Hidden Figures

Literature

Hidden Figures

History Writing by Margot Lee Shetterly

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Determine Text Structure

Cause and Effect

Cronological (time) order

Problem / Solution

Compare and Contrast

A cause is the event that leads to something else happening. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause.

Chronological order is also known as sequential order or time order. Writers use chronological order to help readers understand how events unfold in time.

Comparison-contrast writing examines the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

In texts with a problem and solution structure, a problem is presented, followed by one or more solutions to address it.

See - Feel - Think

Hidden Figures

History writing by Margot Lee Shetterly

Background:

• When the United States entered the war in 1941, many men left their jobs to join the fight.

• African Americans and white Americans in the South were segregated in most areas of life, including school and work.

• The Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Virginia was a focus of this excerpt, where engineers designed and tested planes used in the war

• A 1943 newspaper ad invited women to work at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory during WWII.

• Women filled roles usually held by men due to wartime manpower shortages.

• The NACA aimed to develop superior airplanes for wartime purposes, recognized as crucial by leaders like President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• The goal was to increase plane production from a few thousand to 50,000 per year to support the war effort.

• Women mathematicians were referred to as "computers" before the term referred to machines.

• President Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing integration of African Americans and white workers in government offices and war effort companies.