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HiddenFigures(2016)

CharacterReferenceChart

“Thegoalwasn’ttostandoutbecauseoftheirdifferences;itwastofitinbecauseoftheirtalent.”–MargotLeeShetterly

Instructions:Asyouwatchthevideo,pleaseanswereachquestion.Theanswersareinchronologicalorder.0:00-15:001.Inwhatyeardoesmoviebegin(Hint:Katherinewasalittlegirl)?2.Wheredothethreewomenworkat?3.Whichcountryputasatelliteintospacewithamannequinanddog?4.WhatpositiondoesMr.ZielinskiwantMarytoapplyfor?15:00-30:005.WhoisKatherine'snewbossattheSpaceTaskGroup?6.TrueorFalse:ThebathroomsatNASAweresegregated.7.WhatdoesMr.HarrisondowiththeworkKatherinespentalldayworkingon?8.HowmanykidsdoesKatherinehave?

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30:00-45:009.CompletethequotebyLeviJackson:"Civilrightsain'talways_____________________."10.WhatgraduateschooldidKatherineattend?11.WhichastronautshakeshandswiththecoloredfemaleNASAemployees?12.WhyisitsodifficultforKatherinetoreviewandcheckoverMr.Stafford'swork?13.TrueorFalse:KatherineisaRussianspy.45:00-1:00.0014.WhywasMaryJackson'sapplicationtotheengineeringprogramrejected?15.WhywasDorothyVaughnthrownoutofthelibrary?

16.WhowastheRussiancosmonaut,whobecamethefirstmaninspace,bycompletingonefullorbitaroundtheplanetin108minutes?1:00:00-1:15:0017.WhydoesMr.Harrisonknockthesignoffthecoloredbathroom?18.WhoistheastronautonboardofFreedom7?19.WhichU.S.Presidentpromisestoputamanonthemoonbytheendofthe1960s?20.WhatwastheoutcomeofMaryJackson'spetitiontoattendcoursesatHamptonHighSchool?1:15:00-1:30:0021.WhatmachinedoesDorothyVaughangettoprint?22.WhoauthorizesKatherinetoattendthePentagonbriefings?23.TrueorFalse:DorothyVaughnisreassignedtoworkwiththeIBMcomputer.

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1:30:00-1:45:0024.WhatmethoddoesKatherineusetosolvethego/no-goentry(Hint:itisancient)?25.TrueorFalse:JimJohnsonleavesKatherinebecausesheisatworkallthetime.26.WhatdoesKatherinegetasagiftfromMr.HarrisonandtheSpaceTaskGroup?27WhatisthedateofJohnGlenn'slaunch?1:45:00-2:00:0028.WhatisthenameofthecapsulethatcarriedJohnGlenn?29.WhatnewjobdoesMs.Vaughnget?30.TrueorFalse:JohnGlenn'sorbitoftheEarthwassuccessful.31.InwhatyeardidNASAreachthemoon?32.WhatwasdedicatedinhonorofKatherineG.Johnson'sgroundbreakingworkinspacetravel?

HiddenFigures:Factvs.Fiction

ü WasAlHarrisonarealperson?No.Hewasacompositecharacterdevelopedbythedirector.

ü WastheNASAsiteatLangleysegregated?Yes.

ü DidKatherineG.Johnsonreallygetconfusedasajanitorat

Langley?No.

ü WasDorothyVaughantheNASA’sfirstsupervisor?Yes.Shewaspromoted5yearsbeforeKatherineG.Johnsonstartedworkingthere.

ü DidKatherineG.JohnsonactuallycomputeJohnGlenn’s

trajectory?Yes.

ü DidJohnGlennpersonallyaskthatKatherinerecheckthecalculationsforhisflight?Yes.

