2. Discussion Questions How has propaganda been used negatively throughout history? Do you believe propaganda could ever make you do something you would later regret?

3. The History The Third Wave was an experiment to demonstrate that even democratic societies are not immune to the appeal of fascism. It was undertaken by history teacher Ron Jones with sophomore high school students attending his "Contemporary World" history class as part of a study of Nazi Germany. The experiment took place at Cubberly High School in Palo Alto, California, during the first week of April 1967.

4. The Experiment Jones, unable to explain to his students how the German population could claim ignorance of the extermination of the Jewish people, decided to show them instead.

5. The Teacher Years after it all happened, Ron Jones wrote of his experiment in a short story called The Third Wave, published nationally in 1976

6. Movie 1981 Movie Adaption: “The Wave” A thought-provoking dramatization of an actual classroom experiment on individualism vs. conformity in which a high school teacher formed his own "Reich" (called "The Wave") to show why the German people could so willingly embrace Nazism. This unflinching yet sensitive 1981 Emmy Award-winner raises critical questions: When does dedication to a group cross the line from loyalty to fanaticism? Does power corrupt? What is the nature of propaganda and mass persuasion? Can something like the Nazi Holocaust happen again?

7. Make a Prediction How do you think the student’s the in class will respond to Ron Jones and the various propaganda techniques he used in The Wave?