WHO?
"It is easier for a woman to fly than to vote."
Harriet Quimby
What was Bessie Coleman's dream after getting her pilot's license and returning to America?
to start a pilot school for African Americans
Who is the main character of Heartbeat?
Dave
This word means putting limitations on somebody or somebody's freedom
Restrictive
The most famous female aviator in history.
Amelia Earhart
What did Daedalus tell Icarus when they took off for flight? (try to use the vocabulary word)
To fly at a moderate height
First African American female to receive her pilot's license.
Bessie Coleman
The author's reason for writing a text is called . . .
Author's purpose
Why did Bessie Coleman go to France to learn to fly?
Racial prejudice was less restrictive.
What did Icarus learn from flying too high?
He learned his maximum freedom
What factor contributed to the deaths of both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman?
lack of safety precautions
To persuade, to entertain, to inform, to express feelings
Along with Racism, Bessie Coleman encountered the burden of.......?
Sexism
What made Dave start working out to try and get bigger?
Sarah was repulsed by his sunken chest
Female hot air balloonist and official aeronaut of Napoleon's empire
Sophie Blanchard
What was the author's purpose for including Katharine Wright in the text?
to show that women have been involved in aviation since the beginning.
What obstacles did Bessie Coleman face while trying to open a flight school?
1) lack of funding ( she was broke)
20 No support ( no one was willing to lend her any money)
Why did the author of the Icarus poem extend his sentences into the next stanza?
To make your eyes fall down the page like Icarus falling from the sky