TOFFLER’S WAVE THEORY
TIMELINE
Toffler’s
Three
Waves
Technological
Advances
Work
Education
Nature,
Scientific
society and
Discoveries
culture
Brittany Hunt
EDUC 7100
Summer 2013
6 STRANDS OVERVIEW
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Strand 1: Toffler’s three waves
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Wave One: Agriculture Age
Wave Two: Industrial Age
Wave Three: Industrial Age
Wave Four: Communication Age
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Economic growth, expansion, unemployment, fossil fuel powered era,
global warming and carbon emission beginning
Strand 2: Key Technological Advances and innovations for each
decade
Strand 3: Work
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Business and corporate philosophies by decade
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Important theories of learning and instruction by decade
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Events that determined the thinking of each decade.
Strand 4: Education
Strand 5: Nature, Society and Culture
Strand 6: Scientific Discoveries
Strand
1
8000 BC –
1800 –
1950 –
1970 –present
Agricultural Age:
Industrial Age
Information Age
Communication
Age
1900
1900-The
Brownie camera
was invented;
began the
Eastman Kodak
company
1901- Mercedes
35 HP, a radical
early car model
was designed by
Wilhelm
Maybach and
Paul Daimler
1906- Sound
radio
broadcasting was
invented by
Reginald
Fessenden
http://inventors.about.co
m/od/timelines/a/twentie
th.htm
1901Nordstrom and
Walgreens
established.
1903- Ford
Motor
Company and
Kraft Foods
established
1906- Georgia
Coast and
Piedmont
Railroad,
Kellogg
Company and
Dr. Scholl’s
established
http://retailindustry.abou
t.com/od/americanretailh
istory/a/Oldest-U-SRetail-IndustryCompanies-In-Business-
Association
of American
Universities
was formed
to promote
high
standards
among
universities
First
elementary
founded by
John Dewey
8,000 cars
and 10 miles of
paved roads
People were
very clothes
conscious and
clothes were
“costumy”
Women
arrested for
smoking in
public
Average
worker made
$12.98/wk for
59 hrs
http://kclibrary.lone
star.edu/decade00.ht
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1900- Planck
discovers the
quantum
nature of
energy
1903- Wright
brothers flew
the first
motorized
plane
1909- Ehrlich
finds cure for
syphilis
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entries/dm09sy.htm
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1910s
1911- Charles
Franklin
Kettering inve
nts the first
automobile
electrical
ignition
system.
1912Motorized
movie cameras
invented,
replaced handcranked
cameras.
http://inventors.
about.com/od/ti
melines/a/twenti
1910- Black
and Decker
was
established
1910Paramount
Records was
founded
1913- Prada
was founded
1918- Dickies
was founded
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Category:
Companies_establi
shed_in_1918
The decade
1910-1919 was
marked by a
severe
shortage of
teachers
1913Edward Lee
Thorndike
published
“Educational
Psychology:
The
Psychology of
Learning”
http://www.encyclo
pedia.com/doc/1G23468300398.html
2,150,000
people
unemployed
1910- Halley’s
Comet Makes
an Appearance
12 day cruise 1911- Ernest
$60
Rutherford
discovers the
Whiskey
Structure of an
$3.50/gallon,
Atom
milk
$0.32/gallon
1918- Daylight
Savings Time
Average
introduced
salary $750/yr
http://history1
http://kclibrary 900s.about.co
.lonestar.edu/d m/od/timelines
ecade10.html
/tp/1910timeli
ne.htm
1920s
1923- Garret
Morgan
invented the
traffic signal.
1927- first
modern and
practical
respirator
nicknamed
the “iron lung”
was invented
by Philip
Drinker and
Louis Shaw.
1921Greyhound
Motors
established
1921Mitsubishi
Electric
established
1926National
Broadcasting
Company
formed.
http://1920s.web http://en.wikipe
s.com/technologi dia.org/wiki/Cat
caladvances.ht
egory:Companie
1922- Council for
Exceptional
Children (CEC)
formed
1926-Scholastic
Aptitude Test
(SAT) first
administered
1929- Jean
Piaget’s “The
Child Conception
of the World”
published
detailing his
theory of
cognitive
development.
http://www.slidesh
are.net/melboutin/
timeline-of-us-
Unemploym
ent rate 5.2%
Teacher’s
salary $970;
avg annual
earning $1236
Gangland
crime
included
murder,
swindles,
racketeering
1920Frederick
Banting and
Charles Best
co-discover
insulin
1923- First
vaccine for
Diphtheria
1929- Oskar
Klein
discovers the
Klein paradox
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1930s
1930Photoflash
bulb replaces
dangerous
flash powder
1930- Lowell
Thomas
begins first
U.S. network
newscast
1935Magnetophon
e recorder
invented
1930- Publix
Super Markets,
Inc. founded
1934- Walt
Disney
Animation
Studios began
to operate as a
feature
animation
studio.
