Is there prejudice other than racial prejudice shown in the film? Before showing the movie, consider telling students the following: The stories of the coaches and the two players are reasonably accurate portrayals showing how these individuals rose to the occasion and became friends. If MFHS declines to revive the Titans mascot, perhaps the community could support that name, and push for a village wide vote. 2. The Titans of Falls East and the Indians of Falls North. (Be honest; Dont deceive, cheat or steal; Be reliable do what you say youll do; Have the courage to do the right thing; Build a good reputation; Be loyal stand by your family, friends and country). The effort should be to get students to discuss what makes a male role model and what they respect most about the actions taken by the characters in the film. Williams High School. See also TWMs Historical Fiction in Film Cross-Curricular Homework Project and Movies as Literature Homework Project. One of the things that impressed Yoast about Coach Boone was that he was fair, dishing out the same harsh treatment to the black players as well as white players. Yes, because in a crucial year, this football team was led by two phenomenal coaches and two amazing players. They are vehicles for propaganda. Bridges to Reading Williams the man," Solomon said. From now on, the school will be known as the Titans. *this question negates the option of MFHS andsimilarschools holding out for a year and hoping that WHEN Republicans win back a majority in the senate, assembly and also gain the governorship that the bill will be overturned. The story of the successful integration of the team as a whole has been simplified and enhanced by the filmmakers, but it still captures the spirit of the team and of its time. Subsequently, the Titans go through the season undefeated while battling racial prejudice and slowly gaining support from the community. "[29] Some detractors like Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Denzel Washington should have held out for a better script before he signed on to star in Remember the Titans, but you can see why he wanted to do the movie: He gets to play Martin Luther King Jr. and Vince Lombardi rolled into one nostalgically omnipotent tough-love saint. 1970 was Herman Boones first year as an assistant coach at T.C. Do you agree that Coach Yoast was too soft on the black players? At least one of the adults should not have been active. 6. Its not unusual in the sense that during this period many courageous black men and women, like Coach Boone, took risks to change society. Should Coach Boone have taken the job in the first place or should he have insisted that Yoast get the job? 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? However, despite the movie showing multiple close games, most games were actually blowouts, with 9 of their thirteen wins being. How did playing football help the students overcome their racial prejudice? 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. The 1971 Titans were expected to win a championship. 2. Mike Nichols wrote a column about the Indian mascot recently, and Ive argued here that other people could take offense to ethnocentric mascots. The Yo Mama scene, at least according to one member of a racially-united Titans team in the 1980s, was exactly his experience. Williams was 77% white. The team did take a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield but it wasnt at 3:00 a.m. and the inspirational talk was made by an elderly tour guide, not Coach Boone. She was very interested in football, although not as interested as the character portrayed in the film. Following its release in theaters, the Region 1 widescreen and Pan and scan edition of the motion picture was released on VHS and DVD in the United States on March 20, 2001. Solomon started a petition to rename the high school for a simple reason. Titan Mascot Schools | List of Schools with Titan as their It was at this point that Julius made the comment, Well, Bertier, I dont guess youre Superman after all. During tense racial times at the school, team members would patrol the halls wearing their team jerseys. Williams crew team, which is predominantly white, had lavish facilities funded by private contributions. Thats asking a lot of people, but having come to know these individuals through the research for this Learning Guide, the authors believe that this probably would have happened. 5. How did they do it? This page was last edited on 8 April 2023, at 12:59. 6-keys: media/spln/collegefootball/reg/free/stories, at The desire to win sets a context in which the true beneficial lessons of sports can be taught. Students can be asked to do the following: See additional Assignments for use with any Film that is a Work of Fiction. It was the honorable and ethical thing to do. The "where are they now" also omits the primary cause of Boone's retirement: He was fired from the school due to allegations of player abuse and coach complaints. He debuted during the team's inaugural preseason home game in August 1999 against the Atlanta Falcons as the Titans, who were previously known as the Houston Oilers from 1960-1996 and the Tennessee Oilers from 1997-1998. The last winning season was 1995 and the last trip to the state playoffs was in 1990. 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. While the 1971 Titans had 38 white players and 31 blacks, the 2001 Titans had 36 black players and only 6 white. In the epilogue, descriptions show the players' and coaches' activities after the events in 1971. 10. "Remember the Titans" is based on the true story of high school football coach Herman Boone's attempt to integrate the T.C. Experience a celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction, and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony. 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. He was 62, weighed 220 pounds, and was extremely fast. which would have been violated had Coach Yoast cooperated in the conspiracy; Citizenship because it would have been bad for the City to raise racially divisive issues; Caring because he cared for the players and they for him. Remember the Titans features many schools and colleges in and around Georgia. Still, it was primarily Southern and high school football was the dominant sport. