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REMEMBER THE TITANS

SUBJECTS — U.S./1945 – 1991, Diversity/African-American, & Virginia; Sports/Football;

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model;

MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Citizenship.

AGE ; 11+; MPAA Rating — PG for thematic elements and some language;

Drama; 2000; 113 minutes; Color.

Give your students new perspectives on race relations, on the history of the American Revolution, and on the contribution of the Founding Fathers to the cause of representative democracy. Check out TWM’s Guide:

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One of the Best! This movie is on TWM’s short list of the best movies to supplement classes in United States History, High School Level.

Benefits of the Movie Possible Problems Parenting Points Selected Awards & Cast Helpful Background

Using the Movie in the Classroom Discussion Questions Social-Emotional Learning Moral-Ethical Emphasis

Assignments and Projects Bridges to Reading Links to the Internet Bibliography

MOVIE WORKSHEETS & STUDENT HANDOUTS

TWM offers the following movie worksheets to keep students’ minds on the film and to focus their attention on the lessons to be learned from the movie.

Film Study Worksheet for a Work of Historical Fiction ;

Film Study Worksheet for ELA Classes ; and

Worksheet for Cinematic and Theatrical Elements and Their Effects .

Teachers can modify the movie worksheets to fit the needs of each class. See also TWM’s Historical Fiction in Film Cross-Curricular Homework Project and Movies as Literature Homework Project .

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This film chronicles true events that occurred during1971 in Alexandria, Virginia, when the school board came under court order to integrate both faculty and students in the public schools. At the time, high school football was the city’s most popular sport. The Titans become a model of integration for a city in troubled times.

The film combines four stories: (1) the time-tested formula of the triumph of an underdog sports team; (2) the friendship between the two coaches, the black head coach and his white assistant, despite the fact that many thought that the white coach’s experience and years of service meant that he should be the head coach; (3) the friendship of two players, Gerry Bertier, the white team captain, and Julius Campbell, a talented black player; and (4) the story of a racially divided team coming together and playing as a unit despite the racial hatred roiling the community around it. The story of the underdog sports team is an invention of the filmmakers. Once the team coalesced at training camp, they were favored and had only one close game in their regular season. The important stories, those of the two coaches and the two players are true although many specific facts may have been supplied by the script writer. The two coaches were lifelong friends, as were the two players. The team pulled together despite the racial tensions.

SELECTED AWARDS & CAST

Selected Awards:

Featured Actors:

Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Adeosun Faison, Craig Kirkwood.

Boaz Yakin.

BENEFITS OF THE MOVIE

Remember the Titans is useful in clarifying the shifts in attitudes and the various personal decisions that were an important part of the progress in the early days of the process of integrating public schools in the South. Students will see how the combination of self-sacrifice and self-interest motivated many of the people who struggled through these troubled times.

Students can exercise writing and research skills through assignments at the film’s end which include the role played by both high school and professional sports in the Civil Rights Movement.

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS

Minor racial violence is shown. There is a quick non-consensual male-to-male kiss, not properly introduced or followed up, that may leave the audience confused. A major character is critically injured in a car accident.

PARENTING POINTS

Tell your child that the story is accurately portrayed as to the personal relationships between the coaches and the players. Point out how the courage of both adults and young people shown in the film was a major factor in the long and on-going story of racial integration in this country.

HELPFUL BACKGROUND

LEARNING GUIDE MENU:

Benefits of the Movie Possible Problems Parenting Points Selected Awards & Cast Helpful Background Using the Movie in the Classroom Discussion Questions Social-Emotional Learning Moral-Ethical Emphasis Assignments and Projects Bridges to Reading Links to the Internet Bibliography

MOVIE WORKSHEETS:

RANDALL KENNEDY, Professor, Harvard Law School on the two alternative traditions relating to racism in America:

“I say that the best way to address this issue is to address it forthrightly, and straightforwardly, and embrace the complicated history and the complicated presence of America. On the one hand, that’s right, slavery, and segregation, and racism, and white supremacy is deeply entrenched in America. At the same time, there has been a tremendous alternative tradition, a tradition against slavery, a tradition against segregation, a tradition against racism.

I mean, after all in the past 25 years, the United States of America has seen an African-American presence. As we speak, there is an African-American vice president. As we speak, there’s an African- American who is in charge of the Department of Defense. So we have a complicated situation. And I think the best way of addressing our race question is to just be straightforward, and be clear, and embrace the tensions, the contradictions, the complexities of race in American life. I think we need actually a new vocabulary.

So many of the terms we use, we use these terms over and over, starting with racism, structural racism, critical race theory. These words actually have been weaponized. They are vehicles for propaganda. I think we would be better off if we were more concrete, we talked about real problems, and we actually used a language that got us away from these overused terms that actually don’t mean that much.   From Fahreed Zakaria, Global Public Square, CNN, December 26, 2021

Give your students new perspectives on race relations, on the history of the American Revolution, and on the contribution of the Founding Fathers to the cause of representative democracy. Check out TWM’s Guide: TWO CONTRASTING TRADITIONS RELATING TO RACISM IN AMERICA and a Tragic Irony of the American Revolution: the Sacrifice of Freedom for the African-American Slaves on the Altar of Representative Democracy.

