While Jones taught his students about Nazi Germany during his senior level Contemporary World History class, Jones found it difficult to explain how the German people could have accepted the actions of the Nazis. Evil becomes banal when ordinary people dont want to admit that they are implicated. 2010 Third Wave Documentary Film "Lesson Plan". We just stood there exchanging smiles when without a conscious command I raised my hand in curved position. O my Gosh, I thought this story was amazing. The dedicated patience of a scientist in pursuit of an Idea. Now the students do their homework to be able to answer Ben Ross questions. How can people who were neighbors and maybe even friends of the Jewish citizen say they weren't there when it happened. Turned our head as friends and neighbors were cursed and then persecuted. The feeling of being "in" or part of something so great and orderly. This incidence of monitoring meant that half the class now considered it their duty to observe and report on members of their class. In speed drills the class learned to move from standing position to attention sitting in fifteen seconds. 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. Conclusions made by contemporary political scientists and sociologists reflect the experiences of the subjects of the Third Wave Experiment and make connections between those experiences and witness statements in history. That you were better than those outside this room. The visual stench of death camps. The experiment took place at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California, during the first week of April 1967. It was 12:07. Don't talk to anyone about this. 2008 German film The Wave, based on these events, A first-hand account from the Chicago Teachers Union strike, from education worker Agnieszka Karoluk. It would not be possible to analyse such experiments without comparing them alongside one another since it takes a comparative study to come up with trustworthy explanations in the social sciences. Or he is exaggerating, or what? But most of the students looked straight ahead in earnest concentration. ''Is this part of the campaign, Mr. Heinlein said of humankind in 1953, man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalising animal. Ron's problem is he let it get out of control and that is why he was fired. The Third Wave experiment brought to light our creepy reverence for authority, shedding harrowing Milgram-esque insight into how easily we assuage moral conflict and diffuse responsibility when we . Everything rests with you and your willingness to take a stand.". Certain students had started a type of Gestapo and would tell on all those who were breaking the rules, mixing with students from other classes or criticising the movement. Then in dramatic style I informed the class of a special noon rally to take place on Friday. Ron Jones was a teacher at Cuubberly High School. Once again I faced the thoughts of closing the experiment or letting it go its own course. How could the German soldier, teacher, railroad conductor, nurse. We practiced short "silent reading" sessions. Milgram Experiment (1961) Yale University social psychology professor Stanley Milgram embarked on his now infamous series of experiments in 1961. Steve Conigio had been a sophomore student in my World History class. Well, the Third Wave gave Robert a place in school. Jones, please?" I confessed my feeling of sickness and remorse. Like the Germans, you will have trouble admitting to yourself that you come this far. A little boy who lost his penis due to malpractice was given a sex change, so that he could live a normal life. Manipulated. The balance between role playing and directed behavior became indistinguishable. "We can do it!" I walked up and down the aisles of seated students pointing out small flaws, making improvements. Every word seemed to be taken and absorbed. He would talk to the parents and calm their concern. I'm very upset over Robert! I worried for students doing things they would regret. The Third Wave. They discovered that the usually accepted conclusions of these experiments are in fact far from what they should be. Not a vacant seat could be found. We learned what it felt like to create a disciplined social environment. "Mr. Jones do you remember the Third Wave?" And as predicted we also shared a deep secret. Someone stood up and shouted. In slow methodic tone I explained what was behind the Third Wave. I demanded that they leave the room. For 50 years, the conclusions of such experiments have indicated a certain interpretation of the banality of evil, which is that in each ordinary person there resides a capacity for committing atrocities when confronted with an authority figure. To provide an encounter with community I had the class recite in unison "Strength Through Discipline." it's all right." The act of apology. On Monday, I introduced my sophomore history students to one of the experiences that characterized Nazi Germany. The Milgram experiment was a famous and controversial study that explored the effects of authority on obedience. in fact I instructed the class in a sitting posture. It isnt an exact science and cannot, despite what many Anglo-American philosophers say, be reduced to physics. Students seemed intent on the assignment and displayed Accurate recitation of facts and concepts. In the split second of my race back in time Steve sensed my questioning and backed up. This unethical experiment is one of many reasons review boards were created and have made drastic changes in policy over experiments done on humans. And there is something else. Lesson Plan: Directed by David Jeffery, Philip Carr Neel. Instead of simply summarising Haslams