Hidden Figures Movie Questions: 1. Describe the setting of the movie (time, location, political state):

2. Who are the “Hidden Figures”? What was their work for NASA?

3. Give an example of how NASA tested one of their technologies for functionality:

4. What scene do you think is the turning point for the movie and why? (When did things start to look up for Katherine and the other colored women that worked at NASA?)

5. What is Paul’s (the lead engineer played by Jim Parson’s a. k.a. “Sheldon”) explanation of the Atlas rocket and how it stays in ORBIT? (You can draw and label or use words to describe)

6. What were some of the CRITERIA that was required of the Atlas rocket that the Redrock capsule was not able to do?

7. The women in this movie have to fight for their right to do some of the basic rights that we now have that many of us do not appreciate. What are some things you have the right to do, that the women in this movie did not have initially have the right to do?
In other words, what is a right that you have that you appreciate more after watching Hidden Figures?

8. What do you think Dorothy meant when she told her boss in the bathroom “I know you probably believe that”?

9. What was the Atlas rocket (with John Glenn aboard) the first to accomplish?

10. How long did it take for Katherine to be recognized for her work at NASA? (How old was she?) Why do you think it took so long for this recognition?