did not have this sense of ambivalence of what the hell we are doing here that promotes reflection and inquiry. You would be walking down the hall when all of a sudden three classmates would turn your way each flashing a quick salute. We spent hours later talking about what he felt and did, but from that moment on Thursday morning I was more concerned with what might be happening at school. That self training. That's how it all started. They aren't bright, they can't make the athletic teams, and don't strike out for attention. If only he would have raged in anger or simply investigated the situation I could point the students to an example of righteous rebellion. "The first few days, the Third Wave was a game. I felt air rush back into the room. [a] Jones, finding himself unable to explain to his students how the German people could have claimed ignorance of The Holocaust, decided to demonstrate it to them instead. One of the central points of this movement was that democracy's main weakness is that it favors the individual over the whole community. Human beings circling and holding each other. They are lost. To experience the power of discipline, I invited, no I commanded the class to exercise and use a new seating posture; I described how proper sitting posture assists mandatory concentration and strengthens the will. Robert is like so many kids in school that don't excel or cause trouble. TIL about the Third Wave experiment. I began to talk. Oh I was benevolent. The Aversion Project (1970s and 80s). Here are ten bizarre psychology experiments that totally crossed the line. Pride Is something no one can take from you. (From around 2010) But most of the students looked straight ahead in earnest concentration. As for my part in this exercise, I had nothing but questions. [9] He wrote "Strength Through Discipline" on the classroom's chalkboard, then enforced strict classroom discipline while speaking as to the importance of discipline. Everyone was capable and equal. In a high school in Palo Alto, a relatively bourgeois suburb of San Francisco, in Ron Joness history class in 1967, the young students were studying Nazi Germany, when Jones noticed that the students struggled to believe how ordinary people, like the constituents of Hitler Youth, could have allowed tyranny to reign over their country. I don't know maybe he just imbelished a little or something. Robert was at my side. On Friday, the final day of the exercise, I spent the early morning preparing the auditorium for the rally. The act of apology. The only light in the room was coming from the television and it played against the faces in the room. Set in 1967 in Palo Alto, California, during the Vietnam war, racial integration and social revolution, the play centers around a young, popular teacher, Ron Jones, and his world history class. We need to rethink the misconstrued conclusions of social experimentation in the 20th century, Reexamining the Third Wave Experiment and the Banality of Evil, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Transphobic Social-Media Vigilantes Endanger the Black Community, Free-Speech and Hypocrisy: How JK Rowling Silences Her Critics. A fever pitch of excitement swelled across the room. You're walking down the street, eating at a secluded restaurant, or buying some underwear when all of a sudden an ex-student pops up to say hello. Several friends of mine posing as reporters and photographers began to interact with the crowd taking pictures and jotting frantic descriptive notes. The balance between role playing and directed behavior became indistinguishable. Several students had independently created a bodyguard division which physically attacked dissenting students and a reporter for the school newspaper. Only a small minority of students saw through the faade, they were named the breakers who tore down Third Wave posters and replaced them with counter slogans. The feeling of being "in" or part of something so great and orderly. What was he lying about, in your view? When a student asks how so many people could be . Therefore, it becomes necessary in some cases to manipulate and monopolise peoples confidence. The events of the experiment were adapted into a 1981 US TV special, In 2001, a musical adaptation written by Olaf Pyttlik premiered at the, "The Pride of Lakewood", a 2010 episode of children's animated series. 