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Learning Capitalist Culture
Chapter 2 – The Great American Football Ritual (pgs. 28 - 62)
1. What
did supporting “the team” mean? (pg. 29)
2. What
were locations of the various ‘cliques’/groups
in the bleachers at the Pep Rally (Draw Below)? (pg. 29)
3. Who
dominated the Pep Rally? How did the football team enter? How does this reflect
the influence of the towns history? (pg. 29 - 30)
4. What
did the marching band symbolize? (pg. 31)
5. How
did band members view participating in the band? How did the football team view
the band? (pg. 31 - 32)
6. How
did the football players show their ‘power and prestige’?(pg. 31)
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7. Who
made up the cheerleaders? Who was in the Pep squad? (pg. 32 - 34)
8. Why
was there opposition to the hiring of Coach Trujillo? (pg. 35)
9. What
is the central role of a coach in many American communities? )pg. 40 – 41)
10. What role
did the Booster Club and local parents play in how the coach chose players?
(pg. 43 – 44)
11. What role
did the Homecoming Bonfire play in North Town? (pg. 47 – 48)
12. How did
the Powder-Puff Football game reinforce gender roles? How did the females view
it?(pg. 49 – 52)
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13. What do
team sports, especially American football do? (pg. 54 - 55)
14. Who were
the ‘vatos’? Why were sports event important? (pg. 55 – 56)
15. How did
the Vatos view girls from other towns? (pg. 56 – 58)
16. How were
the football players and Vatos similar?
17. What is
Impression Management? How does it play into the lives of youths in North Town?
(pg. 61 – 62)
