Laurie saunders sits in the publications office of the school paper the gordon grapevine. The wave is based on a nightmarish true episode in a californian high school, when a teacher wanted to demonstrate the dangers of propoganda and groupthink. School geschichtsklasse in palo alto, california, 1969 passierte. 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.
In 1969 a high school history teacher, ben ross, was working in a small allamerican town teaching his class of grade 12 students about the second. She is the editorinchief of the school magazine the gordon grapevine. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as nazism are recreated in the. At the beginning of the first chapter, laurie saunders, one of the main characters, is introduced. 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.
Morton rhue the wave referat, hausaufgabe, hausarbeit. The same year, a young adult novelization of the movie was written by todd strasser under the pen name morton rhue. It is based on ron jones social experiment the third wave and todd strassers novel. This novel was published in 1981 as the wave by morton rhue. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Rhue, morton the wave sven ackermann referat aufsatz schule didaktik englisch literatur, werke publizieren sie ihre hausarbeiten, referate, essays, bachelorarbeit oder masterarbeit. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Wellacted and blessed with a refreshingly humanistic focus, the wave is a disaster film that makes uncommonly smart use of disaster film cliches. Todd strassers webpage contains a button fur deutsche leser, which addresses the german reader and explains the connection between todd strasser and morton rhue. Hes a good teacher and a lot of students are fond of him and thinks that his lessons are great. The events in the waveillustrate the powerful and frightening forces of group pressure. 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. You can edit this mind map using creately diagramming tool and include in your reportpresentationwebsite. She is angry about that fact, that the school paper always appeared too late.
Here is everything you need to know about the new german series coming to netflix. Hier findest du fakten, handlungsinfos, bewertungen. It is a novelization of a teleplay by johnny dawkins for the movie the wave, a fictionalized account of the third wave teaching experiment by ron jones that took place in an ellwood p. 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.
Author todd strassers aka morton rhue in europe book the wave is a. The author, morton rhue, published it under the pseudonym todd strasser had become famous for some youth novels. This book, written under the pen name of morton rhue in the united states, is a novelisation of the telemovie of the same name, which was based on a short story by ron jones about a real event. Oct 14, 2008 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. The novelization of the 1981 movie by todd strasser has sold 8 million. With ron jones, deanna jones, debbie berry, steve coniglio. Morton rhue the wave chapter 1 on a beautiful day, laurie saunders, a pretty girl with short lightbrown hair and a permanent smile, sits alone in the publications office at gordon high school and works at the next outlay of the grapevine, the school newspaper, because she is the new editorinchief. The film was produced by christian becker for rat pack filmproduktion.
Rhue paperback, 143 pages, published 1991 by otto mair verlag isbn. In a historylesson the teacher ben ross showed a film about hitler and his german youth movement. In germany and in the united kingdom, however, morton rhue is alive and well. Ein lehrer beweist es seinen schulern in einem aufsehenerregenden experiment im jahre 1981. Nach seiner schulzeit studierte morton rhue zuerst an einem college in new york, welches er jedoch bald wieder verlie. Rhue, morton the wave referat, hausaufgabe, hausarbeit. Throughout history these forces have created circumstances in which ordinary people have committed evils that they would never individually have set out to do. Then laurie fetches up her best friend amy smith, who is sitting in the french lesson of mr. The wave is a 1981 young adult novel by todd strasser under the pen name morton rhue though it has been reprinted under todd. It is based on a real event from a californian high school in 1967 and transposed to germany today, the wave is a cautionary tale about the roots of fascism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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The wave is a 1981 young adult novel by todd strasser under the pen name morton rhue though it has been reprinted under todd strassers real name. With jurgen vogel, frederick lau, max riemelt, jennifer ulrich. It is safe to say that almost everyone raised in german schools from the late 1980s on has heard of this book. Klaus hurrelmann other 2012 dschihad online morton rhue author aleksandar radenkovic.
Arriving at the classroom she meets her best friend, amy smith. The comingofage drama series is loosely based on the novel titled the wave written by todd strasser under the pen name morton rhue. It is based on ron jones social experiment the third wave and todd strassers novel, the wave. It is one of the originals from penguin iconic, outspoken, first. Watch the wave online a real life student experiment. Habe ausversehen max frisch mit morton rhue verwechselt. The wave by morton rhue is in the top ten childrens books about weighty subjects. Preger, tino mewes, maxwell richter, alexander held, dennis gansel, morton rhue. The next german monday movie is as controversial as it is thrilling.
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