Primary Sources - Famous Speeches: Amelia Earhart's "A Woman's Place Is in Science" [Newsela Activity]
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3 questions
Read the passage A Woman's Place Is in Science. Then answer the questions below.
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What is the primary purpose of Earhart's speech?
What is the primary purpose of Earhart's speech?
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Which quotations represent Earhart's opinion rather than facts? Select two correct answers.
Which quotations represent Earhart's opinion rather than facts? Select two correct answers.
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Drag each quotation into the correct box to classify it was used as a claim or a counter-claim in the source.
Drag each quotation into the correct box to classify it was used as a claim or a counter-claim in the source.
- "One hears a complaint that a mechanized world would not be a pleasant one in which to live."
- "Probably no scientific development is more startling than the effect of this new and growing economic independence upon women themselves."
- "Science has released women from much of the age-old drudgery connected with the process of living."
- Claim
- Counter-claim