Hidden Figures Chapter 6 DOL - Inferencing & Evidence!

​ (a)   = ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Inference
• Prior Knowledge
• Text Evidence

What is textual evidence?

• Your claim.

• Proof from the text to support your answer.
• What the author thinks about a topic.
• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

Based on the descriptions in Chapter 6, what can you infer about the importance of the computers' work?

• Their calculations were purely theoretical.
  

• Their work was secondary to that of the engineers.

• Their computations were crucial to wartime aviation.

• Their role was primarily administrative.

Part A: Based on Chapter 6, what can you infer was Miriam Mann's primary motivation for removing the "colored" signs from the cafeteria?​

• She did not believe in racial discrimination.
• She was collecting historical artifacts.
• She wanted to redecorate the cafeteria space.
• "She chose to eat lunch at her desk instead"

Part B: What evidence best supports the answer for Part A?

• "She discussed the issue with her supervisor first"

• "The sign would appear again, and she would remove it again, determined to make her point"

• "She gathered signatures from other workers"

• "She chose to eat lunch at her desk instead"

What can you infer about this time period? Pick two correct answers.

• Segregation affected only the work place.

• Segregation affected all areas of life.

• It limited the freedoms of African Americans.

• It only affected women.

What evidence supports that Dorothy Vaughan got kicked out of the library for browsing books at a public (segregated) library?

• Her conversation with the woman.

• Her sons reading on the floor.

• Her walking out with the police officer.

• Her telling the police officer not to put his hands on her sons.

Dorothy states "Just because it is the way, doesn't make it right."

Make an inference on what she means by this?

• Women and men should have access to the same careers.

• The library should have more of a selection for African American people.

• Segregation does not give people equal rights and it is morally unjust.

• Segregation does give people equal rights and it is morally unjust.