RI 6.9 Human Computers Skill Check

Which statement below is a common central idea (main idea) of both texts?

• NASA hired five women to be human computers in 1935.

• Katherine Johnson deserved to win the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

• Female human computers played a huge role in space exploration in the 20^th century.

• The African American computers were called the West Computers.

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According to the excerpt and article, what was the original group of computers called?

• the five computers

• the computer pool

• the West Computers

• NACA computers

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Which statement about the article gives the reason that women were hired for the job?

• NACA wanted computers who would work for low wages.

• The women had already proven that they could do the job of computing.

• Women were having trouble finding work anywhere at this time in history.

• NACA wanted to give teachers jobs so they could make more money.

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Which evidence from the text best supports your answer to "Which statement about the article gives the reason that women were hired for the job"?

• Their first hire for the human “computer pool” was a former teacher, Virginia Tucker.

• In 1935, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which would become NASA in 1958, decided to recruit women as “human computers”.”

• At this time in history, a black teacher, no matter her education or skills could only teach in all black schools.

• “The women were meticulous and accurate...and they didn’t have to pay them very much.”

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The excerpt and the article were about the same topic. How did the excerpt differ from the article?

• The excerpt focused mostly on Astronaut John Glenn.

• The excerpt did not mention the African American women.

• The excerpt did not mention Katy Jackson or Dorothy Vaughan.

• The excerpt did not discuss the reasons the women were hired.

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Both the article and excerpt discuss the topic of human computers. How do both authors present information similarly? Choose two answers.

• Both authors discuss the difference in pay between men and women hired for similar positions at the time.

• Both authors discuss contributions by both male and female computers.

• Both authors discuss the contributions of women of color.

• Both authors discuss the contributions of Virginia Tucker.

• Both authors discuss the discrimination of African American female computers.

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