1981 Norman Lear ABC-TV Movie "The Wave". To provide an encounter with community I had the class recite in unison "Strength Through Discipline." The students chanted their slogan in anticipation. Row after row began to fill. The room rocked with a guttural cry, "Strength Through Discipline.". "It's your task to design a Third Wave Banner. Be meaningful. Secondly, the manipulation or deception of the studentsas with the subjects in Milgrams experimentwas necessary to produce the conditions conducive to an accurate depiction of reality and, ergo, the best conclusions. The Librarian thanked me for the 30' banner on learning which she placed above the library entrance. That's just what Robert did. Where is their curiosity or resistance to this marshal behavior. So, he decided to demonstrate this . Can I do it Kr. Why did the students accept the authority I was imposing? The same can often be said in the natural sciences. It was 12:07. I saluted back. Discipline. It was a silent signal of recognition. No one moved. It was easy. Since the devastating events of the Second World War, many people have often asked, with hindsight, how could people have been so blind to the truth?. "There can't you breath more easily? It's strange, you most a past student In these chance ways, You catch a few moments of your life. quite the contrary. The discipline. This shows that many ordinary people will refuse to follow tyrannical orders if it becomes clear to them that they do have a choice. The experiment continued. All day long he opened and closed doors for me. Upon hearing of our activity he simply lost control Late in the evening he broke into the room and tore it apart. He was a retired air force colonel who had spent time in a German prisoner of war camp. Students must be sitting in class at the attention position before the late bell; all students Must carry pencils and paper for note taking; when asking or answering questions a student must stand at the side of their desk; the first word given in answering or asking a question is "Mr. Like awakening from a dream and deep sleep, the entire room of people took one last look back into their consciousness. So we become the image. We had lots of rules, we had lots of things we had to do," recalls one of Jones's former students in the 2011 documentary Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave. I just kept talking. Was this display of obedience a momentary game we were all playing, or was it something else. The pleasure of doing something right and being rewarded. A presence that will not change. Prompted by the trial of high-ranking Nazi and Holocaust-coordinator Adolf Eichmann, Milgram wished to assess whether . It caused a lot of problems at the school because students were not prepared properly to understand what was being taught. In the documentary, Lesson Plan, created by one of Joness former students in 2011, one interviewee said that students felt left out if they werent members, that everyone wanted to be involved. Ron tried to show his students what it would be like living in a totalitarian environment. Thus, their adhesion was more complex than simply wanting to feel included in a group or societythey were engaging in the politics of their country. In the split second of my race back in time Steve sensed my questioning and backed up. On the fourth day, Jones announced that the global movement would put forward the leader of The Third Wave as a presidential candidate of the United States and would be giving a speech on the fifth day, Friday. Then add two more until finally the whole class was standing and reciting. So are you saying that what Ron says happened in the other class didn't really happen? A strange calm is in effect when a room full of people sit in quite observation and anticipation. He followed me every- where. I discussed the beauty of taking full responsibility for ones action. He was polite and condescending. 509-10) told his students in the . The rabbi became a part of the experiment In remaining ignorant of the oppression in the experiment he became an accomplice and advocate. Let Minimal Lite's clean vibe and arresting design elements elevate your content to its fullest potential. In the beginning, the students treated the new regime as a game but became more serious once their teacher told them their marks were at stake. "There isn't any leader is there?" There is no such thing as a national youth movement called the Third Wave. Of believing so thoroughly in yourself and your community or family that you will do anything to preserve, protect and extend that being. And profound revelation. He calls me Mr. Jones. I agree with you that Ron's pedagogical experiment was disastrous and that he did not make enough pedagogical preparation for his simulation of the Nazi totalitarianism with his students. Ordinary people will rationalise rather than be rational when they are in a threatening or difficult situation, in order to excuse themselves for being part of something that they fundamentally disagree with. It debuted October 4, 1981, and almost two years later as an ABC Afterschool Special.It starred Bruce Davison as the teacher Ben Ross, a character based on Jones. I called his wife and with the help of a neighbor walked him home. A hushed silence shrouded the room. Hey Felton, many thanks for your comments! Oh, you think to yourself that you were just going along for the fun. Faced with this experiment exploding in one hundred directions, I decided to try an old basketball strategy. Experiment in Palo Alto, California, proves that what happened in Nazi Germany was not unique to that time or place. Schoolteacher Ron Jones's personal account of his experiment which created a proto-fascist movement amongst his high school pupils in Palo Alto, California, which in 2008 was subject of the