays in
  Salisbury Market Square. In 1885, when he was 25
  he got blind by a shooting accident.

Veronica
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Veronica
What People thought about blind people

• People thought that when somebody was blind they
  couldnt do everything the others could. They
  also thought that they were less powerful and
  always needed help from other people.

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The Movie
Leonie
Louis invented an alphabet for blind people that was easy to read for the blind. On the other hand Dr.Barbnier, invented a system called sonography, another system for blind people which wasn't as easy to read. So they both wanted their system to be used, so the only thing they could do was have a competition, and so they did they send out two blind kids then a boy dictated a sentence, then they brought in a boy who was supposed to read barbniers system, he could not read it. The blind girl could read Louise's system, so today we are using the Braille system.
There is also a movie about Louis Braille called Louis Braille, the first thing that happened in the movie was when Louis was three and got stabbed in the eye.
When Louis was 15 a lady from Paris came to the Braille's house and offered them that Louis could go to the Royal Institute for blind Youth.
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Canes for blind people
A Cane is a an object that blind people use to guide them. A Cane like the one in the picture would cost about 19.99.
Some people like Louis almost know their whole town, and can walk around the town easily just by using a Cane!
Leonie
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How to use a Cane
Leonie
You are probably asking yourself how the blind people use the Canes?! The blind people tap their Canes (at the same speed always) and memorize the amount of taps they tap along the way. So after a long time of studying the amount of taps and the speed they can freely move around in their homes and their villages.
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Suffering a Blind Life

• Suffering a blind life could be very difficult
• All though, you might get used to it

People actually thought that blind people were
retarded and couldn't learn. Being blind would be
very difficult! You couldn't do hat normal people
would do! For example, you couldn't jump onto or
over things. You couldn't walk without a cane or
following a rope!
Riley
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How to use the braille system
How to use it. First you need a stylus like this
one here.
Second you need a sliding ruler like this one
here.
Third thing is a positioning Holes for the
ruler.
Fourth thing is a heavy paper to write on. Here.
I will Show you one.
Fifth thing is a frame. Frame 1 and frame 2.
The last and finally thing is a guiding grooves.
Here is a picture of it.
Rosany
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Rosany
The Paris school
Here are some things about the Paris school. The
Paris school is for blind people who Can not
write or read and a lot of other things like
normal kids. Then Louis Braille was Trying to
make writing and reading a lot easier for other
kids that are blind to but a few days Later the
boss who was in charge of the Paris school for
all of the blind people
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Rosany
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How to use the Louis Braille system
This is how you use the Louis Braille system. The
things you need are a stylus, Sliding
ruler,positioning holes,heavy paper,frame1 and
frame2 and the last thing Is a guiding grooves.

Rosany
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This is a stylus
This is a sliding ruler.
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This is heavy paper
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Here Are Some Blind PIctures!
Riley
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Bibliography Leonie Riley

• Books
• -Think about being blind
• -Seeing in Special ways
• Internet sites
• - http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille
• -http//www.afb.org/braillebug/louis_braille_bio.a
  sp

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We hope you enjoyed it !!!
By Makayla, Rosany, Veronica, Leonie and Riley!
Veronica