It is based on ron jones social experiment the third wave and todd strassers novel, the wave. Morton rhue was born 1950 in long island, new york. The wave morton rhue project based learning group work work in pairs to make notes about the issues or events that occur in the novel and that also occur in your life. Morton rhue is the pen name of successful american childrens writer todd strasser. Free download or read online the wave pdf epub book. The death camps were what hitler called his final solution of the jewish. He upset when he realizes that his students have questions about the holocaust that he cant answer he wishes he could give them more.
The change from a normal class to organised troops was executed in only a few days. We use cookies for statistical and other functions to give you a superfast browsing experience. The teacher starts an experiment with his students trying to show them how the nazi regime was able to invluence so many people and why no one stopped them he created his own symbol the wave, a dressing code, behaviour rules and a motto. Live and in color ron jones spoke to a soldout audience in san francisco about his. Morton rhue 1950, usamerikanischer schriftsteller g 9. How todd strasser became morton rhue now its time to gain some cultural literacy. The dramatic part is that all what is described in the book already happened several years before world war ii. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device. Ben ross, one of the teachers in the school, created it to try to show his class the reasons for the inexplicable behavior of the germans when the nazi movement spread through germany. This work of morton rhue shows in a sarcastic but also realistic way how easily a group can be influenced. Fremdsprachige give a boy a gun by morton rhue, reclam, 2003, 194 pages morton rhue is the pseudonym of the american author todd strasser. The wave by morton rhue todd strasser is a novel from a students perspective, as an authoritarian right wing movement called the wave changes her school. The wave chapters 12 summary and analysis gradesaver. He is very public because he had lots of publications in the new yorker and village voice. The first edition of the novel was published in 1981, and was written by morton rhue. Rhue, morton the wave sven ackermann referat aufsatz schule. The quiz contains multiple choice questions, along with a few short answer questions. Wave morton rhue download pdf, free pdf the wave morton rhue. Morton rhue has 34 books on goodreads with 17474 ratings.
They gather in a similar fashion to the nazi rallies, even equipped with banners and armbands emblazoned with the wave logo. The film was produced by christian becker for rat pack filmproduktion. Deutsche erstausgabe deutsche textfassung ravensburger buchverlag otto. The wave is set at gordon high school over a period of nine days. During checkout, you can choose an additional, free ebook. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher burt ross introduces a new system to his students. About the wave the wave summary character list glossary themes quotes and analysis chapters 12 chapters 35 chapters 67 chapters 89 chapters 1012 chapters 15 chapters 1617 the true story behind the wave related links essay questions quiz 1 quiz 2 quiz 3 quiz 4 citations. Reinhold tritt, morton rhue, celine fontanges narrator, gernot endemann narrator 3. Becoming a member of the lovereading4kids community is free. This is a cumulative quiz for after the reading of todd strassers novel, the wave. Todd strasser born may 5, 1950 is an american writer of more than 140 youngadult and middle grade novels and many short stories and works of nonfiction, some written under the.
The wave is a 1981 young adult novel by todd strasser under the pen name morton rhue it is a novelization of a teleplay by johnny dawkins for the movie the. A high school teachers experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own. The wave is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in palo alto, california, in 1969 the wave morton rhue ebook. Thewavefullmovie free the girl with the dragon tattoo full movie hd 2011. The wave morton rhue by zohar cohen barnisim on prezi. The wave by morton rhue is in the top ten childrens books about weighty subjects. The movie the wave is based on a novel by morton rhue and is based on a true story that happend in 1967 at gordon high school in palo alto. In a historylesson the teacher ben ross showed a film about hitler and his german youth movement. Hollens online wave quiz this is an online quiz to assess comprehension of todd strassers novel. Ben ross shows his students a documentary on the holocaust.
The wave study guide contains a biography of morton rhue, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The author, morton rhue, published it under the pseudonym todd strasser had become famous for some youth novels. Materialien zur unterrichtspraxis hier kostenlos buch morton rhue. He calls a wave meeting in the auditorium and requests that only wave members be present. Peer pressure search for identity power and authority writing task. But this isnt your average high school drama story. How would telling the story of the wave benefit from being free of some. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 8 pages and is available in paperback format. Since his book the wave he is also public in germany. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Rating is available when the video has been rented.
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