theory, however, its necessary to study his newer formulation of old conclusions to analyse a different, lesser-known social experiment called The Third Wave Experiment. Jones added "Strength Through Action" to the chalkboard. "The Third Wave isn't just an experiment or classroom activity. [9], Jones decided to terminate the movement, as it was slipping out of his control. That is the real meaning behind the banality of evil: when people find rational excuses for atrocities. I expected a flood of questions, but instead got intense quietness. Some of their faces were relaxed with smiles that come from pleasing the teacher. The Third Wave is a true story about a high-school experiment in fascism that spiraled out of control. Jones?" Hand curved in a similar fashion I return the gesture. Throughout the next few days students in the class would exchange this greeting. That self training. I turned off the lights in the room and walked quickly to the television set. As friends they chummed together. 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. Jones based the name of his movement on the supposed fact that the third in a series of waves is the strongest. I'm afraid something will happen to you. For a brief moment it all rushed back. No. This rally is for members only.". "Mr. Jones, for the first time I'm learning lots of things." He was surprised when around twenty of the students made such reports. In this case it was Steve running down the street shouting "Mr. Jones, Mr. Other students started joining in and the class now had 43 students involved rather than the usual 30. Strength through discipline Always we said them together, emphasizing the proper way to sit, stand, and talk. 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 hearing of our activity he simply lost control Late in the evening he broke into the room and tore it apart. The room was empty of sound. 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. From Ron's description it is clear to me that his students (many? You are responsible for stopping any student that is not a Third Wave member from entering this room. This lesson was the question that started our plunge in studying Nazi life. The room remained in fixed silence but for the first time I could sense people breathing. They had committed themselves in front of their peers to radical behavior. 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. We know the fear of being left out. Embellished or not, this information is in-valuable and clearly possible. Then say goodbye. Then smiled, and slowly raised a hand in a cupped position. We did this again, and again. Then add two more until finally the whole class was standing and reciting. No one moved. Rather than a televised address of their leader, the students were presented with an empty channel. There was much more to see and try to understand. I was only doing my job. Be meaningful. 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. They began to panic. The power of the will. It debuted on October 10[11] It was produced by Philip Neel and Mark Hancock, two of Jones's own former students. 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. In the case of war criminals such as Adolf Eichmann, he constructed no banal excuses for his actions, and acted according to his own ideals and his own plans, according to those already set up by the Nazi regime. Yesterday I ran into one of those students. The room sweat and smelt like a locker room. Students slowly rose from their Chairs and without words filed into the outdoor light. 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. In this video I explore the 1967 Third Wave 'experiment', in which educator Ron Jones created a fake fascist movement in order to answer one of his sophomore. To grab quick solution. Steve will continue to grow and change. In ghostly images the history of the Third Reich paraded into the room. He smiled (I don't think I had ever seen him smile) and announced, "Mr. Jones I'm your bodyguard. I found one inaccuracy in his account based on what you wrote. [9] Jones instructed three students to report to him when other members of the movement failed to abide by the rules. I shared this silence with two hundred students. The Third Wave (experiment) 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 accept the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War. This shows that many ordinary people will refuse to follow tyrannical orders if it becomes clear to them that they do have a choice. I was probing deeper and deeper into my own perceptions and the motivations for group and individual action. Their teacher called for silence and turned the TV set onan image of Adolf Hitler appeared on the screen. 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. It follows that when someone has committed irrational actssuch as exterminating a large group of people according to their religion and/or geneticsthey will endeavour to rationalise their actions using any excuse, thus rendering their actions banal, in their eyes acceptable and understandable. The rabbi for one of the parents called me at home. Something in all of us. The school was alive with conjecture and curiosity. set I had in the front of the room. Late Wednesday afternoon I found Robert following me and asked what in the world was he doing. With that, I gave the salute followed automatically by two hundred arms stabbing a reply. The autobiography of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr, written from prison. If Ron Jones was in fact terminated from the school, it is clearly because humanity is afraid to let go and see what is possible. Discipline. The Third Wave experiment involved the use of authoritarian dynamics similar to Nazi Party methods of mass control in a classroom setting by high school teacher Ron Jones in Palo Alto, California, in 1967 with the goal of demonstrating to the class in a vivid way how the German public in World War II could have acted in the way it did. 