Cool Runnings Movie Guide with Discussion Questions, Activities, & Worksheets
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Cool Runnings Movie Guide is a complete lesson plan with discussion questions, writing activities, and leadership worksheets.
This resource helps teachers use the engaging story of the underdog Jamaican bobsled team to teach their students what it truly means to be a winner.
***THIS MOVIE GUIDE RECENTLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE:
✳️ Time stamps for Analysis Questions
✳️ Answer Key
✳️ Fillable PDF version
✳️ Google Form version
WARNING: This is a DEEP LEARNING lesson plan to help students employ a LEADERSHIP approach to SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
Students will be encouraged to connect with the movie on a personal level and apply its themes to their own lives, fostering critical thinking, character growth, and leadership skills.
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Each of our Leadership at the Movies lesson plans includes the following activities:
✅ Reflection: allows students to journal about one of the movie's themes prior to watching.
✅ Analysis: questions and prompts to analyze the characters, plot, and climax of the movie.
✅ Practice & Discussion: a partner/group activity that takes the principles of the movie and asks students to take action and grow in their own lives.
✅ Extension: a RAFT (Role-Audience-Format-Topic) writing prompt to help students apply their new knowledge.
✅ Lead for Impact: challenges students to pinpoint how the hero of the story exhibited The 12 Fundamentals of Impact and then synthesize how they can apply the lessons to writing their own story.
The activities in Cool Runnings Movie Guide will challenge students to move closer to mastery in the following skills:
- leadership
- cooperation with others
- creativity
- critical thinking
- emotional intelligence
- problem-solving
- judgment and decision-making
These activities are designed to help students meet the following Social & Emotional Learning Competencies as outlined by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL):
❇️ Develop SELF-AWARENESS and SELF-MANAGEMENT skills to achieve school and life success.
❇️ Use SOCIAL-AWARENESS and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
❇️ Demonstrate DECISION-MAKING skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.
Movie Synopsis
The allure of being the best in the world and being showered with fame appeals to many of us. But what is the real value of a gold medal?
Cool Runnings is a heartwarming sports comedy based on the true story of the Jamaican national bobsled team's journey to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. The film follows a group of four Jamaican athletes from various backgrounds who, after failing to qualify for the Summer Olympics, decide to pursue their dreams of Olympic glory in the unfamiliar sport of bobsledding.
Led by the determined former sprinter Derice Bannock and his loyal friend Sanka Coffie, the team recruits a disgraced former bobsleigh champion, Irv Blitzer, to coach them. Despite facing skepticism and ridicule from both their own community and the international bobsledding establishment, the team perseveres through rigorous training and numerous setbacks.
As they navigate the challenges of adapting to the icy conditions and mastering the technical aspects of the sport, the Jamaican bobsled team earns the respect of their competitors and spectators alike with their indomitable spirit, camaraderie, and unwavering determination.
Cool Runnings is a tale of underdogs defying the odds, friendship, and the triumph of the human spirit, leaving audiences inspired and uplifted by the team's remarkable journey to the Olympic stage.
Movie Rating: PG
Movie Run Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes
Grade Levels: 6th-12th
Ideal Classes: Leadership, Character Education, Life Skills, Youth Groups, Sports Teams, Career Development, English Language Arts
Cool Runnings Movie Guide provides activities to help students become better leaders by focusing on the following themes:
- Overcoming Adversity: The Jamaican bobsled team faces numerous challenges, including skepticism from their own community, lack of resources, and prejudice from their competitors. Despite these obstacles, they persevere with determination and resilience.
- Friendship and Camaraderie: The members of the Jamaican bobsled support and encourage each other through difficult times, forming strong bonds that help them overcome their individual shortcomings.
- Belief in oneself: The characters in Cool Runnings learn the importance of believing in oneself and one's dreams, even when others doubt them. They demonstrate that with hard work, dedication, and self-confidence, almost anything is possible.
- Unity and Teamwork: The men come from diverse backgrounds but learn to work together towards a common objective, realizing that their collective effort is stronger than individual talents.
- Perseverance and Resilience: They refuse to give up on their dreams, even when the odds seem insurmountable, teaching audiences the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.
- Breaking Stereotypes: Through their determination and success, the Jamaican bobsled team proves that talent knows no boundaries and that anyone can excel with the right opportunity and support.
⚠ This is a DIGITAL ACTIVITY, allowing teachers to assign the work through Google Classroom via TpT Easel and students digitally enter their responses.
⚠ A link to a GOOGLE FORM version of the resource is included as well.
⚠ Teachers may also DOWNLOAD the PDF and distribute copies to students.
⚠ In addition, a FILLABLE PDF is included for teachers to use as a digital assignment.
⚠ Includes TIME STAMPS to help teachers know when to pause the film if necessary.
⚠ An ANSWER KEY is included to help ensure students get the most out of the learning experience.
Cool Runnings Movie Guide is also part of the following bundles:
- All-Stars: Growing Bundle of Middle Grade Movie Companion Activities
- Leadership Lessons Movie Guides MEGA Bundle (access to all 85 of our movie guides PLUS any we add in the future!)
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