Film Study - Blindside: Literacy Unit

Film Study - Blindside: Integrated literacy unit level 5/6 of the NZ curriculum. (Junior secondary) Reading (read / watch techniques using sub titles - useful for readers needing support), writing, viewing, listening / discussion. Also covers aspects of the Health curriculum - relationships; tolerance, discrimination, tolerance. The Blind Side is a 2009 American docu-drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. The film follows Oher from
his impoverished upbringing, through his years at Wingate Christian School, his adoption by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, and on to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football.