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"The Wave" video questions

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video questions for the video "The Wave"

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Question 1

1.

What question stumped Mr. Ross and gave him the idea to conduct the “Wave” experiment?

Question 2

2.

What was the class’ initial (first) reaction to the experiment? Why did they react this way?

Question 3

3.

Name four rules Mr. Ross created for his class as part of the “Wave” experiment. Why do you think he created these rules?

Question 4

4.

Why do you think the class was so willing to obey the new rules?

Question 5

5.

What techniques did Mr. Ross use to form the class into a unified group and set it apart from the other students in the school?

Question 6

6.

Why did Mr. Ross designate some students as ‘monitors’? Why do you think he did that?

Question 7

7.

What three part slogan did Mr. Ross create for the class? What might have been his reason for creating the slogan and having the students repeat it?

Question 8

8.

Name two potential positive effects and two negative effects of the three concepts in the group’s slogan.

Question 9

9.

What effect did the “Wave” experiment have on Robert?

Question 10

10.

What was Lori’s initial (first) reaction to the “Wave” experiment? What events caused her to change her mind about the experiment?

Question 11

11.

What effect did the “Wave” experiment have on Mr. Ross himself?

Question 12

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1. Why was Lori seen as a threat to the “Wave”?

Question 13

13.

According to David, why was it all right if a few people got hurt by the experiment? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Question 14

14.

Lori and David went to Mr. Ross and complained of some of the negative effects the experiment was having on the school and its students. Name three of these negative effects.

Question 15

15.

What lessons might be drawn from “The Wave” experiment as to how totalitarian regimes can be stopped?

Question 16

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1. Mr. Ross said, "It is amazing how much they (his students) like you when you make their decisions for them." Do you agree with this observation? What is attraction and what is the danger of letting other people make decisions for you?

Question 17

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The real Mr. Ross was fired a year after conduction “The Wave” experiment with his class. (It’s unclear whether his dismissal was related to the experiment.) Was Mr. Ross justified in manipulating his students as he did? Would you have fired him? Defend your answer.

Question 18

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At the final meeting of the “Wave”, Mr. Ross said to his students, “You traded your freedom for the luxury of feeling superior.” Do you think that is a good description of what happened to his class during the experiment? How would you sum up what happened?

Question 19

19.

Did the experiment help to answer the question that led to the experiment in the first place? (See question #2 above.) How so?

Question 20

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Do you think that if you had lived in Germany in the late 1930’s as Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power that you might have been drawn into the Nazi movement? Did watching this movie change your answer to that question? Why or why not?