Team Meryland Discussion Guide The Film: Key Participants & Key Issues

The Film: Key Participants & Key Issues

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Film Summary & Using This Guide

The Film: Key Participants & Key Issues

Background Information

Discussion Prompts

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Credits & Acknowledgements

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Meryland Gonzalez - A 12-year-old female boxer who qualifies and competes in the Junior Olympics after recovering from a debilitating illness at the age of six.
Jorge Gonzalez - Meryland’s father
Araceli Gonzalez - Meryland’s mother

Key Issues

Team Meryland is an excellent tool for outreach and will be of special interest to people who want to explore the following topics:

Youth leadership
Women in sports
Pursuing dreams
Immigrant experiences
Second chances
Power of family
Sacrifice
Resilience
Faith
Passion

Sources

About the author:

Geoffrey Gaurano

Geoffrey Gaurano (Ed.M.) has over ten years of experience in K-12 education as a former teacher and middle-school principal. He has deep expertise in literacy instruction, curriculum writing, and social-emotional and social justice learning. He was most recently the educational consultant for YouTube Originals' The Guava Juice Show. He developed the show’s educational approach on civics and community using the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Social Justice Standards: Teaching Tolerance Anti-Bias Framework. Above all, Geoffrey is passionate that children’s content is entertaining and appealing so that educational takeaways resonate and reach young viewers.

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