Formative 2/1/22

Bessie Coleman was famous because . . .

• She died in 1926.

• She was smart and determined.

• She grew up with discrimination.

• She was the first African American woman to fly.

Which line from the text BEST demonstrates that Bessie was an excellent pilot?

• After returning home to the United States, Besside flew for huge crows

• Bessie grew up in a small, segregated town in Texas

• She specialized in stunt flying, parachuting, and aerial tricks.

Which line from the text does NOT show that Bessie was determined?

• She was very popular among both white and black Americans and stood up against segregation and discrimination whenever she could

• She applied to every aviation school in America she could find but was denied entry.

• She was so gifted she graduated from the ten-month flight school in only seven months.

• In 1977. the Bessie Coleman Aviators Club opened in Chicago to support women of all races to reach their dreams of flying.

Bessie wanted to become a pilot, but she couldn't while in the United States. Why?

• She didn't have enough money
• There weren't any pilot schools
• She was a black woman
• Her family didn't want her to be a pilot

What made Bessie Coleman want to be a pilot?

• She loved airplanes.

• Her brothers told her stories about women flying planes in France

• She was tired of flying paper airplanes.

• She didn't want to become a pilot.