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Comprehension Vocabulary Shadowing Quiz Dictation Writing Practice

The Wave.

Ben Ross teaches history at Gordon High School.

Now his class is studying World War II.

One day, he shows them a film about real events.

They show what Hitler and the Nazis did to the Jewish people.

The terrible actions surprise and confuse the students.

They don't understand how and why the Germans did nothing to stop the Nazis.

Ben doesn't have a good answer for them.

So he thinks about it for a bit and comes up with an experiment.

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The next day, Ben writes a slogan on the blackboard.

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It's "Strength through discipline."

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When his class arrives, he commands them to walk, talk, and sit in a certain way.

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The students obey without question.

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They like the discipline.

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They feel that it gives them power.

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