Remember the Titans
BREAKING OUT & FRIENDSHIP
1. How did playing football help the students overcome
their prejudices about each other? What other activities
can help people overcome their differences and begin
working together?
2. What is the significance of this exchange between the
Bertier character and the character of his mother.
Bertier: "Mom, just get to know him." Mother: "I don't
want to know him." We do not know if this exchange
really occurred, but it exemplifies one of the themes of
the movie. What is it?
3. Which of the characters in this film forged new
ground in their relationships with others?
4. Why did Coach Yoast stay on as an assistant to
Coach Boone?
5. 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?
TEAMWORK & LEADERSHIP
6. Would the team have bonded had it not won?
7. 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?
8. Coaches Boone and Yoast agree that a coach is first
and foremost a teacher. How does a coach teach?
9. If coaches are first and foremost teachers, list what
they should teach their students in order of importance.
10. Do you agree that Coach Yoast was too soft on
the black players?
11. Have you had a teacher, or a coach who inspired
you to do your best? How did they do it?
12. 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?
13. What were the similarities in the coaching styles of
Boone and Yoast and were those similarities more or
less important than the differences?
MALE ROLE MODEL
14. 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?
1. How did playing football help the students overcome
their prejudices about each other? What other activities
can help people overcome their differences and begin
working together?
2. What is the significance of this exchange between the
Bertier character and the character of his mother.
Bertier: "Mom, just get to know him." Mother: "I don't
want to know him." We do not know if this exchange
really occurred, but it exemplifies one of the themes of
the movie. What is it?
3. Which of the characters in this film forged new
ground in their relationships with others?
4. Why did Coach Yoast stay on as an assistant to
Coach Boone?
5. 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?
TEAMWORK & LEADERSHIP
6. Would the team have bonded had it not won?
7. 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?
8. Coaches Boone and Yoast agree that a coach is first
and foremost a teacher. How does a coach teach?
9. If coaches are first and foremost teachers, list what
they should teach their students in order of importance.
10. Do you agree that Coach Yoast was too soft on
the black players?
11. Have you had a teacher, or a coach who inspired
you to do your best? How did they do it?
12. 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?
13. What were the similarities in the coaching styles of
Boone and Yoast and were those similarities more or
less important than the differences?
MALE ROLE MODEL
14. 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?