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Brian's Song
SUBJECTS — Sports/Football; U.S./Diversity;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Friendship; Grieving;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Respect and Caring.
Age: 10+; MPAA Rating: G; Drama; 1972; 74 minutes; Color.
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Brian's Song tells of the friendship between professional football players Gale Sayers, who was black, and Brian Piccolo, who was white. The tale ends with Piccolo's tragic death from cancer.
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Brian's Song is a tale of friendship that transcends race. Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo are role models for students who participate in sports.
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To demonstrate how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers to improve lesson plans, we have set out below a set of discussion question from the Learning Guide to Brian's Song.
Why was the fact that two men of different races could room together and become friends so important that it was a major theme in this true-to-life film?
What does that say about race relations in the United States in the late 1960s, the time of the events described in this film?
The Learning Guide to the film Brian's Song contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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