award-winning film The Wave. Where was this experiment leading? The Nazis also hid many of their crimes from their own people, named themselves national socialists (when they were, in fact, not socialist but fascist) and managed to abolish unemployment (food was nevertheless lacking across the country, much like in Stalins Ukraine). The only reason I came to know Robert at all is that I found him eating lunch in my classroom. This also featured interviews with Jones and former students. As the movement grew outside his class and began to number in the hundreds, the experiment had spiraled out of control. Something in all of us. Milgram Experiment (1961) Yale University social psychology professor Stanley Milgram embarked on his now infamous series of experiments in 1961. Students were expected to sit at attention before the second bell, had to stand up to ask or answer questions and had to do so in three words or fewer, and were required to preface each remark with "Mr. Jones". The trial was over. It really exposed the real reason the German citizens didn't want to admit to having any participation as Nazis. Waiting. They were learning more. In ghostly images the history of the Third Reich paraded into the room. Steve will continue to grow and change. [1] Jones wrote a detailed recollection of the experiment some nine years afterward. You're more alert. To give validity to the seriousness of my words I turned to the three women in the class whom I knew had questioned the Third Wave. The visual stench of death camps. You have been used. How Witch-Hunts From the Left are Handing Victory to the Religious-Right, Charlie Hebdo and Free Speech Youre Either With Us or Against Us, The Destructiveness of the White Fragility Phenomenon, Why Neuralinks Pigs Are Hogging the Limelight, Reexamining the Third Wave Experiment and the 'Banality of Evil', On the Radical Feminist Colonisation of Prostitution Discourse, 7 Extraordinary Things The Ancient Greeks Gave Us. We just stood there exchanging smiles when without a conscious command I raised my hand in curved position. Following my description of community I once again told the class that community like discipline must be experienced if it is to be understood. "Mr. Jones do you remember the Third Wave?" Jones decided to continue the experiment after observing his students' strict adherence to the previous day's rules. We were studying Nazi Germany and in the middle of a lecture I was interrupted by the question. 2010 Third Wave Documentary Film "Lesson Plan". [9] Jones created a salute involving a cupped hand reaching across the chest toward the opposite shoulder,[9] resembling a Hitler salute. He was correct. "Should we wear white shirts?" "Through the experience of the past week we have all tasted what it was like to live and act in Nazi Germany. His role playing spilled out of the class into all of the school. Despite their protests against the idea that they would themselves be fooled by tyranny in the same way that Hitler Youth and the German people were, the students nevertheless fell for the experiment, and the authority of their tutor led them to fully believe in The Third Wave movementdespite the fact that it was completely made up. It must be coming on. Soon the image is the only identity people will accept. We worked on this simple act for the entire class period. All of the questions probed at imaginary situations and sought to discover the meaning of this event. Neck muscles rigid. The air in the room seemed to be drying up. How could this be? You will not allow your friends and parents to know that you were willing to give up individual freedom and power for the dictates of order and unseen leaders. I graduated in 1967 and lost contact with Ron, But my mother worked at the school and kept me up to date as to what was going on with him. Schoolteacher Ron Jones's personal account of his experiment which created a proto-fascist movement amongst his high school pupils in Palo Alto, California, which in 2008 was subject of the award-winning film The Wave. Adolf Eichmann, however, was no ordinary man. In the confusion of the moment I moved slowly toward the television. There have been a number of famous psychology experiments that are considered controversial, inhumane, unethical, and even downright cruelhere are five examples. It just whined on. Ron's problem is he let it get out of control and that is why he was fired. Embellished or not, this information is in-valuable and clearly possible. I hadn't planned such intensity or compliance. and not themselves. I want you to remember and be able to recite by tomorrow the name and address of every Third Wave Member. "Strength Through Community." The project was adapted into an American film, The Wave, in 1981, and a critically acclaimed German film, Die Welle, in 2008. Knowing that one is being monitored changes ones behaviour significantly. I expected a flood of questions, but instead got intense quietness. In the still darkened room I began the explanation. In objective terms I began to describe the past events. In the final twenty-five minutes