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Teacher's Guide for Cobblestone: Amelia EarhartTHE VIEW FROM THE CROW'S NEST (page 4)
2. How do you think it affects children if they never read about girls and women doing heroic deeds and having wonderful adventures? 3. What was one of the things Earhart wanted to prove by flying around the world? 4. Why should we bother to remember Earhart, since most of her records have been surpassed?
2. How did her mother shape her character? Can you think of someone in your life who has had an important influence on the kind of person you are? If so, who? 3. Give two examples of how the Earharts were unusual parents. 4. Give some examples from Earhart's childhood that illustrate some of her personality traits. 5. What were her favorite subjects in high school? 6. What were some of the jobs and schooling she had after she graduated from high school? 7. Make a list of some your own positive personality traits. Compare yourself to Earhart. Identify both similarities and differences. If you could become more like her in one way, what would it be?
2. What did President Herbert Hoover believe motivated Earhart's flights? 3. Why was Earhart dissatisfied with her 1928 record-breaking flight across the Atlantic? 4. What did Earhart do that was most satisfying to her? 5. List the qualities Earhart's sister attributes to her that are important as examples for young people. Give some examples of people whom teenagers today might think of as role models. What admirable qualities do these people have? 6. What does Earhart's sister believe happened to her?
2. In what activities was Snook skilled that were unusual for a woman at that time? 3. Both of these women dressed in a way that was unconventional for women at that time. How has American society changed to give women much more freedom as far as clothing is concerned? In what ways do we still make judgments about people based on clothing? Use high school as an example.
2. What did Earhart actually do on her first flight across the Atlantic? How did she feel about all the attention she got? Do you feel she deserved any recognition for doing this? 3. When did Earhart fly the Atlantic on her own? What were some of the technical problems she encountered?
2. What tools did the women have to guide them? 3. What event early in the race demonstrated that this was really not a "powder puff" but a serious business? 4. How did Bobbi Trout prove her resourcefulness? 5. How did Earhart demonstrate the feeling of comradeship among the contestants?
2. Who is one of the famous current members of this club?
2. In what ways did George Putnam demonstrate that he had a strong and ambitious personality? 3. Identify some of the ways in which Earhart and Putnam had an unusual marriage. Describe some of the marriage patterns that we see in contemporary America. Explain your expectations about marriage in your own life. Do you expect to marry? Do you know anyone who is living with someone instead of marrying? What do you think is a good age to marry? Do you expect to work most of your adult life, or do you expect your partner to support you? Which do you think gives most people greater happiness - their career or their marriage? Do you think a woman can marry and still have a successful career? Explain your answer.
2. What woman became a bush pilot in Africa? 3. What records did Jacqueline Cochran set? What did women pilots do during World War II? How dangerous was this? Why do you think it took the U.S. government so long to recognize these women's achievements? 4. Who was the first American woman in space? In what way was Jerrie Cobb more qualified to become an astronaut than John Glenn or Scott Carpenter? Why do you think women were not accepted into the space program for so many years? Can you think of some careers in which women are still not given an equal opportunity?
2. Where did Earhart and Fred Noonan begin their journey? In what direction were they traveling? 3. How far is it between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island? What was the Itasca supposed to do? What went wrong?
2. What are two conflicting interpretations of what happened? Have any other events in the past fifty years resulted in many conflicting conspiracy theories? 3. What was the most recent attempt to discover the answer to the Earhart mystery? What did the researchers learn?
2. Using a world atlas that has a scale of miles, estimate the distances between the stops on her flight.
Be sure to check "From the Archives" on page 46 for related title suggestions. You also may want to check the following issues:
First Ladies (March 1992), Women Inventors (June 1994). |
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