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Glory Road: Choose Your Road

The Movie and Book

Glory Road is based on the book Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds by coach Don Daskins and Daniel Wetzel. This movie tells the true story of the first all African-American starting lineup to win the NCAA basketball championship game in 1966. Future hall of famer Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) is the newly hired coach of little known Texas Western College in El Paso, Texas.  Unlike his contemporaries, Don Haskins is color-blind in his recruitment of high school players. Full synopsis here.

The Curriculum

The guide, Glory Road: Choose Your Road, is designed for a facilitator to engage youth ages 13-18 in both group and individual activities relating to the central messages of Glory Road . 

Themes of this guide include:

• The courage of conviction
• Sports as an engine for justice
• Music as a unifying force
• Becoming a mentor

Please ensure the site where youth view the movie has a license to screen it.