"The classroom experiment that went too far"--Cover. "This work is a novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins based on a short story by Ron Jones"--Title page verso. "The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969"--Foreword.
Summary:
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.