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Based on a true story set during the years of integration between the black and white students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria Virginia circa 1971. Remember the Titans tell of the famed Titans football team which was headed up that very same year by the team's first black coach, earnest family man Herman Boone. At first previous head Coach Bill Yoast Will Patton is upset to be put down as the assisting coach to Herman Boone’s. But just as Boone teaches his team how to get along and…

INTRODUCTION "Remember the Titans" The film takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971- a time of segregation. T.C. Williams High school football team has just become integrated and has received a new black head coach, Herman Boone. He took the job of head coach from Coach Bill Yoast. There are some racial tensions. Boone offers Bill Yoast a job as assistant coach and he accepts after the white players threaten to sit out the season. During football camp, the boys become better acquainted and…

extreme at T.C. Williams High School unlike the real life events. Players and coaches were changed and added to a point where they could be considered different people. Due to there being more differences than similarities with the real story and the movie, Remember the Titans should most definitely not use the phrase “Based on a True Story.” While the team was at the football camp, many events were changed and added. In Remember the Titans, the T.C. Williams High School football team is clearly…

education is the classroom teacher, it is also true that the school and district play an influential role in supporting and creating the optimum learning environment in which the teacher and student interact. “School reforms rarely succeed without effective leadership, both at the level of the system, and at the level of individual school” (Eck, Stringfield, Reynolds, Schaffer, & Bellamy, 2011, p. 2). If all teachers in a school are not providing high quality instruction designed to meet the…

This is a report of the academic journal article “Inmate Literacy Assessment Study at the Lake County Indiana Jail” by Jeanette C. Shutay, Ph.D., David Plebanski, Ph.D. and Michael McCafferty originally published in The Journal of Correctional Education in June 2010. In this article, for the purpose of determining the relationship between educational level and literacy among prisoners, scholars conducted a research study at the Lake County Indiana Jail. Due to the fact that recidivism rates had…

Middle and High School Student Perceptions Regarding the Effectiveness of Teacher-Directed Bullying Interventions Introduction School bullying is an important topic in the field of primary education. It is a widely recognized problem for numerous school environments that poses potential detrimental effects if not properly addressed (Aluedse, 2006). Unfortunately, this issue is often shrouded by misinformation and a lack of understanding regarding the long-term impact bullying may produce. It…

Former QB/WR David Sills left the program to attend a JUCO school in California but in a surprise move made his way back to WVU and looks to have the inside track to start at WR this season with Gibson and Shorts leaving. WVU also added Reggie Roberson and Dominique Maiden to the fold at wide receiver. Roberson…

In the early 1970’s, the small football town of Alexandria, Virginia was struggling to overcome racial discrimination. Two schools were being forced to integrate black and white students along with Denzel Washington as the head coach of the football team. As the integration took place, the football team from the coaches down to members of the local community was in complete disarray. This is where the team building begins. Individuals began to form groups, where they had their own clicks,…

The movie ‘Undefeated’ is a 2011 documentary directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin. This film displays the struggles and success of a high school football team the Manassas Tigers of Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers attempt to complete their first winning season after decades of losing. The team is turned around with the help of dedicated volunteer coaches led by Bill Courtney, who struggles to transform the attitudes of young men both academically and athletically. The team had to overcome…

Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The film is about a high school football team. However, it's much more than that. Remember the Titans is about the struggle to succeed, not just as a football team, but also succeed in making and keeping a friendship, despite the circumstances. The team struggled for many reasons the main one being race, but also because of having a new coach who wants them to achieve perfection. Despite the circumstances, the T.C. Williams High School Titans succeeded as a football…