GWL 3O1: Remember The Titans
Name:______________________
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What year was it when T.C. Williams High School was created?
2. What day does the team leave for football camp at Gettysburg College?
3. What reason does Gerry give when he tells Julius that he honestly thinks he (Julius) is
"nothing, nothing but a pure waste of God-given talent"?
4. Ronny Bass joins the team during the camp at Gettysburg. What nickname does the team
give him and why?
5. Does Sheryl approve of Coach Boone's football camp?
6. What happens on the first day of school?
7. Before the first game of the season, Coach Boone tell the team that they are already
winners. Why does he believe this?
8. When Gerry tells his mother he plans to go play basketball with Julius, he tells him not to
go. Gerry tells his mother she should just get to know Julius. His mother replies, "I don't
want to get to know him." This conversation between Gerry and his mom expresses one
of the themes of the movie (theme="lesson"). What is this theme?
9. The beginning of game three starts differently than the other games. How does it start?
10. How does "Sunshine" prove that he can do a good job as the substitute quarterback?
11. Why does Yoast do that causes him to loose the nomination to the Virginia High School
Football Hall of Fame?
12. Why does Gerry end up in the hospital?
13. Would the players have bonded if the team had not won?
14. How did playing football help the students over come their prejudices about each other?
15. How did the football team at T.C. Williams help the adults in the community overcome
their prejudices?
16. Why does the movie begin and end with a funeral scene?
GWL 3O1: Unit 2 Interact With Others
Name:_________________________________
Evaluation: Due – Friday October 21, 2011
Assignment: Use the spaces below to complete your good copy o f the answers to all the questions.
You are encouraged to work on a rough copy of your answers prior to transferring them to this
sheet.
1) Based on material covered in class, provide a list of reasons and examples from the movie as to
why T.C. Williams football team experienced moments of successful and moments of failure?
Reasons For Success
Reasons For Failure (Lack of Success)
2) What character do you feel made the most impactful contribution to the overall success of the
football team? (Name, reasoning and at least 4 examples to support your opinion)
3) What character do you feel contributed the most to the failure of the team cohesiveness? (Name,
reasoning and at least 4 examples to support your opinion)
4) Why and how does the movie “Remember The Titans” tie into content learnt in class surrounding
Rights and Freedoms and group dynamics?
5)
i)
Using knowledge acquired during the unit, describe a personal situation in which you
positively affected a group dynamic and contributed to the success of the group.
ii)
Also, discuss a situation in which you felt that any of your rights, freedoms or workplace
rights were violated and how did you handle it? How did it make you feel? Provide
details and examples to support your experiences.