Vocabulary
A difficult or unpleasant situation.
What is adversity?
She is the teacher who inspired the Freedom Writers.
Who is Erin Gruwell?
This is what Ms. Gruwell gave to her students to record their daily life events
What is a diary?
Who said this, "To get respect you have to give it"
Who is Ms. Gruwell?
To categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea
What is an a stereotype?
Who does Ms Gruwell want to make proud?
Who is Ms. Gruwell's father? (Steve Gruwell)
What contemporary event does the film reference in the opening montage?
What are the L.A Riots?
Which character said this, "At sixteen, Ive seen more bodies than a mortician. Every time I step out my door I face the risk of being shot. To the rest of the world its just another dead body on a street corner. They dont know that he was my friend."
Who is Jamal?
Activity that allows students to change their mindset.
What is the Toast for Change?
Unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of predjudice about race, ethnic group, age group, religion or gender
What is discrimination
Who said: It's all about colour, it's about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they don't deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what. You see, I hate white people.
Who is Eva?
What other jobs does Ms G work in order to supply the students with resources?
What is hotel concierge and retail assistant?
The systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups
What is segregation?
The song that plays during the Taste for Change.
What is "This is how we do it".
Who said this? "During the war in Cambodia, the camps stripped away my father's dignity. He sometimes tries to hurt me and my mom. I feel like I have to protect my family."
Who is Sindy?
These two female characters came together at the end of the film after the trial.
Who are Sindy and Eva?
The school where Mrs G works.
Where is Woodrow Wilson High School?
Who said this? “Justice doesn't mean the bad guy goes to jail, it just means that someone pays for the crime.”
Who is Andre?
Four strategies used to overcome adversity.
What is the line game, the diaries, taste for change, toast for change?