Katherine Johnson & Human Computers

Katherine Johnson & Human Computers

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Connie Cooper

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7th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Which of the following best describes the attitude toward girls at the time Kathrine Johnson was born?

Girls weren't valued for their intellectual abilities.

Girls were considered equal to boys in every way.

Girls were highly valued for their contributions to math and science.

Girls were given more opportunities than boys.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Under segregation laws, African American people were

Required to enlist as soldiers to fight in the war.

Separated form white people and treated poorly.

Encouraged to work with white people.

Asked to give their jobs to women.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What milestone did Katherine Johnson reach at age 15?

She calculated her first rocket trajectory.

She began working at NASA.

She began college.

She began high school.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The human computers at NASA were

Young children with strong math skills.

Electronic machines made of metal and wires.

Women who did calculations with numbers

Rockets that orbited earth.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following best describes the organization of black and white human computers at NASA in the 1950s?

Black and white computers all worked and at meals together.

Black computers were forced to use separate workspaces, bathrooms and cafeterias than whit computers.

White computers were the black computer's bosses, and black computers did projects for them.

Black computers were the white computer's bosses, and white computers did projects for them.

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