Greenhills Read Aloud: Hidden Figures

In our final episode, we learn about Katherine’s contributions to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s trip to the moon.

This episode details how the Civil Right movement continued to progress throughout the 1960’s.

In this episode, we learn about John Glenn’s launch into orbit and the contributions of Katherine Johnson to get him there.

In Chapter 20, we learn about the continued race to space between Russia and the United States. We also learn about the incredible growth and expansion of NASA.

In this episode, we reconnect with Mary Jackson and her family, who take to applying her engineering talents outside of work.

In this episode, we witness changes in Katherine’s work and personal life. We also learn about all the teams and their required steps to help make space travel with a human a reality.

Chapter 17 teaches us about persistence in the workplace and how Katherine used that skill in her work.

In this episode, we learn more about the Space Race and how technology advances impacted the West Area Computing.

In this episode, the author introduces Christine Mann, a high school student who kept a close eye on the news and was impacted by one of our nation’s pivotal Supreme Court Case rulings.

Chapter 14 teaches us about technology advancements during Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Goble’s times at Langley. We also meet more prominent figures who helped fight for racial equality.