Source:http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/hidden-figures/

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HiddenFigures(2016)Key

CharacterReferenceChart

“Thegoalwasn’ttostandoutbecauseoftheirdifferences;itwastofitinbecauseoftheirtalent.”–MargotLeeShetterly

Instructions:Asyouwatchthevideo,pleaseanswereachquestion.Theanswersareinchronologicalorder.0:00-15:001.Inwhatyeardoesmoviebegin(Hint:Katherinewasalittlegirl)?19262.Wheredothethreewomenworkat?NASA3.Whichcountryputasatelliteintospacewithamannequinanddog?Russia4.WhatpositiondoesMr.ZielinskiwantMarytoapplyfor?Engineer15:00-30:005.WhoisKatherine'snewbossattheSpaceTaskGroup?AlHarrison6.TrueorFalse:ThebathroomsatNASAweresegregated.True7.WhatdoesMr.HarrisondowiththeworkKatherinespentalldayworkingon?Hethrowsitaway;throwsitinthetrash8.HowmanykidsdoesKatherinehave?3

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30:00-45:009.CompletethequotebyLeviJackson:"Civilrightsain'talways_____________________."Civil10.WhatgraduateschooldidKatherineattend?WestVirginiaGraduateSchool11.WhichastronautshakeshandswiththecoloredfemaleNASAemployees?JohnGlenn12.WhyisitsodifficultforKatherinetoreviewandcheckoverMr.Stafford'swork?Heblacksout“classified”information13.TrueorFalse:KatherineisaRussianspy.False45:00-1:00.0014.WhywasMaryJackson'sapplicationtotheengineeringprogramrejected?Theyrequiredadditionalcoursesshedidnothave15.WhywasDorothyVaughnthrownoutofthelibrary?Shewasbrowsingthebooksinthewhitesectionofthelibrary

16.WhowastheRussiancosmonaut,whobecamethefirstmaninspace,bycompletingonefullorbitaroundtheplanetin108minutes?YuriGagarin1:00:00-1:15:0017.WhydoesMr.Harrisonknockthesignoffthecoloredbathroom?Hewantseveryonetousethesamebathroom;they"allpeethesamecolor"18.WhoistheastronautonboardofFreedom7?AlanShepard19.WhichU.S.Presidentpromisestoputamanonthemoonbytheendofthe1960s?JohnF.Kennedy20.WhatwastheoutcomeofMaryJackson'spetitiontoattendcoursesatHamptonHighSchool?Sheisallowedtoattendthenightclasses1:15:00-1:30:0021.WhatmachinedoesDorothyVaughangettoprint?TheIBM22.WhoauthorizesKatherinetoattendthePentagonbriefings?Mr.Harrison23.TrueorFalse:DorothyVaughnisreassignedtoworkwiththeIBMcomputer.True

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1:30:00-1:45:0024.WhatmethoddoesKatherineusetosolvethego/no-goentry(Hint:itisancient)?Euler'method25.TrueorFalse:JimJohnsonleavesKatherinebecausesheisatworkallthetime.False26.WhatdoesKatherinegetasagiftfromMr.HarrisonandtheSpaceTaskGroup?Pearls27WhatisthedateofJohnGlenn'slaunch?February20,19621:45:00-2:00:0028.WhatisthenameofthecapsulethatcarriedJohnGlenn?Friendship729.WhatnewjobdoesMs.Vaughnget?IBMComputingLabSupervisor30.TrueorFalse:JohnGlenn'sorbitoftheEarthwassuccessful.True31.InwhatyeardidNASAreachthemoon?196932.WhatwasdedicatedinhonorofKatherineG.Johnson'sgroundbreakingworkinspacetravel?acomputationalbuilding

HiddenFigures:Factvs.Fiction

ü WasAlHarrisonarealperson?No.Hewasacompositecharacterdevelopedbythedirector.

ü WastheNASAsiteatLangleysegregated?Yes.

ü DidKatherineG.Johnsonreallygetconfusedasajanitorat

Langley?No.

ü WasDorothyVaughantheNASA’sfirstsupervisor?Yes.Shewaspromoted5yearsbeforeKatherineG.Johnsonstartedworkingthere.

ü DidKatherineG.JohnsonactuallycomputeJohnGlenn’s

trajectory?Yes.

ü DidJohnGlennpersonallyaskthatKatherinerecheckthecalculationsforhisflight?Yes.

Source:http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/hidden-figures/