Is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in palo alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as nazism are recreated in the ...Is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in palo alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher burt ross introduces a "New" System to his students.