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. 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. Control. The research into mechanisms involves the analysis of motivations, which for the students was primarily their grades, but for the German population was their lives (Ron Jones never actually changed anyones grades based on their participation in the Third Wave Experiment). April 21, 1967. [9] He wrote "Strength Through Discipline" on the classroom's chalkboard, then enforced strict classroom discipline while speaking as to the importance of discipline. Within days, they had a motto, flag, salute, and began to view themselves as an exclusive, elite group. One of the central points of this movement was that democracy's main weakness is that it favors the individual over the whole community. Several friends of mine posing as reporters and photographers began to interact with the crowd taking pictures and jotting frantic descriptive notes. In A Nutshell. or say then with various degrees of loudness. Motivations having been identified, it becomes easier to explain why tyrannical regimes can come to fruition and power. A strange calm is in effect when a room full of people sit in quite observation and anticipation. Played guitar and enjoyed drama. During the days of the experiment I was curious how they would respond to the equalitarian and physical reshaping of the class. tax collector. Emotionally and psychologically they had exposed themselves. It's now just a dream, something to remember, no it's something we tried to forget. Take this story with a considerable grain of salt. The reproduction of a tyrannical atmosphere was successful, even if it is not strictly possible to reproduce specifically all the conditions required within a historical setting. In fact I was surprised to find the ideas on discipline enacted at all. The rabbi became a part of the experiment In remaining ignorant of the oppression in the experiment he became an accomplice and advocate. [9], The students all arrived at 11:50 a.m. Jones had convinced a number of his friends to pose as reporters, and asked the students to demonstrate what they had learned in the minutes before the televised address would supposedly begin. In this room. 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. Ron Jones himself was, at the time, part of the Black Panther movement which was a far-Left activist organisation that was strongly opposed to the Vietnam war and the US government. To allow students the experience of direct action I gave each individual a specific verbal assignment. Scratch the surface and it appears. As abruptly as it started the film froze to a halt on a single written frame. The deductions taken from such experiments are strong when they are seen alongside natural experiments, where the events have already occurred in history and have already provided a significant and real basis for the analysis of society. "Yes.1' "Now listen carefully. This last lesson is perhaps the one of greatest importance. The march of super race. We would have put on the uniform. While debating whether to stop or go on with the experiment I talked on and on about community. Oh, you think to yourself that you were just going along for the fun. Soon the image is the only identity people will accept. I confided that they were the students selected to represent their area. The air in the room seemed to be drying up. quite the contrary. 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. "This is the final lesson to be experienced. Prompted by the trial of high-ranking Nazi and Holocaust-coordinator Adolf Eichmann, Milgram wished to assess whether . It would be too painful and demeaning for Robert and the students like him to be twisted back into a seat and told it's just a game. Being a follower. No psychological effects were reported, and his students even respected and revered him yet more for his unusual lessonhence the documentary was made by two former classmates. We get or take an ascribed role and then bend our life to fit the image. I marked three of the cards with a red X and informed the recipients that they had a special assignment to report any students not complying to class rules. 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". community, pride and action. I can tell you and anyone else about the Third Wave. The belief that human beings are basically evil and therefore unable to act well toward each other. [2], The experiment began with simple alterations such as proper seating. Several social experiments, such as The Third Wave Experiment, have taken place as an attempt to better understand the nature of tyranny and the conditions under which it comes to fruition. Without command the entire group of students returned the salute. This is the wrong interpretation and the wrong conclusion to make. I saluted back. That's how it all started. The Third Wave experiment took place at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California during the first week of April in 1967. He sat in the second row. It affected everyone. In the still darkened room I began the explanation. "Strength Through Community." 