Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014. This is aВ three-session spelling seed for the book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space RaceВ by Margot Lee Shetterly. Space, space-travel, space race, African-American, feminism, women in science, NASAДЄ Spelling Seed is available for Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. 'Finally, the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the first men in space is available for picture book readers,' proclaims Brightly in their article '18 Must-Read Picture Books of 2018.' 'Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math, believe in themselves, and reach for the stars.' Links: In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as 'colored computers,' and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career. And they used their genius minds to change the world. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space.

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy AwardвЂ“nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!Дorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at mathвЂ¦ really good.

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