Whip It

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.

Bliss isn’t the only one who lives a lie in this story. How do her parents model that behavior in their own lives? Who do her falsehoods end up hurting?

In this movie, Brooke and Bliss’s goals for the girl’s future are obviously different. But are there times when parents’ maturity and experience can benefit a child? How can parents encourage their children without imposing their own desires?

While roller derby gives Bliss a chance to challenge herself and fit in with people she feels are more like her, what kind of future does this activity promise?