True Grit Movie Guide Questions & Worksheet (1969)

True Grit Movie Guide Questions & Worksheet helps students analyze a classic Western about justice, persistence, unlikely partnership, and what real grit looks like in action. As Mattie Ross pushes adults to take her father's murder seriously, the guide asks students to follow determination, negotiation, law, and risk rather than treating the story as simple revenge.

This movie guide is a strong fit for Grades 7-12 ELA, film study, media literacy, and discussion-based classes. Teachers can pause at key time-stamped scenes to examine Mattie's resolve, Rooster Cogburn's rough courage, LaBoeuf's competing mission, and the way pursuit through the territory tests each person's idea of justice.

The resource combines discussion, short-answer analysis, vocabulary in context, and a multiple-choice review with accessible language. Because the questions stay grounded in dialogue and visible choices, students can discuss moral toughness, partnership, frontier law, and consequence without relying on remake comparisons or outside summaries.

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Film Summary:

After her father is murdered by Tom Chaney, determined teenager Mattie Ross insists on seeing justice done and hires Rooster Cogburn to pursue the killer into dangerous territory. Along the way, LaBoeuf's separate claim on Chaney, Ned Pepper's gang, and the harsh frontier landscape turn the hunt into a story about perseverance, loyalty, courage, and the cost of getting what one demanded.

Parental Guidance:

IMDb Title: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/

IMDb Parental Guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/parentalguide/

Rated G under the 1969 release rating, though teachers should still expect Western gun violence, hanging/crime references, drinking, peril, and some mild language by modern classroom standards.

Perfect For:

• Classic Western study
• ELA
• Substitute plans
• Media literacy
• Coming-of-age analysis
• Justice discussion
• Classes exploring perseverance
• Frontier law
• Partnership
• Courage

Skills Addressed:

• Character motivation
• Cause and effect
• Tone analysis
• Frontier-law discussion
• Vocabulary in context
• Whole-film theme analysis
• Using dialogue evidence to explain justice
• Persistence
• Sacrifice

What's Included:

Student Materials

• Rigorous Short Answer Questions (chronological, time-stamped)
• End-of-Film Reflection & Challenge Questions
• 30 Question MC Quiz (Self-Graded Google Forms)

Teacher Materials

• Teacher's guide and lesson plan
• Worksheet & MC Quiz answer key
• CCSS alignment
• Pre- and post-movie discussion questions
• 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day pacing options
• Admin movie request and parent/guardian permission slip materials

Digital & Print Options

• All materials have Google Classroom and Print Options

Flexible Lesson Pacing

• 3-Day Sprint: best for tight schedules or classes that do better with smooth viewing and discussion after the film
• 4-Day Flexible Plan: best for teachers who want either discussion before and after the film or selected pause-and-write checkpoints during viewing
• 5-Day Full Week: best for classes that need more guided discussion and writing time in class, with less take-home work

The teacher guide includes these pacing paths, plus options for written responses or the multiple-choice quiz as an alternate assessment.

(Note: All files formatted for seamless upload to your Google Drive if desired.)

Time & Tech:

Runtime: 128 minutes. Designed for before, during, and after viewing, with print and digital materials plus a Google Forms self-grading multiple-choice option.

DISCLAIMER: This product is an independently created worksheet and question set for classroom commentary and instruction. It is not affiliated with the film's creators or distributors, and it does not include the movie itself. Teachers should preview films for local policy fit.