STUDY GUIDE FOR “WALKOUT”



STUDY GUIDE FOR “WALKOUT”

1. What problems did the student’s experience?

2. How did their treatment by the schools affect them?

3. Why did they decide to take action?

4. Would one person, acting alone, been able to resolve these problems? Why not?

5. What sources of power did the students have to resolve these problem?

6. Who were their opponents? What sources of power did the opponents have?

7. What strategies and tactics were used by the students in their organizing effort?

8. What were the risks and benefits of taking action?

9. Do you think that the boycott was ethical? Why or why not?

10. What actions on the part of the school system should the students have anticipated?

11.. What was the role of the media in the boycott? Did the media seem to portray the students’ actions accurately? Why or why not?

12. Ultimately was the boycott successful?

13. Was the outcome for individual participations and for students as a whole worth the risks to individual participants?

14. What recent events were inspired by this film?

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