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#16 Prologue and Chapter 1
By AMANDA BREWER
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Directions:
Explore your new "Hidden Figures" book!
(If you don't have "Hidden Figures" the book yet, please open THIS LINK and explore the digital book)
Think about:
- What do you SEE?
- What do you WONDER?
- What does it make you THINK about?
Part 1 - Pre-Read Work
Complete when Ms. Brewer asks you to :)
Question 1
1.
What are parts of this book that are new to you?
Question 2
2.
What is an index?
Notes that give you more information about the part of the text
A list of names or topics given in alphabetical order showing where each item is found in the book
Opening of the story that gives context to the readers
Question 3
3.
What is a prologue?
Notes that give you more information about the part of the text
A list of names or topics given in alphabetical order showing where each item is found in the book
Opening of the story that gives context to the readers
Question 4
4.
What are source notes?
Notes that tell you WHERE the author got their information
A list of names or topics given in alphabetical order showing where each item is found in the book
Opening of the story that gives context to the readers
Part 2 - While Reading Work
Please complete withthe class
Vocabulary:
segregation
(page 2): the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group
heralded
(page 2): announced or made public
pioneer
(page 6): a person who originates a new line of thought or activity
discrimination
(page 7): the act or practice of treating a person unfairly based on personal bias
deprived
(page 8): being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something
Question 5
5.
What does the author mean by “the face of science”?
Is this literal or figurative language?
literal = this person's face will be on posters
figurative = this is what a scientist looks like
Answers found in Prologue:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 6
6.
Why did the narrator assume the face of science was brown?
Answers found in Prologue:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 7
7.
Why does the narrator feel as though the contributions of the African American women working as mathematicians at NASA should be celebrated?
Answers found in Prologue:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 8
8.
What was the purpose of NACA?
Answers found in Ch. 1:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 9
9.
What made Dorothy Vaughan a pioneer?
Answers found in Ch. 1:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 10
10.
In addition to intelligence and hard work, what made the accomplishments of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden remarkable?
Answers found in Ch. 1:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Question 11
11.
Why was World War II beneficial to many African Americans?
Answers found in Ch. 1:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12ROLRN3l0Rw0gk5wI3hRijuIYS6kMhtp
Part 3
Question 12
12.
What are some experiences and/or attributes that Dorothy, Mary, Katherine, and Christine have in common?
Question 13
13.
Why do you think these women are called “hidden figures
”
?
Question 14
14.
Why were the accomplishments of these women especially remarkable for their time?
Question 15
15.
What is the author’s point of view toward these women? (How does the author FEEL about the women?)