Grade 2 Lesson at a Glance: Unit 4, Lesson 4

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Some People I Know

Lesson at a Glance
Unit 4, Lesson 4: Louis Braille (pp. 150-153)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Contributions Louis Braille invented Braille, a reading method that enables blind people to read.

Ask students to name the five senses and have them give examples of how they use each. Then ask them which sense they use to read. Ask them how they might read if they could not use their eyes. Show students the Braille Alphabet on page 152. Explain that the Braille Alphabet uses raised dots in patterns to form each letter. Then ask students how this alphabet might help blind people read quickly. Identify Louis Braille as the man who invented this alphabet.

Check for Understanding

Have students write three sentences that tell why Louis Braille is a special person whose life work helped others.
Have students use the Braille alphabet on p. 152 to make a letter in Braille on tag paper with the point of a pencil. Ask volunteers to show how someone can read the letter using this method.

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