Hoosiers challenges students to explore the pressure-cooker of small-town 1950s Indiana, where an under-sized basketball squad and a controversial coach learn that discipline, sacrifice, and trust can defeat taller foes. Students must track how Coach Dale’s four-pass rule improves teamwork, weigh Jimmy Chitwood’s ultimatum as a study in ethical leadership, and debate second chances. Reflection questions push students to connect the Huskers’ grit to real-world goal-setting and growth-mindset disc