Drawing Conclusions

Sports

100

You are at a sporting event and during half time there was a contest to see if someone could make a shot from half-court. You get back to your seat after a trip to the bathroom and there is a guy running around all over the court and the crowd is screaming.

The guy made the shot OR The guy won the contest OR The guy won a million dollars OR

200

You have been hitting a little white ball around. One time you found it in the sand, the next time in the high grass. You just hit it and then you hear an extremely loud splash.

You are playing golf (and just hit your ball in the water)

300

Bob and Steve are very competitive. Steve has more pins than Bob and Bob is not happy. The next time its Steve's turn he decides to gloat about having a better score. Bob tells Steve to cool it or he'll throw him down the gutter.

Bob & Steve are bowling (Bob has a bad temper, is a sore loser)

400

The umpire just threw one of the players out of the game. Your Dad gets back to the seats with some hotdogs and cold drinks and asks what did he miss. You suddenly hear the sounds of motors running and look up to see the roof closing.

You are at a baseball game (Toronto Blue Jays game @ Rogers Center)

500

Its so cold you can see your breath which is surprising since its the middle of June. Suddenly a puck lands in your lap and spills your drink all over you.

You are at a Hockey Game (hockey arena)

Music

100

John needs to practice before his bands performance on Saturday. The problem is that his strings are all broken and the store is closed.

John plays (guitar, violin etc. )

200

Bob and Doug are surrounded by thousands of people. All of a sudden the lights turn off and the crowd starts to cheer.

They are at a concert (which is about to start)

300

Jon is a very small boy who is in the highschool band. He loves being in the band but he has a problem. Everytime he wants to bring his instrument home to practice he needs help to carry it.

Jon plays a heavy instrument (Tuba, Baritone etc.)

400

Sally loves Hannah Montana. She is walking past a music store at the mall when she see's someone is signing autographs. She is about to walk past the store, does a double take and runs inside the store.

Miley Cyrus is signing autographs

500

Frank's favorite musician is Jimi Hendrix. His mother keeps telling him that he should learn to play an instrument, so today she has given him her credit card. Frank is now at the cashier who is wrapping up his purchase in a new case.

Frank just bought a guitar

Hidden Figures

100

Dorothy Vaughan has worked as a teacher, a waitress, a teacher, and then applied to be a computer at Langley, as well as a laundry worker at an army camp. She even moved away from her family to start a new job. 

Dorothy Vaughan is determined, or hardworking, or persistent, or doesn't give up. Dorothy Vaughan has a great work ethic. 

200

At NACA, Management positions and positions that pay more are all held by white people. NACA didn't really start hiring black people until the war started. The computers who were black had to work on the West side of the campus away from the white workers. 

NACA was similar to society during this time and believed in segregation. They wanted to separate blacks and whites. They valued white workers more, and only needed black workers because of the war. 

300

Malcolm Maclean, a white man, was the head of a school that was predominantly black. The school provided many opportunities for students to be trained for wartime jobs with training programs like engineering, war management, and science. Malcolm Maclean also said "The war could be the greatest break in history for minority groups." 

Maclean is very progressive and his ideas were not widely accepted by many white people. Malcolm Maclean saw black people as equal and wanted to give them opportunities regardless of their skin color. Many white people did not like Maclean for these reasons.

400

Miriam Mann continued to remove the "Colored Computers" sign from the cafeteria. Every day that it returned, she would quietly take it down. 

The women did not like having to be labeled. The sign was a reminder of segregation and they did not like to have that labeling them during lunch. 

500

Computers were not given credit when their computations helped the engineers succeed. They were blamed when the engineers did not succeed. Only rarely were they congratulated for their effort and work. 

Being a black computer was a difficult job and a thankless job. Their work was not as highly valued as it should have been. They had to work twice as hard to get 1/2 as far. 

Movies

100

There is a guy sitting on a bench waiting for a bus. He keeps telling some crazy stories to different people who sit next to him. He looks like he is hoping to give a box of chocolates to someone.

You are watching Forrest Gump

200

The screen is dark. All of a sudden you hear planes screeching over head. Shadows appear to be running everywhere. An explosion lights up the theatre and you hear voices shouting.

You are watching a war movie

300

The guy who was sitting next to you bumps into you as he is stretching. He apoligizes and you accept. He puts his jacket on starts to walk down the stairs. You look at the line by the door and decide to wait for a while.

You are at the theatre and the movie just ended

400

Gino and Peter are watching a movie with robots in it when Gino's phone rings. Peter starts to get mad and tells him to turn his phone off. When they return their attention to the screen there are no more robots, just what appear to be cars and trucks.

Watching transformers.

500

Mr. Ambrose is watching a movie where toys are moving around the screen and talking to each other. One looks like a potato that is talking to a dinosaur. The human walks in and all of them stop moving and play "dumb." 

Mr. Ambrose is watching one of the toy story movies. 

Hodgepodge

100

Roberts favorite food is pizza. He just inherited $400,000 dollars from his late Aunt Helga. Helga has always encouraged Robert to follow his dreams because she never had the chance to. He suddenly thinks of a great idea for what to do with the money.

Robert is going to open a pizza restarant

200

Justin is sitting on the couch playing X-box when his sister comes into the house with the dog. Sparky comes over to the couch and Justin notices that his fur is all wet. He glances towards where his sister was standing and just sees her hang up a yellow jacket.

It is raining outside

300

Adam's entire family just finished racing to the hospital. They scramble to find out what floor he is on. They find out that he is on the third floor and take the first elevator up. They find his room and open the door. He is standing there quietly with something in his arms. He is smiling and his parents start to cry, but they are tears of joy.

Adam is holding his new baby

400

Mark and Mindy are eating out at their favorite restaurant. Mark orders dessert and the waiter brings it over. Mindy is about to take a bite when she notices something shiny sticking out the top of it. Just as she's trying to take a closer look Mark starts to ask her something.

Mark is going to propose to Mindy

500

Neil gets paid every Tuesday. He has been broke for the last 6 days, but right now he is on his way to the mall to do some SHOPPIN!

Today is tuesday, he just got paid