1937- US
Airways
established.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Category:Airlines_est
ablished_in_1939
1931- Alvarez
vs. the Board
of Trustees of
the Lemon
Grove School
District first
successful
school
desegregation
case
http://www.sli
deshare.net/m
elboutin/timel
ine-of-useducation4474399
Average
yearly salary:
$1,368
1930- Pluto
Discovered
1931- Auguste
21 lynchings Piccard
reaches
2,787,400
stratosphere
car sales
1932Great
Scientists
Depression
Split the atom
http://kclibrar
y.lonestar.edu
/decade30.htm
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http://history1
900s.about.co
m/od/timeline
s/tp/1930timel
ine.htm
1940s
1940- Peter
Goldmark
invents modern
color television
system
1942- John
Atanasoff &
Clifford Berry
built the first
electronic
digital
computer
1946microwave
oven invented
by Percy
Spencer.
1940- The
Frawley Pen
Company
(Paper Mate)
launched
1943- Jo-Ann
Stores Inc
founded
1947- H&M
(Hennes &
Mauritz)
retail stores
was
established.
http://en.wiki
http://inventors pedia.org/wik
.about.com/od/t
1942General
Equivalency
Diploma
program was
established
National
Debt $43
Billion
1948- “Big
Bang” Theory
formulated
Teacher’s
salary $1,441
1949- Soviet
Union has
Atomic Bomb
1947Educational
Testing
Service is
founded
34,500 auto
deaths
http://www.sl
ideshare.net/
melboutin/ti
meline-of-useducation4474399
55% of U.S.
homes have
indoor
plumbing
Cold War
began
http://kclibrary.lones
tar.edu/decade40.ht
http://history
1900s.about.c
om/od/timelin
es/tp/1940tim
eline.htm
1950s
1951- Charles
Ginsburg
invented the
first video
tape recorder
(VTR)
1953- David
Warren
invented the
black boxflight recorder
1955- Optic
fiber invented
1950- David’s
Bridal
established
1952- Holiday
Inn
established
1955- Aflac
Incorporated
founded
1959- Conair
Corporation
was founded
http://inventor http://en.wikipe
s.about.com/od dia.org/wiki/Cat
/timelines/a/m egory:Companie
1953- BF
Skinner’s
“Science and
Human
Behavior”
published
influencing
American
education
1954- Brown v.
Board of
Education of
Topeka ruled
separate is not
equal.
http://www.slidesh
are.net/melboutin/
timeline-of-useducation-4474399
Population:
151,684,000
3,288,000
people
unemployed
1955- Rosa
Parks refuses to
give up her seat
on a bus
Bomb shelter
plans, like the
gov’t pamphlet
You Can
Survive, became
widely
available.
http://kclibrary.l
1950- First
Organ
transplant
1952- Polio
Vaccine
created
1953- DNA
Discovered
1957- Sputnik
launches
space age
http://history19
00s.about.com/o
d/timelines/tp/1
950timeline.htm
1960s
1962- Audio
cassette
invented
1960- Shoe
Show, Inc. was
founded
1962Spacewar, the
first computer
video game
invented
1961- Four
Seasons Hotels
and Resorts
was
established
1964- BASIC
(an early
computer
language) is
invented by
John Kemeny
and Tom
Kurtz.
1968- Intel
Corporation
was founded by
Gordon Moore
and Robert
Noyce
http://inventors.ab
http://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Cat
egory:Companie
1960Inclusion was
introduced
1963- Samuel
Kirk coins the
term
“Learning
Disability”
1965Elementary
and
Secondary
Education Act
(ESEA)
passed (lead
to Title 1)
Minimum
wage $1.00
Teacher’s
Salary: $5,174
1963- 16th
Street Baptist
Church
Bombing
1960- birth
control pill is
approved by
the FDA
1961- Soviets
launch first
man in space
1963- First
woman in
space
1964- Civil
Rights Act
Passed in U.S. http://history1
900s.about.co
http://kclibrar m/od/timeline
y.lonestar.edu s/tp/1960timel
/decade60.htm ine.htm
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1970s
1970- The
floppy disk
invented by
Alan Shugart
1970- FedEx
Office
established
1971- the liquid- 1973- Re/Max
International
crystal display
(LCD) invented was founded.
by James
Fergason.
