Remember the Titans - Questions

Remember the Titans

1.  How did playing football help the students overcome their racial prejudice? What other activities can help people overcome their differences and begin working together?

2.  Which of the characters in this film forged new ground in their relationships with others?

3.  Why did Coach Yoast stay on as an assistant to Coach Boone?

4.  If you had been Coach Yoast would you have given up your chance to be in the hall of fame in order to help Coach Boone and the team?

5.  Would the team have bonded had it not won?

6.  What do you think would have happened if the team had bonded, had lost a game in the middle of the season, and the school board had tried to replace Boone as head coach?

7.  Coaches Boone and Yoast agree that a coach is first and foremost a teacher. How does a coach teach?

8.  If coaches are first and foremost teachers, list what they should teach their students in order of importance.

9.  Do you agree that Coach Yoast was too soft on the black players?

10.  Have you had a teacher, or a coach who inspired you to do your best? How did they do it?

11.  Describe the different methods of motivating the team favored by Coach Boone and Coach Yoast. Remember Yoast's statement to Boone: "There's a fine line between tough and crazy and you're flirting with it." Why did Coach Boone push the boys so hard?

12.  What were the similarities in the coaching styles of Boone and Yoast and were those similarities more or less important than the differences?

13.  This story has several male role models. Look at the coaches and the players Bertier and Campbell. What characteristics of each do think is their best trait as a male role model?

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man Questions                                    Name___________________________

1.  Briefly describe the following aspects of Jim Braddock’s life in the beginning of the film BEFORE the Great Depression:

Boxing Career/ Reputation: 

Housing Neighborhood:

Clothing:

Income:

Relationship with Family:

2.  What type of job does Braddock work during the Great Depression?  What prevents him from working this job on a consistent basis?

3.  THROUGHOUT THE FILM, Braddock and his family are shown walking the streets of New York and during these scenes we see examples of how people reacted and survived the Great Depression.  An example of this is when Braddock walks to Madison Square Garden and a mother is shown urging her sons to get out of the car and collect pieces of wood.  List and describe 2 examples from the movie.

4.  After working the docks, Jim Braddock and his co-worker Mike Wilson discuss the situation of the Great Depression.  How do BOTH Braddock and Wilson view the situation?

5.  Why does Braddock become upset when he finds out his wife sent the kids away to her family?  What does he do to get his kids back?

6.  Why does Braddock have such a strong reputation with the crowd and people of New York when he returns to boxing after his hand injury?

7.  When Braddock’s trainer Joe Gibbs offers Jim another fight after winning the first, how does Jim’s wife Mae react and why does she react that way?

8.  When Mae confronts Joe at his house what does she find out?  When Joe steps out of the room, what does Joe’s wife say to Mae that relates to how women felt during the Great Depression?

9.  What did Braddock use as motivation to help win his boxing matches throughout the film?

10.  Explain what “Hooverville” was and describe how it is displayed in the movie?

11.  During the press conference for the championship bout, what does Braddock say he is fighting for this time round and what do you think it means?

12.  Where does Mae go before Braddock’s championship fight?  What does she realize while she is there?

13.  What is the final result of the championship bout between Jim Braddock and Max Baer?