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The Wave

When history teacher Ben Ross starts a classroom experiment, with the intention of showing students the processes behind social control in Nazi Germany, things get out of hand and the power of group pressure becomes a frightening reality.

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323200048836726 Y
 Young Adult Fiction   East Maitland Library . . Available .  
323200048835462 Y
 Young Adult Fiction   Maitland Library . . On Loan . 13 Jun 2024
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ISBN 9780307979124 (pbk.)
Classification Number Y
Author Strasser, Todd
Title The Wave [BK]
Edition 1st Ember ed.
Note "The classroom experiment that went too far"--Cover.
"The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969"--Foreword.
This is a novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins based on a short story by Ron Jones.
Originally published: 1981.
When history teacher Ben Ross starts a classroom experiment, with the intention of showing students the processes behind social control in Nazi Germany, things get out of hand and the power of group pressure becomes a frightening reality.
Classification 12-15 years old.
Subject Youth fiction
Social control -- Juvenile fiction
Social pressure -- Juvenile fiction
Group identity -- Juvenile fiction
High school students -- Juvenile fiction
High schools -- Juvenile fiction
Authoritarianism Juvenile fiction.
Violence -- Juvenile fiction
History teachers -- Juvenile fiction
Social control -- Fiction
Social pressure -- Fiction
Group identity -- Fiction
High school students -- Fiction
High schools -- Fiction
Authoritarianism -- Fiction
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