The Wave Quiz

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, havo
• Leerjaar 4

Young Adult Fiction

The Wave 

• The Wave is a very popular young adult book by Todd Strasser
• Mainy used in History, English and German class
• In German it is called: die Welle

American film: 1981

German film: 2008

Lesson goals

• You will read an English book and improve (verbeteren) your reading skills
• You will watch a film about the book and it will help you understand the book better
• You will learn about an important historic event
• You're not only going to learn better English, but also improve your German (bonus!) 

What do you see on the picture?
How many years ago was this?

Why do you think people in the Second World War joined the Nazi Movement?

Would you have joined the Nazi movement if all your friends or family did?

What percentage of Germans were actually Nazis?

1. 10
2. 20
3. 40
4. 60

After the war, some Germans said they did not know about anything that happened during the war

1. True
2. False

Hitler was a house painter before he went into politics

1. True
2. False

If Hitler was born now, the same thing could happen again.

Yes, I am afraid so.

No way!

Correct

Wrong

The students could not fail the class, no matter what they did.

The Wave actually happened in real life, in 1967

The teacher thought the experiment would fail at first

Ron Jones  did not tell the class it was an experiment

The experiment took 5 weeks

Everybody in class agreed with the experiment and liked it

Students needed to stand up before asking a question

Robert was a very lonely student

H p. 18: It's all a game, said Ben

The Wave Book (1981)

Young Adult Fiction

Written by Tod Strasser

Based on a true story from 1967

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