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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 13: Turbulence

9m · Published 30 Apr 22:59

Chapter 13 tells us more about Katherine Goble’s life as she worked at Langley. It also shares more about the realities of segregation during that time.

Chapter 12: An Exceptional Mind

11m · Published 30 Apr 22:48

Chapter 12 introduces us to additional realities of professional opportunities for black women in the 1930’s-1950’s and introduces Katherine Goble.

Chapter 11: The Area Rule

7m · Published 29 Apr 01:05

In this chapter, we learn about standing up for yourself and how that impacted Mary Jackson during her career at Langley.

Chapter 10: No Limits

13m · Published 28 Apr 01:38

Chapter 10 dives deeper into the global race to build the fastest planes and maintain a stronghold on the skies.

Chapter 9: Breaking Barriers

12m · Published 28 Apr 01:05

In this chapter, we learn about Dorothy Vaughan’s growing family, the post-war economy, and how that growth shaped both Dorothy and the US defense industry.

Chapter 8: The Duration

8m · Published 24 Apr 01:36

In Chapter 8, we learn about the tail end of World War 2 and the impact of the war’s end on the United States economy.

Chapter 7: War Birds

12m · Published 24 Apr 01:24

In this episode, we learn about the ways the mathematics Dorothy Vaughan computed applied to the development of planes in the United States.

Chapter 6: The “Colored” Computers

14m · Published 24 Apr 01:00

Chapter 6 introduces us to the East and West side of the Langley Laboratory campus. It also tells the story of Miriam Mann, who worked alongside Dorothy Vaughan.

Chapter 5: The Double V

8m · Published 24 Apr 00:42

In Chapter 5, we learn about population growth in Virginia and how the World Wars’ impacted democracy in the United States.

Chapter 4: A New Beginning

4m · Published 21 Apr 17:54

In this chapter, we learn the result of Dorothy’s earlier job applications.

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.