1973-The
ethernet (local
computer
network)
invented by
Robert Metcalfe
and Xerox.
http://inventors.
about.com/od/ti
melines/a/moder
1975- El Pollo
Loco
established
1975- Chili’s
Grill & Bar
was
established
http://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Cat
egory:Companie
1972- Title IX
passed
prohibiting
discrimination
under any
education
program
receiving federal
financial
assistance.
National
Debt: $382
billion
1975- “Free
Appropriate
public
education” in
least restrictive
setting.
1972Terrorists
attack at the
Olympic
Games in
Munich
http://www.slidesh
are.net/melboutin/
timeline-of-useducation-4474399
http://history19
00s.about.com/o
d/timelines/tp/1
970timeline.htm
1973- Gene
splicing
invented
Average
salary: $7,564
1974- Giorgio
Fischer
invented
1970- Beatles
liposuction
broke up
1978- first
test-tube baby
born
http://inventor
s.about.com/od
/timelines/a/m
odern_3.htm
1980s
1985Windows
program
invented by
Microsoft
1980HobbyTown
USA was
founded
1983- HBO
Films was
created.
1982- US
Supreme Court
invalidates
“Creationism
Act”
1984Emergency
1986- Fuju
Immigration
introduced the
Education Act
disposable
1986- Acura
enacted
camera
was formed as providing
services and
the luxury
1987- first 3D vehicle division offsetting the
cost of school
video game
of Honda
districts that
invented
Motor
have large
Company.
numbers of
http://inventor
immigrant
s.about.com/o http://en.wikipedi students
d/timelines/a/ a.org/wiki/Catego
modern_4.htm ry:Companies_es http://www.slide
tablished_in_198
share.net/melbo
1986-National
Debt $2
trillion
1987Disposable
contact lenses
invented
BMW was
$12,000
1980Hepatitis B
vaccine
invented
1982- Human
growth
hormone
genetically
engineered
20 million
people
attended
movies/week
1988- Doppler
radar
invented by
Christian
Doppler
http://kclibrar
y.lonestar.edu
http://inventor
s.about.com/o
1990s
1990- The
World Wide
Web and
Internet
protocol
(HTTP) and
WWW
language
(HTML)
created by
Tim BernersLee
1990- Jamba
Juice
Company was
founded
1994Dreamworks
Studios was
established
1996- Dish
Network
Corporation
http://inventor was founded
s.about.com/od
/timelines/a/m http://en.wikip
odern_5.htm
edia.org/wiki/
Category:Com
panies_establi
1992- First
charter school
appears in
Michigan (City
Academic High
School)
1990- Nelson
Mandela
Freed
1992- Riots in
Los Angeles
after the
Rodney King
Verdict
1993Massachusetts
Education
Reform Act
Minimum
requires
wage: $5.15
common
curriculum and
statewide tests. Teacher’s
1994- HIV
protease
inhibitor
invented
1997- The gaspowered fuel
cell invented
Salary:
http://www.slides $39,347
1999Scientists
measure the
fastest wind
speed ever
recorded on
earth
hare.net/melbout
in/timeline-of-useducation4474399
melines/a/moder
http://kclibrar http://inventors.
y.lonestar.edu/ about.com/od/ti
2000s
2002- Virtual
Keyboard
invented by
Canesta and
VKB
2003- Toyota
invented the
Hybrid Car
2003- Optical
Camouflage
System
invented
2000- Aviation
Technology
Group was
founded
2005Billionaire
Boys Club
(BBC) clothing
line was
established
2001– No
Child Left
Behind Act
signed into
law.
2003- Higher
Education Act
is
reauthorized,
expanding
2009- Maybach access to
higher
Music Group
education for
(MMG) was
low & middle
created
income
http://en.wikipe students.
http://inventors.
about.com/od/ti
melines/a/Moder dia.org/wiki/Cat
nInvention.htm egory:Record_la
bels_established
http://www.slidesh
are.net/melboutin/
2001- Apple
announced
their portable
music digital
player the
iPod
2001- World
Trade Center
bombing
2001- Artificial
liver invented
by Dr. Kenneth
Matsumura and
Alin Foundation
2001- AbioCor
artificial heart
invented
2005YouTube was
invented
2001- British
scientists
identified three
new planets
outside our
Solar System
2008- Barack
Obama elected
as first
http://www.time.co
m/time/specials/20
07/article/0,28804,
1686204_1686252_
1690945,00.html