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Chapters 1-9 Of The Wave By Todd Strasser

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In chapters 1-9 of The Wave by Todd Strasser Mr. Ross, a history teacher, has always tried to teach his students at Gordon High School in ways that would make them feel like they were living through history, but he has noticed that majority of his students are not interested and do not really try. One day, Mr. Ross showed his history students a short documentary on Nazi concentration camps that disturbed many students. After the film, many of the students began to question why the Germans did not try to stop Hitler and his Nazi regime, but Mr. Ross could not answer their question. Ever since class that day, Ben Ross had been intrigued in finding a way to answer his students’ question. He spent many nights studying and coming up with an experiment

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