Women in Aviation
What is the purpose of the text "Women in Aviation"?
To inform on the history of women in aviation (the struggles)
Who was claimed to most likely be killed while flying?
Women
Inundate is to _________ with things
Overwhelm
When is your test?
Tomorrow
Which two groups suffered from discrimination in aviation?
Women and African Americans
Where was aviation less restrictive on their rules?
France
What word means placing limits on activity or freedom?
Restrictive
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing.
What are three safety precautions that could have been taken to save more lives?
seatbelts, parachute, roof.
What was the significance of Katherine Wright?
What is an organized presentation?
Exhibition
What does the word superb mean?
excellent!
For whom did Bessie Coleman mainly open her aviation school for?
African Americans
What main message about women in conveyed in the text?
Women were amazing at flying as well!
What is a precaution?
an advance to prevent danger from happening.
What is a connotation of a word?
the emotional or cultural association a word or phrase has in addition to its literal meaning, or denotation.
Why did news articles cover women deaths more than males deaths?
To make women's deaths seem more likely/ create more conflict against women fliers.
What is the order of Bessie Coleman's timeline?
Became a pilot
Worked on opening an aviation school
Moved to Chicago
Learned French and saved up for France
1.Moved to Chicago
2. Learned French and saved up for France
3. Became a pilot
4.Worked on opening an aviation school
Use 2 vocab words in a sentence accurately.
1.Inundate
2.Precaution
3.Restrictive
4.Exhibition
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Which quote supports the idea women were excellent fliers too.
. . . Quimby was overheard to quip with a smile and a wink: “Flying is easier than voting.” (paragraph 5)
Fokker, the famous aircraft manufacturer, said Coleman was a “natural talent.”
(paragraph 13)
She thrilled audiences with daredevil maneuvers, just as Quimby had done before her.
(paragraph 14)
Both Quimby and Willard were thrown from the plane and plunged to their deaths in the Boston Harbor. (paragraph 17)
She thrilled audiences with daredevil maneuvers, just as Quimby had done before her.
(paragraph 14)