of the class I introduced some new rules. It was as if everyone wanted to dissect the moment, figure out what had happened. A societal instinct we hide within our franchise restaurants and T.V. Following the analyses of Israeli-German historian, Yaacov Lozowick, two British professors, Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher, have studied the experiments of Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo. Jones was a teacher who usually granted his students a lot of leeway. Our class came up with the motto the "the third wave" and the salute, but it stayed in our class and was not carried out into the school. He was a sensitive and bright student. Then it was time to part. First I would have two students stand and call back our motto. The Third Wave experiment took place at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California during the first week of April in 1967. On the contrary, he had not simply followed orders blindly, he had actually planned his actions in great detailhe was an author of the Holocaust. I confided that they were the students selected to represent their area. The roar of the Nuremberg Rally blasted into vision. Be in the small auditorium ten minutes before 12:00. Talk about tone deaf. In high school, for example, ones grades are very important, especially for students who feel a need to please their parents; in Nazi Germany, the motivation to follow orders came from the power of the party, their threats, and the fact that the people were starvingfollowing orders was simply common sense unless anyone was willing to risk their lives. He convinced the students to attend a rally where he claimed that the classroom project was part of a nationwide movement, and that the announcement of a Third Wave presidential candidate would be televised. He smiled (I don't think I had ever seen him smile) and announced, "Mr. Jones I'm your bodyguard. Lesson Plan: Directed by David Jeffery, Philip Carr Neel. Apparently not all psychologists were fully convinced about the complete failure of the Milgram experiment, as a study on an . Not a vacant seat could be found. Some would say he abused this confidence that the students had in him to play the tyrant, but, ultimately, he was still respected by the students and his colleagues even after the movement was exposed as a lie. How could the German soldier, teacher, railroad conductor, nurse. The trance with the television continued for what seemed like hours. I waited for several minutes to let everyone catch up. During the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of obedience experiments that led to some surprising results. Anticipation turned to anxiety and then to frustration. I confessed my feeling of sickness and remorse. The mystique of thirty individuals doing this strange gyration soon brought more attention to the class and its experiment into the German personality. Many students were over the line. It went like this. Who is this young man hugging me? I felt sick to my stomach. I found him that morning propped up against the classroom door. the average citizen, claim at the end of the Third Reich that they knew nothing of what was going on. Pulled the locks shut. Shoved by your own desires into the place you now find yourself. The experiment had now taken on a life of its own. I found myself sliding into the role even when it wasn't necessary. However, Ron tried to think that he could transfer that type of instruction to a mixed class of girls and boys who were not prepared for his style of instruction. Powerful. You would hear a crash of cafeteria food only to have it followed by two classmates saluting each other. Over the course of five days (or nine, according to student Sherry Toulsey), Jones, a member of the SDS,[6] Cubberley United Student Movement sponsor[7] and Black Panthers supporter[8] conducted a series of exercises in his classroom emphasizing discipline and community, intended to model certain characteristics of the Nazi movement. Just smiling and saluting other class members. They would take the ridicule from the brighter students that participated in a measured and cautious way. Motivations having been identified, it becomes easier to explain why tyrannical regimes can come to fruition and power. In speed drills the class learned to move from standing position to attention sitting in fifteen seconds. And as predicted we also shared a deep secret. The Milgram experiment was a famous and controversial study that explored the effects of authority on obedience. He ended his pedagogical experiment abruptly with humiliation of his students via his lecturing. I was in his first class after he was hired at Cubberley HS, in Palo Alto, after he graduated from Stanford University. Across the country teachers like myself have been recruiting and training a youth brigade capable of showing the nation a better society through discipline, community. He decided to create a fictional social movement as a demonstration of the appeal of fascism. Yes, we would all have made good Germans. 