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Primary Sources - Famous Speeches: Amelia Earhart's "A Woman's Place Is in Science" [Newsela Activity]

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3 questions

Instructions

Read the passage A Woman's Place Is in Science. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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What is the primary purpose of Earhart's speech?

to argue that technology has dramatically changed the lives of women

to urge more women to become pilots and take jobs in aviation

to compare how technology has affected women in the United States with its effect on women in other countries 

to describe the technological changes that might be expected in the future

Question 2

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Which quotations represent Earhart's opinion rather than facts? Select two correct answers.

"It is through changing conditions in the home, that women have become the people who have benefited the most in the modern world."

Drag each quotation into the correct box to classify it was used as a claim or a counter-claim in the source.

"Science has released women from much of the age-old drudgery connected with the process of living."

"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."

Claim

Counter-claim

"When the pilot is way above the earth, flying at 200 miles an hour, he talks by radio telephone to ground stations or to other planes in the air. In bad or foggy weather, he is guided by radio beam."

"Today, millions of them are earning their living under conditions made possible only through a substantially changed industrial system."

"Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific achievements."

"Candle dipping, weaving and crude methods of manufacturing necessities are things of the past for an increasing majority. Today, light, heat and power may be obtained by pushing buttons."