Remember the Titans Video Sheet Questions:

  1. What was integration in 1971 at T.C.WilliamsHigh School? Why was it such a problem?

•Having White and African-American go to same school

  1. What position is Coach Boone put into when he is told that he is appointed head coach of the football team with:

Coach Yoast:he feels he is taking his job

the black community:feel for the first time that an African-American has been given a leadership role in the community

  1. Coach Boone applies the statement, “this is not a democracy” to his players and coaching staff. How effective is this as a leadership approach? Why?

•Authoritative

•Effective because he needed to bring his players together and they would have voted along racial lines

  1. How is music used in the movie to initially show the separation of the groups and then bring them together?

•Music shows the cultural division that exists between the two groups

  1. What does Gary Bertier learn about his leadership and attitude from Julius and the Rev?

•Playing favorites – protecting everyone- not standing up to his friend Ray, and protect Rev

  1. Coach Boone takes the team on the night run to where 50,000 men died at the battle of Gettysburg. What was the fight that they are “still fighting today?”

•Fight between races

  1. Before the first game of the season, Coach Boone tells the team that they are already winners. Why does he believe this?

•They pulled through racial troubles and came together- no longer divided along racial lines

  1. What is evident on the first day back to school even though the team has come together?

•Member of the town, students are not embracing integration

•Town is deeply divided

  1. Why is Coach Yoast willing to lose his Hall of Fame nomination in the Regional Final game?

•Coach Yoast wants his players to have a fair chance at winning the game

•He doesn’t want them to lose out because of racism

  1. After Gary Bertier’s accident, what does Coach Yoast point out to Boone as being hisproblematic attitude towards the game?

•Judging people based on the look and not their souls- must have faith

  1. In the final game, what does Coach Yoast realize that he has to change at half time? Why is this ironic considering what the players have already done?

•That Yoast must ask for help from Coach Boone

•Ironic- because the players had done this long ago

  1. How did playing football help the students over come their prejudices about each other?

•Because if you want to win- you have to work together and play as a team

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  1. How did the football team at T.C. Williams help the adults in the community overcome their prejudices?

•Once Titans starting winning- they wanted to cheer the team

•High School football is very important in American cities

  1. Why does the movie begin and end with a funeral scene?

•Preview of what is to come- emphasizes the important things in life