1967 Original "Third Wave" Class, Palo Alto, California. Like the Germans, you will have trouble admitting to yourself that you come this far. I told the assembly that a full explanation would take quite a while. Taking in large uncontrollable gulps of air. "Mr. Jones, have you seen this advertisement in Time magazine? The first congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921. Afraid that if I stopped someone would laugh or ask a question and the grand scheme would dissolve in chaos. Our class was called Tech Prep(senior class) and it had only 13 boys in the class. But no. Strength Through Action!" He added "Strength Through Community" to the chalk board, and named his "movement" "the Third Wave". The Third Wave was an experimental social movement created by California high school history teacher Ron Jones in 1967 to explain how the German population could have accepted the actions of the Nazi regime during the rise of the Third Reich and the Second World War.[1][2][3][4][5]. Upon their arrival, the students were presented with a blank channel. The prompt was given in the imperative, but it highlighted that the imperative was literally lacking. Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil, but she was for so long misunderstood and the Third Wave Experiment can help to explain that what she meant was not that evil is in itself banal, or that it can be found in all of us, but that people are more likely to assume the best when they are rightly afraid of the worst. I was following the group dictate as much as I was directing it. Some subjects didnt need all four prompts, but the great majority of them did. That you could extricate yourself at any moment. Heinlein said of humankind in 1953, man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalising animal. The Wave is a made-for-TV movie directed by Alex Grasshoff, based on The Third Wave experiment put on by teacher Ron Jones to explain to his students how the German populace could accept the actions of the Nazi regime. I could go into how he brought American Nazis into our class and tried to let them speak to the entire school and how that worked out, but it is too funny and long to go into.Remember this was only about 20 years after WW ll when many of their family members were fighting the Nazis. Students were rewarded for making an effort at answering or asking questions. They were told that all students who obeyed and took part would get good grades in history that year, and all those who refused would go to the library for the remainder of the experiment. Community is that bond between individuals who work and struggle together. The students obeyed. Does This Put The Transgender Debate to Rest? To be number one. In my view and pedagogical experience, a good pedagogical simulation should involve a sense of ambivalence between real and artificial that promotes an inquiry and reflection among the students. Don't talk to anyone about this. Outright organised fascism is capitalism gone over the top, but manipulation of group dynamics happens all over the place - particularly in schools - and is the means used to get people to behave in required ways, absurd ways often but sometimes ways that are practically credible on the surface. Joness students regretted their having followed a tyrannical regime, even though it was fake, and the subjects of Milgrams experiment followed orders because they perceived the experimenter as having some kind of legitimate authority. I sure do, it was one of the most frightening events I ever experienced In the classroom. Strength through pride Oral history of Ernest DeMaio, from his early radicalizing experience of the First, The autobiography of Fred W. Thompson - socialist, Wobbly, organizer, soapboxer, editor, class-war prisoner, educator, historian, and publisher, A collection of essays written by Dwight Macdonald, most of which appeared in his. I reiterated the importance of this event and asked once more for a show of allegiance. it was a good question. It was rewarding to see their satisfaction and excitement to do more. I was now acting instinctively as a dictator. Ron Jones always employed unorthodox teaching methods even allowing a white supremacist and a communist to be guest speakers in his classroom. The maneuver took five seconds. So, he decided to demonstrate this . The entire collection however looked like one force as they sat in perfect attention. I lectured about the beauty of discipline. Any% nazi speedrun. By Thursday the class had swollen in size to over eighty students. Milgram's original "shock box" displayed at the Ontario Science Centre. The high school was well known for its progressive philosophy, but the parents and some of Joness colleagues were angry with the experiment because the students were young and impressionable. During the days of the experiment I was curious how they would respond to the equalitarian and physical reshaping of the class. Take part. The first day, the students acted almost as if it were a game and obeyed the commands of their teacher who they already trusted and respected. 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