| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 136 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 20 Jun 2005 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
Principal Garrison and many of the other teachers are negative about the students’ chances for success. Why do you think they have this defeatist attitude? What contributes to the parents’ mind-set about education?
Why does Coach Carter lecture the boys when they call each other a derogatory racial slur? What negative terms do you hear used toward ethnic groups, girls and others? How do these expressions affect the way people see themselves and the way they are treated by others?
What successes does the team achieve by the end of the basketball season? In your opinion, what are the benefits of high school sports in the educational system? Can other extracurricular activities have a negative impact on scholastic endeavors?
on the bench until the whole team rebounds.
For more information about the real Coach Carter, check out: http://www.coachcarter.com/about.htm
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Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
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