Paying for the Sky: teacher key

Amelia Earhart, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Amelia Earhart worked ordinary jobs to pay for flying lessons. Then she set records and tried to fly around the world.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did she do in 1918 in Toronto?
   • Attended her first flying exhibition (answer)
   • Set a record
   • Became a pilot
2. How did she pay for flying lessons?
   • She won a race
   • She worked as a clerk and a photographer (answer)
   • She sold her Vega
3. Who was her first flying instructor?
   • Fred Noonan
   • Neta Snook (answer)
   • Bernt Balchen
4. What was the "Little Red Bus"?
   • Her bright red Vega (answer)
   • A race
   • A bus line
5. What was she in 1928?
   • The pilot
   • A navigator
   • A passenger (answer)
6. Why does the 1932 flight not make her the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic?
   • Someone had flown it before her (answer)
   • She flew with Noonan
   • She never landed

Words

• exhibition: a show
• altitude: height
• autogiro: flying machine
• navigator: route finder
• cutter: Coast Guard ship