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Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don’t Learn in School

By Olivia B. Waxman — 2020

Most students learn that Keller, born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Ala., was left deaf and blind after contracting a high fever at 19 months, and that her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her braille, lip-reading, finger spelling and eventually, how to speak. However, there is still a great deal about her life and her accomplishments that many people don’t know.

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Greta and Eight Young Activists Reveal How the Climate Crisis is Shaping Their Lives | UNICEF

Nine young activists explain how climate change is affecting their lives and who inspires their efforts to make our planet a better place.

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Who Is Greta Thunberg?

When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change.

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Greta’s Story: The Schoolgirl Who Went On Strike to Save the Planet

It’s 20 August 2018, late summer in Stockholm, and it feels incredibly hot in the city. The TV news reports rising temperatures, and there have been numerous fires throughout Sweden.

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Greta and the Giants

Using allegory to make this important topic accessible to young children, this inspiring picture book tells the story of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis.

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time.

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