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Virginia Mae Hope lived 60 years ago. The world has changed in

ways she could no have imagined.How do you think the worldwill be different 60 years

from now?

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Virginia Mae Hope lived 60 years ago.The world has stayed the same in

many ways since she lived.How do you think the world will

stay the same 60 years from now?

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Virginia Mae Hope joined theWomen Airforce Service Pilots(WASPs) to seek challenge and

adventure, among other reasons.

What would you like to do toseek adventure?

Where would you go?

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Because she was a woman, VirginiaMae Hope was paid less than

male pilots.

Are women paid less than menfor doing the same jobs in

your time?

Why or Why not?

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Children in Virginia Mae Hope’s time played games such as marbles, jacks,

checkers, and hopscotch.

Do you play these games? What kinds of games do you play?

Have you ever made up your own game? If so, what was it?

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(WASP) made up songs to sing as they marched. Some of the

songs were based on their daily lives, like Zoot Suits and Parachutes,

The Mess Hall Song, and Yankee Doodle Pilots.

What is your favorite song?

If you changed the words in your favorite song to make it be about

your life, what would its new title be?

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7Virginia Mae Hope knew she wanted to be a pilot. To become one,

she studied mathematics, physics, navigation, meteorology,

and even Morse Code.

Do you know what you want to do when you are older?

Are you studying any subjects in school that will help you prepare

for what you want to do when you are older?

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Virginia Mae Hope had to work very hard during flight school,

but she also made time to have fun. Virginia and her fellow pilots liked

to sunbath on the lawn, listen to music and go to dances.

What kinds of things do you like to do in your spare time?

What are your favorite activities to do when you are not in school?

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9Women Airforce Service Pilots

(WASP) kept scrapbooks to remember their time at Avenger Field.

Have you ever kept a scrap of paper or photo from a trip

or vacation?

If so, what was it?

Why did you decide to keep it?

Where is it stored?

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While Virginia Mae Hope was a Women Airforce Service Pilot

(WASP) she was away from her friends and family who lived

in Winnebago, MN. She wrote many letters home to update them on her many

adventures during the war.

Do you ever write letters or emails to your friends or family?

Who do you write to?

What do you tell them about?

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Fifinella, or Fifi, was the Women Airforce Service Pilots’ (WASP)

mascot. She was a feisty female gremlin who had wings and

wore goggles. Fifi brought the women together

as a team and made them feel like a family.

Do you belong to a team, organization, or group of people?

What group do you belong to?

Does your group have a favorite mascot? What is it?

If you could create a mascot for your group what would it be?

Draw your idea.

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Fifi’s job was to protect the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

from evil male gremlins that were known to break a pilot’s airplane or cause trouble during a flight.

Some pilots may have been scared of the damage that the Gremlins

could cause.

Is there anything that you are scared of?

Who would you ask to help protect you from your fears?

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Many of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) went by nicknames.

Virginia Mae Hope’s nickname was “Ginny.”

Do you have a nickname?

If so, what is it?

If you could choose a nickname what would it be?

Why would someone want to go by a nickname?

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, an army base in Hawaii. Two thousand Americans died. Many people remembered where they were when they found out the news.

Were you alive during an American tragedy?

What was it?

Do you remember where you were when you first heard about it?

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What different types of technology do you use today?

What are some of the things that technology enables you to do?

Radios were new technology during Virginia Mae Hope’s time.

They allowed people to listen to news, plays, and music inside their own homes.

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People in Virginia Mae Hope’s family thought she should act

a certain way when she was growing up.

Do any of your family members want you to act a certain way?

If so, how do they want you to act? Why do you think they want

you to act this way?

Do you agree with their reasons for wanting you to act

a certain way?

Why or why not?

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Are there things that you do for good luck, or do you have any

good luck charms?

What are they?

Name a time when you needed good luck.

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) would throw

a coin in the wishing well for good luck before a flight test.

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Some materials were in short supply during World War II.

Recycling old rubber, scrap metal, and paper was very important.

These items were reused for the war.

Do you recycle things today?

If so, what do you recycle?

Why is it important to recycle these things today?

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enough food, shelter, and clothing to live. Some children

did not even go to school because they had to work.

If your family suddenly lost most of its money, how would it

change your life?

How would you feel about the changes?

 

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for the United States by donating time or money and by

flying the American flag.

Has there been a war in your lifetime?

How might people show their support for their country today?

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emergencies, such as attacks by enemy bombers. Children learned

how to protect themselves by practicing drills in school.

Do you have emergency drills

at your school?

What are they?

What have you learned to do if an emergency happens?

Why is it important to practice for emergencies?

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that you think are role models today?

Who are they?

What do these people do?

Famous pilots like Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart

were role models for Virginia Mae Hope.

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What jobs today require people to say goodbye to their families

and friends for a long time?

Does anyone in your family have a job like this?

In the 1940s many Americans worked for the war.

Sometimes they had to be away from their families for

many months at a time. Saying goodbye was a

hard thing to do, and the work was sometimes dangerous. Many families did

not know if they would see each other again.

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Virginia Mae Hope liked to go horseback riding, fix cars,

and hunt pheasants. In the 1930s many people thought that only

boys should do these things.

Are there any things today that people think only boys

or girls should do?

What are some of these things?

Do you agree with this?

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The WASP wore uniforms while on duty.

They called their uniforms Santiago Blues.

Have you ever worn a uniform before?

If so, why did you wear one? Why was it important that everyone dress the same?

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During World War II the government rationed, or limited, the amount

of food and other materials a person could purchase.

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) sometimes had

trouble finding shoes, which wore out during marching.

Only one pair of shoes was rationed per person per year. Rationing allowed all people

to have their fair share.

Do you ever have to share things?

Whom do you share with?

What sorts of things have you shared?

Why is it important to do this?

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you would grow in it?”

During World War II, many people began growing

“Victory Gardens,” fruits and vegetable were hard to come by because of rationing. With a “Victory Garden” you could grow your own fruits and

vegetables and not have to buy them at the grocery store.

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During World War II, the United States government created

thousands of colorful posters to encourage people to do things for the war. The government asked women to work in factories and

grow “Victory Gardens.”. They even asked children to join the American

Junior Red Cross.

Does the government ask you to do anything today?

What are some issues that the government might make a poster

about today?

Why would they ask you to do these things?

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In 2009, President Barack Obama awarded the Women Airforce

Service Pilots (WASP) the Congressional Medal of Honor to thank them for the many ways they helped the United States

during World War II?

Have you ever received an award?

What was the award?

What talent or skill do you have that you think you should get

an award for?

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Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) served as role models to many women who later became pilots

or joined the military.

Do you have a role model?

What have they encouraged you to do?

Behind me is my hometown of

Winnebago, MN in 1925.

I love my home, but I chose to leave it to go

to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas

Hello!My name is Virginia

Mae Hope.

“We’re all good friends. It was such a short part of our lives and we all went our own diresctions, but I feel very comfortable with them…It’s a network,

and we can count on each other”-Margaret “Maggie” Gee

We had the best of all worlds. We had all these beautiful airplanes to fly, all these great people that

we were associated with.-Barbara Jane Erickson