This document contains class notes and discussion questions about the film "Remember the Titans". It includes character descriptions, relationships between characters, plot points, and themes. Students are asked to analyze how the film illustrates the importance of leadership and followership through specific examples. The notes provide context and details to facilitate analyzing the film's examination of overcoming adversity through unity.

1. Class Notes / Textbook Notes
Topic: name:
Remember
the Titans class:
period/block:
date:
Essential Question:
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:
1. For each character listed, write three
words (only one may be physical) which
describe him/her.
A. Coach Herman Boone
B. Coach Bill Yoast
C. Gerry Bertier
D. Petey Jones
E. Louie Lastik
F. Cheryl Yoast
G. Carol Boone
2. Describe the following relationships 2-3 sentences each
A. Coach Boone & Coach Yoast
B. Coach Yoast& Cheryl Yoast
C. Julius Campbell & Gerry Bertier
D. Coach Yoast& Gerry Bertier
3. When and where is the story set?
4. What is Coach Boone’s motivation for
taking the head coaching position? Why
does he want to refuse it at first?
5. What is Coach Yoast’s motivation for
staying at TC Williams after being
replaced by Coach Boone?
6. Would you have worked under Coach
Boone as Coach Yoast did? Why or why
not?
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2. 7. Early one morning, the players ran to the
Gettysburg battlefield. What do you
know about Gettysburg? In one of the
most profound moments in the movie,
Coach Boone notes that 50,000 men died
“fighting the same fight that we’re still
fighting amongst ourselves today” and “If
we don’t come together right now on this
hallowed ground, we too will be
destroyed, just like they were.” What is
your reaction to these words? Are they
still applicable today?
8. How do the ’71 Titans start to become a
team? List those factors that bring them
together as a team.
9. Describe the situation when the
following quote is said in the film: “Back
to the real world—we’d have been better
staying where we were.”
10. “Alice, are you blind? Don’t you see the
family resemblance? That’s my brother!”
How does this quote illustrate the overall
message behind the film? Describe how
this is a culminating series of events.
11. Describe Coach Yoaste’sroad to his
desired acceptance into the Hall of Fame.
How does his dream change from the
beginning of the film to the end?
12. Write THREE second or third level 1.
questions about the film and its events.
2.
3.
Summary, Reflection, Analysis
In a well-written paragraph, which is at least five sentences by the way, analyze how the film illustrates the
importance of being a leader or a follower, or sometimes a combination of both. Use specific examples from
the events in the film.
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