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. Moving toward the door and the world outside. [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. The intellectual skills of questioning and reasoning were non existent. The deed was concluded. Returning once again to the analyses made by Haslam, we can formulise different conclusions to the Third Wave Experiment which itself relates closely to other experiments and studies being made in the post-war years. Some couldnt even move from the shock. It's one of those occasions experienced by teachers when they least expect. We worked on this simple act for the entire class period. A new purpose. 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. he was a body guard. "There is no leader! 509-10) told his students in the . and not themselves. You bargained your freedom for the comfort of discipline and superiority. Leler, Robin and Sakuma, Bernice. Over two hundred students were crammed into the room. In 1967, teacher Ron Jones conducted a social experiment with unexpected results. 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. I turned it off. Here Ive met a student and we've talked for hours about this nightmare. 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. What's his name? Taken to an extreme we have seen and perhaps felt what these actions will lead to. Class expanded from its initial 30 students to a total of 43. Of believing so thoroughly in yourself and your community or family that you will do anything to preserve, protect and extend that being. The other option of just letting the experiment run its course was also out of the question. In the study, an . His students where attached to the order. Each Student had a job and they weren't to . Not knowing when and if you'd ever see each other again. It was a full page color advertisement in the current issue of Time for some lumber products. It was one of the most interesting classes I have ever had. The mystique of thirty individuals doing this strange gyration soon brought more attention to the class and its experiment into the German personality. The pleasure of doing something right and being rewarded. He said that he invented the term "The Third Wave" and the salute for it. The factors that motivated the students then were: fear of losing marks; confidence and pride in their tutor; and a desire to be part of an exciting new movement that would change their world. I told the assembly that a full explanation would take quite a while. [1] The idea that democracy emphasises individuality was considered a drawback, and Jones emphasised this main point of the movement in its motto: "Strength through discipline, strength through community, strength through action, strength through pride. So, he decided to demonstrate this . Others cried openly and then brushed away tears to carry on. Eyes strained and pulled at the light but the pattern didn't change. Simultaneous to this announcement over 1000 youth groups from every part of the country would stand up and display their support for such a movement. I have a question for you. Third Wave banners hung like clouds over the assembly. How could the townspeople, railroad conductors, teachers, doctors, claim they knew nothing about concentration camps and human carnage. Let me show you your future. The machine came to life producing a luminous field of phosphorus light. I would dismiss the class allowing them to leave their desks and then call them abruptly back to an attention sitting position. It was for class members only. Edit: here is a video and post of Sherry Tousley describing the assembly in the gym on the last day among other things. The subjects were told that they were taking part in a rare experiment studying education. They were doing something together. It was 12:05. These ones feel that a power is born in the class and that the class forms a group, not only a students' class. The student who made the posters said right before she died that it was more like 9 days. It was something we all wanted to forget. The school cook asked what a Third Wave cookie looked like. [9] Jones started a movement called "The Third Wave" and told his students that the movement aimed to eliminate democracy. Where is their curiosity or resistance to this marshal behavior. Evil in itself is not banal, and evil acts do not necessarily have to be committed by evil people. You would hear a crash of cafeteria food only to have it followed by two classmates saluting each other. Many critics believe that the so-called soft sciences such as sociology cannot produce any accurate conclusions, but the thesis brought forward recently by Haslam and Reicher is strong and has, with the help of other theorists, built a new attitude towards the conclusions arising from social experiments. Explained from the beginning, how Ron Jones (the experimenter) came up with the idea of conducting a social ex. Shereen Lehman, MS. The group seemed to be composed of students from many persuasions. In the faculty room (closed to students) he stood at silent attention while I gulped some coffee. The salute was give. They aren't bright, they can't make the athletic teams, and don't strike out for attention. I sensed myself moving from an introspective participant in the event toward the role of teacher. The involvement level in the class moved from the few who always dominated discussions to the entire class. Milgram's original "shock box" displayed at the Ontario Science Centre. The feeling of never acting, never being a part of something, never supporting each other. He told me about his friends that had been killed in Germany. Controversial and unorthodox as the Third Wave Experiment might be, there is a lot we can take from social experiments such as these, especially amidst the disaster and upheaval we have witnessed so far in 2020. All day long he opened and closed doors for me. Situations in which students were pitted against each other In everything from gym to reading. 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