Vocabulary
To categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea.
What is stereotype
She is the teacher who inspired the Freedom Writers.
What is Mrs. Gruwell
This is what Ms. Gruwell gave to her students to record their daily life events.
What is a journal
This was the game Mrs. Gruwell and the students played in class
What is the line game
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group.
What is Racism
Who accompanied Ms. Gruwell to pick up the kids at their houses?
What is Ms. Gruwell's father
What happened at the convenient store that was an important event for the characters?
What is one of the Cambodian students was killed by Paco.
Which character said this, "At sixteen, I've 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 it's just another dead body on a street corner. They don't know that he was my friend."
What is Jamal
This is what happened to Ms. Gruwell and her husband due to Ms. Gruwell's passion for her students.
What is they divorced
Unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of predjudice about race, ethnic group, age group, religion or gender.
What is discrimination
This was the Holocaust survivor who wrote "The Diary of a Young Girl."
What is Anne Frank
This is the museum went to visit after they went to dinner.
What is a Holocaust Museum
“You are the heroes. You are heroes every day.”
What is Miep Gies
How many part time jobs did Ms. Gruwell work in order to pay for field trips and books for her students?
What is 2
Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
What is violence
Who came to visit the classroom to talk to the students about their history?
What is Miep Gies, a Holocaust survivor
Who was the character in the movie that was very close to Mrs. Gruwell and was not very supportive?
What is Ms. Gruwell's husband.
Who said this? "I don't know how this war started. It's just two sides that tripped eachother way back. Who cares about the history behind it? I am my father's daughter, and when they call me to testify, I will protect my own, no matter what."
What is Eva
Who is the student who did not use his library card?
Who is Marcus
To understand or be sensitive to a person or situation.
What is empathize
These two female characters came together at the end of the movie after the trial.
What is Sindy and Eva
The location the movie took place in:
What is Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, California, USA
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."
What is Sindy
Ms. Gruwell said that this is the biggest gang that ever existed.
What is the Hitler and the Holocaust