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BREAKING AWAY
SUBJECTS --- Sports/Bicycle Racing; U.S./ 1945 - 1991; Indiana;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Coming of Age; Parenting;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Trustworthiness.
Age: 12+; MPAA Rating: PG; Comedy; 1979; 100 minutes; Color.
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Breaking Away is a classic sports film about an underdog trying to prevail against a powerful and favored opponent. In Breaking Away, the sport is bicycle racing. The movie, however, is about much more than sports.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to Breaking Away will enhance its usefulness in addressing serious issues, including: cheating in sports competitions; coming of age; idols with feet of clay; the difficulty that boys from limited backgrounds have in deciding what to do after high school; leaving childhood friends behind when you go to college; youthful obsessions; parents' attempts to adjust to the youthful obsessions of their children; and a man's attempt to be a good father despite great differences with his son.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below the first two sections of the Learning Guide to Breaking Away.
Description: This is a charming presentation of the first
year after high school graduation of four boys from
Bloomington, Indiana. At loose ends, they are struggling to
decide what to do with the rest of their lives. Dave, the
primary character, wins a racing bicycle, begins to win competitive races, and
fancies himself an Italian bicycle racer.
Benefits: Breaking Away is a classic
sports film with the underdog trying to prevail against a powerful
and favored opponent. But it also addresses serious issues with warmth and humor. These
include: the difficulty that boys from limited backgrounds have in
deciding what to do after high school; going to
college and leaving your friends behind; the feelings of
inferiority often experienced by local kids in a college town; youthful
obsessions; parents' attempts to adjust to a child's youthful
obsessions; cheating in sports competitions; idols with feet of
clay; and a man's attempt to be a good father despite great differences
between him and his son.
The Learning Guide to Breaking Away also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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