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Remember the Titans Movie Guide Questions with Answers and Activities

Subject: History

Age range: 7-11

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

Last updated

2 April 2024

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Remember the Titans is an inspirational film that delves into the themes of racial integration, teamwork, and leadership amidst the backdrop of the 1971 Virginia high school football scene. This movie guide is designed to enrich your students’ understanding of these important social issues while enhancing their vocabulary and comprehension skills.

This product includes:

Questions: 24 Short Questions and 20 Multiple Choice Questions to gauge understanding and prompt discussion.

Varied activities: a crossword puzzle and word search focused on key vocabulary from the movie; a compare and contrast exercise featuring main characters Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell; a Drawing Activity that allows students to express their favorite character creatively; and a movie review assignment to foster critical thinking and personal reflection.

An Answer Key for all questions and activities.

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Bible Study: Remember the Titans – A House Divided

Posted by Bo Chapman | Jun 18, 2014 | 2014 Resources , Bible Studies , Free Resources | 0

Download a PDF of the Bible Study: Remember the Titans .

(This Bible study is centered on the concepts of division and unity, especially as they factor into the lives of believers and the churches they attend. To examine this theme deeper, the movie Remember The Titans will serve as the backdrop for this study. If you don’t have the movie already, it would be a great addition to your library as it has many wonderful teaching moments throughout the film.)

Thinking about the history of our country, what are some instances of division that we have experienced? What have been the consequences of those divisions, how were they resolved (if they have been) and how have they impacted our lives today?

Throughout Scripture, we come across the contrast of unity and division on a regular basis. Some examples include (Have students look up these verses and read through them):

1 Corinthians 1:10 – I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

1 Corinthians 6:17 – But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

Colossians 2:2 – My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Psalm 133:1 – How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Romans 16:17 – I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

Matthew 12:25 – Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Thinking about the word “unity” and all it encompasses, what are some positive examples of unity and what are some instances of unity in a negative sense when you think of the church and the Christian faith as a whole?

Now, utilize the word “division” and work through both the positives and negatives again in relation to the church and the Christian faith as a whole.

The Christian church has a long history of division within itself. Just the very fact that we have denominations lets you know that people are divided on a variety of issues when it comes to the faith. Even within a particular denomination (or a particular congregation for that matter) there are going to be disagreements and even divisions.

From a positive vantage point, these divisions can move us as a church to be continually growing deeper in our understanding of God’s Word and to discuss in a healthy forum why we disagree on certain aspects of Scripture and how we can move forward as the Body of Christ. There is something powerful when we are growing together.

On the flipside though, we see the damage of division when approached from a negative and sinful attitude. Name calling, line drawing and pompous piety leave people hurt and the Body of Christ far from where she could be on this side of the grave.

A great example of division from a negative vantage point is found in the movie Remember The Titans. (Cue the scene where the team is running through the woods and arrive at the battle of Gettysburg site. Give a little background to the movie in regards to the racial tensions of the time and how a school that was forced to have black and white students playing together worked through the divisions that existed because of the color of a man’s skin.)

From the clip – Coach Boone: This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin’ with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other or not, but you will respect each other. And maybe… I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.

There was division amongst the team. A history. Black and whites not trusting each other and not wanting anything to do with each other. And without trust and continued animosity, they could not effectively be a football team. Do you see some similarities within your church, your denomination and the faith as a whole? Look what Christ says:

John 17:20-23 – “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

The apostle Paul continues:

Ephesians 4:1-6 – As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Here we see two examples of Scripture calling for the unity of the body. As redeemed brothers and sisters in Christ, we should strive to be one. And yes, there is an understanding that we are different. Paul uses the analogy of a body with different parts as a perfect example. We are unique, we are different, and yet, we are all one body.

Application:

What are ways that you as an individual and as a student ministry can work to improve the positive elements of unity and division and to lessen the negative elements?

What do you think some of the challenges will be?

From a scriptural stand point, how will you work with and address those who disagree with you?

Closing thought:

Jesus spoke at length about how the world would hate Him and those who followed Him. His word would be like a two-edged sword. There is definitely division between believers and the world, and that is to be expected, especially if we are living out our faith. Jesus also spoke about unity within the body of believers. The salvation that we have through the sacrifice made upon the cross should serve to bring us together to be a witness to the world around us. And though we may not agree on particular issues, we must be cautious to not let sin be the cause of those disagreements but instead take those opportunities to grow personally and together.

About The Author

Bo Chapman, DCE, has been working in student ministry for the past 16 years and is currently serving as the Director of Student Ministries at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Macomb, MI. He is extremely thankful for God’s blessing of a wonderful wife and two vibrant kids. He also loves the opportunity he has to be involved in the lives of students and parents on a regular basis. Most of all, Bo loves his Lord and Savior, and his desire is to both share and live out the love and truth of Jesus Christ each and every day.

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