Includes exercises to help students explore how films are made and develop an understanding of the genre film.

Presents a novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion.

Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living ...