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Film runtime: 2 hour, 7 minutes
Film rating: PG. Resources best for Grades 4+ in most cases. Some curriculum materials are better for older students. The discussion guide should work with most student grades.
Common Sense Media rated this film as appropriate for ages 10+. There is also a review of the film available from Video Librarian.
Hidden Figures Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: Bitter Rivals: The Cold War at Mid-Century (Social Studies)
Lesson 2: Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Race (Social Studies, Science)
Lesson 3: Moving to the Front of the Bus: Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement (Social Studies)
Lesson 4: The Women of ‘West Computing’: A Viewer-Response Approach (Language Arts, Social Studies)
Lesson 5: The Math of Space Travel: Orbits and Conic Sections (Geometry)
Lesson 6: Computers Come of Age (Physics, Programming)
Lesson 7: Shooting Scripts and Active Viewing (Film Literacy) – The Glossary of Film Terms linked below would be useful for this lesson.
Lesson 8: The Women of Science (Science, History, Career Readiness)
Hidden Figures Discussion Guide
The Numbers Don’t Lie
Introduction to Hidden Figures
Exploring the Film: Hidden Figures
The Jim Crow South
‘Eyes on the Prize’: The Civil Rights Movement in the ’50s and ’60s
Woman’s Place…
The Women of West Computing
The Cold War and the Space Race
Looking at the Future: Career Choices in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
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