Hidden Figures

In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?

• Reading

• Computers

• Mathematics

• Storytelling

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

In 1943, what war was the US involved in?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Korean War

• Vietnam

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In 1943, what were computers?

• calculators

• counters

• people

• designers

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Black people could not use the same restrooms as white people during this time in history--1940s-1950s.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Katherine often ate lunch with her white co-workers on her job as a computer.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

After the war was over in 1945, what country was America competing with to build the fastest planes.

• China

• Japan

• Russia

• Germany

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Where did Mary and her coworkers at Langley test model airplanes?

• In wind tunnels

• In aircraft hangers

• at the airport

• in a test field

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Mary really want to become?

• a computer

• a teacher

• an engineer

• a pilot

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

In one of her first assignments, what did Katherine learn how to do?

• program a computer

• operate a plane

• analyze turbulence

• measure distance

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Katherine Johnson worked on a team of people whose job is was

• test planes in the air

• measure distance to the moon

• measure air speed

• make planes safer

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2