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Greenhills Read Aloud: Hidden Figures

by Karin

This read-aloud of the book, Hidden Figures, will guide an interdisciplinary unit across English, math, science, and social studies for 6th graders at Greenhills. Follow along chapter by chapter as we learn about how four African-American female mathematicians at NASA helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

Episodes

Chapter 23: One Small Step

6m · Published 08 May 01:47

In our final episode, we learn about Katherine’s contributions to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s trip to the moon.

Chapter 22: America is for Everybody

9m · Published 08 May 01:37

This episode details how the Civil Right movement continued to progress throughout the 1960’s.

Chapter 21: Out of the Past, the Future

13m · Published 08 May 01:22

In this episode, we learn about John Glenn’s launch into orbit and the contributions of Katherine Johnson to get him there.

Chapter 20: Degrees of Freedom

14m · Published 08 May 01:06

In Chapter 20, we learn about the continued race to space between Russia and the United States. We also learn about the incredible growth and expansion of NASA.

Chapter 19: Model Behavior

8m · Published 08 May 00:25

In this episode, we reconnect with Mary Jackson and her family, who take to applying her engineering talents outside of work.

Chapter 18: With All Deliberate Speed

11m · Published 08 May 00:09

In this episode, we witness changes in Katherine’s work and personal life. We also learn about all the teams and their required steps to help make space travel with a human a reality.

Chapter 17: Writing the Textbook on Space

5m · Published 07 May 23:55

Chapter 17 teaches us about persistence in the workplace and how Katherine used that skill in her work.

Chapter 16: What a Difference a Day Makes

9m · Published 01 May 00:07

In this episode, we learn more about the Space Race and how technology advances impacted the West Area Computing.

Chapter 15: Young, Gifted, and Black

11m · Published 30 Apr 23:56

In this episode, the author introduces Christine Mann, a high school student who kept a close eye on the news and was impacted by one of our nation’s pivotal Supreme Court Case rulings.

Chapter 14: Progress

15m · Published 30 Apr 23:35

Chapter 14 teaches us about technology advancements during Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Goble’s times at Langley. We also meet more prominent figures who helped fight for racial equality.

Greenhills Read Aloud: Hidden Figures has 24 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 3:56:21. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 6th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on January 4th, 2024 05:42.