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971. The purpose of the question is for students to realize that one of the primary ways that racial prejudice is overcome is for people to have a goal that is more important than their prejudice. Research information about the significance of sports in the Civil Rights Movement. He, too, was a gifted athlete, becoming an All-American the next year. Dismayed at the prospect of the students losing their chances at scholarships, Yoast changes his mind and accepts Boone's offer to serve as his defensive coordinator. The Gettysburg college training scenes were filmed on the campus of Berry Williams in 1971 was big business. As I recall, the decision to keep the Indian mascot had more to do with keeping in tradition of the history of Menomonee Falls and its tribe roots in the reasoning. By the time Yoast accepted Boones offer to coach the Titans defense, Yoast had received 11 offers for other coaching jobs. Remember the Titans holds together very well as a work of fiction. This is a historic moment for everybody, Hutchings, a Black man, told reporters. By deciding not to do that in a key play, he was being dishonest. T.C. WebIt's important to know for REMEMBER THE TITANS that it wasn't until 1971, 17 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, that black students came to T.C. Courageous white people, like Bertier and Coach Yoast, realized what was really important to them (in this case the team) and took principled but unpopular stands. Adjusting to a new coaching style, accepting lesser roles on the team, having to work closely with team members very different from themselves and fear of failure may all have worked against a quick adjustment. If coaches are first and foremost teachers, list what they should teach their students in order of importance. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Blog at WordPress.com. All home games were filmed in Dallas, Georgia at Paulding County High School. (There was an incident in which Boone had fought some members of the Ku Klux Klan; he bears a scar on his head from this encounter.) Coach Boone ordered them off the buses. Discussion Questions Relating to Ethical Issues will facilitate the use of this film to teach ethical principles and critical viewing. USATSI. Id propose allowing the community to vote on the issue. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Even Gerry Bertier had long hair. These similarities were the bedrock fundamentals of their coaching styles and allowed them to work together despite other, less significant but perhaps more obvious differences. Williams High School, the high school made famous by the movie "Remember the Titans." Coach Boone tolerated no dissension. All Rights Reserved. Williams report that the school is internally split, and the races dont mix socially or academically despite the fact that they go to the same school. Ask the class whether it is important to them that most of the story, particularly the interaction between the coaches and between Bertier and Campbell, closely follows the facts? by Alexandra Kelley | Nov. 25, 2020 | Nov. 25, 2020. He also made the players get to know each other and learn about their families. Williams High School facing the unenviable job of replacing the successful and beloved Coach Bill Yoast and of coaching the Titans during Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Adeosun Faison, Craig Kirkwood. Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass was far from being the only one with long hair at the time. Give some examples of rites of passage that are used in our society, and describe their benefits. Give a class presentation, singly or in groups, responding to any of the Discussion Question set out above. These are remarkable and impressive men who were able to bridge the racial divide, serve their students, and become good friends. The right thing would have been for the players to have gone on strike in support of Coach Boone and for Coach Yoast to have declined promotion to the position. The only question that really remains is what should MFHS do?*. However, from everything that we have read or heard, none of these divisive factors were as serious as race. WebRemember The Titans is based on the true story of an African American football coach hired by a Virginia high school in 1971. Links to the Internet Following the civil rights proteststhis summer decrying the police deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, two Black Americans, multiple municipalities have elected to remove or change statues and names that make a reference to the history of slavery and institutional racism characterizing much of the U.S.s past. 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. 76ers Acorns Antelopes *Arabs Though rumor has it, this option is not on the table and MFHS wants to keep their current logo of an F with a feather, which could still be objected to. Coach Boone did tutor students to help them get into college. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virg Would the team have bonded had it not won? We are sure there are more. Williams the man," Solomon said. Williams High School, the subject of the movie Remember the Titans, will be renamed because its namesake, Thomas Chambliss Williams, held segregationist views. Many players who were good enough to be on the starting team at most high schools in the country, or who had been starters the previous year, or who had rightfully expected to be starters in the coming year, would never make it off the bench. T.C. The Titans will still be remembered at the Williams High School is the Virginia school the movie Remember The Titans is based on. They don't have to worry about race. Coach Boone coached the Titans for five more seasons before retirement, while Coach Yoast assisted Boone for four more years, retiring from coaching in 1990; the two coaches became good friends. For a story in which a woman consciously rids herself of racial prejudice in order to keep the affection of a man she loves, see Learning Guide to Gentlemans Agreement. The Titans become a model of integration for a city in troubled times. Forced by Boone to room together at training camp, these boys, initially hostile, became best friends. Williams player. Apr 10, 2021 Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post T.C. There was also a class division because Hammond had served a relatively wealthy district. Free-Lance Star. Graduation from high school or from college can serve this purpose in some families. The film was co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and released by Buena Vista Pictures. Coach Yoast didnt use profanity (the film character does), but it was another story with Coach Boone. In addition, the white players from one of the schools (Hammond High) had never played with blacks. Once Coach Yoast joined the team he had the same obligation as the players: to do his best and be completely loyal. The state championship was a cake walk and the season ended with the Titans ranked second in the country. Yoasts daughter was extremely angry that her father was passed over for head coach. Turner County High School (Ashburn GA) ASHBURN Turner County High has a new identity. Helpful Background Making its debut in 2000, Remember the Titans is a film about how an African American coach Herman What characteristics of each do think is their best trait as a male role model? Does our society provide a rite of passage to mark the transition from adolescence to maturity? section: | slug: virginia-high-school-of-remember-the-titans-fame-to-be-renamed | sport: collegefootball | route: article_single.us | Real life is never this simple, but then that's what the movies are for". The film is often listed among the best football films, but later received criticism from the real-life Titans for its multiple inaccuracies.[2][3][4][5][6]. Williams High School, made famous by the Disney movie "Remember the Titans", will be renamed after a 9-0 school board vote by Alexandria Public Schools on Monday. This was part of his effort to unite them. (Coach Boones veer offense was basically a running attack. Benefits of the Movie 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. The current Superintendent Gregory C. Hutchings Jr. will bring a list of new names forward by the spring semester. If a team doesnt coalesce, if its plagued by racial divisions or loyalties holding over from schools, it wont win games no matter how much bigger or more experienced its players. The climax of the movie is a fictionalized 1971 AAA state championship football game between T. C. Williams and, Bertier's car accident took place on December 11, 1971, after (rather than a few days before) the season-ending State Championship game. Fredericksburg, VA. Associated Press. A shooting had raised tensions to the boiling point in Alexandria. Williams High School is named, Thomas Chambliss Williams, was a segregationist who was the superintendent of Alexandria city schools for 30 years. His neighbors offered to buy him out, telling him, We dont want you here. Coach Boone declined and lives in the house to this day. 3. They were not only racial, but between students of the same race who were from different schools. He is informed that Herman Boone, a black head coach originally hired to coach the city's black high school football team, has been assigned to his coaching staff instead. 13. In addition to websites which may be linked in the Guide and selected film reviews listed on the Movie Review Query Engine, the following resources were consulted in the preparation of this Learning Guide: drafts of the Guide were submitted to Coaches Boone and Yoast for their comments. What was wrong with the actions of Bertiers friend, the white boy that Bertier eventually cut from the team? Williams High School, made famous by the Disney movie "Remember the Titans", will be renamed after a 9-0 school board vote by So we have a complicated situation. As shown in the film, Bertiers mother told Campbell before he went into the hospital room, Tears wont make my baby walk. The hospital scene shown in the film is accurate. 1. Best Books for Young Adults by Betty Carter, Second Edition, Young Adult Library Services Association; 2000; Childrens Catalogue, Eighteenth Addition, edited by Anne Price and Juliette Yaakov, the H.W. Describe the different methods of motivating the team favored by Coach Boone and Coach Yoast. Yoast sought to be more obviously nurturing. 72 et seq. Students can exercise writing and research skills through assignments at the films end which include the role played by both high school and professional sports in the Civil Rights Movement. In a competitive football league (high school, college, or professional), each player must do his or her best for three reasons. There is no one ritual and its value can depend upon whether the team wins or loses, whether the team is well managed or not, whether there is cheating or steroid use, etc. Williams Titans of the 1990s were much different from the Titans of 1971. Hatred and prejudice are born of ignorance. Special features include backstage feature audio commentary with director Boaz Yakin, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Gregory Allen Howard, feature audio commentary with real-life coaches Herman Boone and Bill Yoast, "Remember The Titans: An inspirational journey behind the scenes" hosted by Lynn Swann, "Denzel Becomes Boone," "Beating The Odds"; Deleted scenes; Movie Showcase and seamless menus. 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. Im very, very happy to be part of this history of Alexandria City Public Schools history.. Their opponents didnt appreciate the fact that the Titans had an advantage in having only seniors and juniors at the school. In this case, the goal was having a winning team (for the players) and educating the students (for the coaches). For many years, people have been trying to change the name of T.C. Additionally, some of the championship game scenes were filmed at the Sprayberry High School football stadium in East Marietta, Georgia. At training camp, the 1971 Titans did come together. Coach Boone applied his racially neutral attitude across the board and if a white boy was a better player than a black student, he got the position. Your news. Prejudice is a pernicious and subtle foe that everyone, even those who do not consider themselves to be racist, must fight. North HS was always a Dark Purple and White scheme while East HS had been a Navy blue and Dark Gold. 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