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Hidden Figures Plot Points and Questions
·
John Glenn
insists that Katherine Johnson check the numbers for his successful Earth orbit
mission.
Q: Why did
Glenn choose Katherine to check the numbers? What can you infer from his
request?
·
Dorothy Vaughan
gets hired as a mathematician at Langley.
Q: Summarize
the differences between employment opportunities for black people and white
people during this time.
·
African Americans
embrace idea of double VV for victory
Q: What do
the two Vs stand for?
·
Katherine
and her colleagues begin to dream of missions to other planets.
Q: Connect the phrase “reach
for the stars” to these women’s stories in a literal, and figurative, manner.
·
Russia builds,
launches, Sputnik.
Q: How did
the US react to this demonstration of Russian technological power? What new
fear became widespread in response to this event?
·
African Americans
do not have equal rights, especially in the south.
Q: In the
context of this story, why is this setting fact so important to the rest of the
story?
·
FDR creates Fair
Employment Practices Committee.
Q: He also
ordered the desegregation of the federal government and defense agency. What
effect did this have on the diversity of job applicants?
·
Miriam Mann
steals “Colored” sign from cafeteria on many occasions.
Q: What does
this action show us about Miriam’s character? Does this action foreshadow later
instances of protest?
·
WWII ends and
servicemen return home.
Q: How did
their return affect many women who had entered the workplace? Also, how did
some employers change their hiring practices?
·
Electronic
computers begin to replace human computers.
Q: What did
Dorothy Vaughan do, and recommend as a course of action to the women in her
group, to keep from becoming obsolete?
Bonus:
Compare and contrast “black jobs”, “good black jobs”, and “very good black
jobs” from this time period.
Bonus: The
war effort was not popular with all African Americans. Why not?
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