Six Strands of Society
Strand 1:
Wave Theory
Strand 2:
Technology
Strand 3:
Business and
Corporate
Developments
Strand 4:
Educational
Theories of
Learning and
Instruction
Strand 5:
Society
and
Culture
Strand 6:
Government
and Politics
Strand One: Wave Theory
Agricultural Wave
1650 - 1750
Movement away from
hunting and gathering
towards development
of villages and farms.
Movement away
from a culture of
farming towards
development of
factories and cities.
Industrial Wave
1750 - 1955
Information Wave
1955 - 2015
Also called the
knowledge age, this
wave is mainly driven by
information technology.
Movement away from
the human task force
into digital
replacements for most
everything.
Digital Age
2015 -
Strand Two: Technology
1900-1921
1901
The first radio
receiver,
successfully
received a radio
transmission.
Edward Binney
and Harold
Smith co-invent
crayons.
The gyrocompass
invented by Elmer A.
Sperry.
Thomas Edison
demonstrated the first
talking motion picture.
1903
1920
1913
1908
1910
The crossword puzzle
invented by Arthur
Wynne.
Radio tuners
invented, that
received different
stations.
James Smathers
develops the first
electric typewriter.
Artificial life begins -the first robot built.
1916
1921
Strand Two: Technology
1920-1940
1923
1936
1930
The television or
iconoscope (cathoderay tube) invented by
Vladimir Kosma
Zworykin.
Notebooks with spiral
bindings invented.
1924
The "differential
analyzer", or analog
computer invented by
Vannevar Bush at
MIT in Boston.
Joseph Begun invents
the first tape recorder
for broadcasting - first
magnetic recording.
1934
1939
Bell Labs invents the
voice recognition
machine.
The ballpoint pen
invented by Ladislo
Biro.
1938
The electron
microscope invented
Strand Two: Technology
1940-1960
1941
Konrad Zuse's Z3,
the first computer
controlled by
software.
John Atanasoff
and Clifford
Berry built the
first electronic
digital computer.
1947
1942
1959
1957
1951
First Generation of
Computers: Univac
Bette Nesmith
Graham invented
"Mistake Out," later
renamed Liquid
Paper, to paint over
mistakes made with a
typewriter.
1956
Fortran (computer
language) invented.
The computer modem
invented.
1958
Jack Kilby and Robert
Noyce both invent the
microchip. Second
Generation of
Computers:
Transistors
Strand Two: Technology
1960‘s
1962
1968
1964
The audio cassette
invented.
Acrylic paint invented.
Third Generation of
Computers:
Integrated Circuits.
Spacewar, the
first computer
video game
invented.
The first handheld
calculator invented.
The arpanet (first
internet) invented.
1967
1962
Robert Dennard
invented RAM
(random access
memory).
1969
Strand Two: Technology
1970‘s
1971
1976
1974
The microprocessor
invented by Faggin,
Hoff and Mazor
which began the
Fourth Generation
of Computers.
The word
processor
invented.
The post-it notes
invented by Arthur
Fry.
The ink-jet printer
invented.
Cell phones invented.
The laser printer
invented.
1972
1975
1979
Strand Two: Technology
1980‘s
1981
1985
1984
MS-DOS invented.
The Apple Macintosh
invented.
Windows program
invented by Micros
Digital cellular phones
invented.
The first IBM-PC
invented.
1981
The CD-ROM
invented.
1984
1988
Strand Two: Technology
1990‘s
1990
The World Wide
Web and Internet
protocol (HTTP)
and WWW
language (HTML)
created by Tim
Berners-Lee
The digital
answering
machine invented
1996
1993
The pentium
processor invented.
Web TV invented.
The Java computer
language invented.
1991
1995
The gas-powered fuel
cell invented
1997
Strand Two: Technology
2000 - 2010
2001
2008
2005
Apple Computers
publicly announced
their portable music
digital player the
iPod
Intel Express
Chipsets were
invented by Intel
YouTube - the online
video sharing and
viewing community was invented in 2005
by Steve Chen, Chad
Hurley and Jawed
Karim.
There are more than
92 million websites
online.
2004
2006
Apple introduces the
MacBook Air laptop
computer.
Microsoft launches
Microsoft Office 2010,
including online
versions for "cloud"
computing.
2010
Strand Three: Business and Corporate
1900-1940
1913
1901
J. P. Morgan combines ten
separate companies,
including Carnegie Steel,
to form the United States
Steel Corporation.
W. K. Kellogg starts
the Battle Creek
Toasted Corn Flake
Company.
1906
Ford introduces the
assembly line.
Along with
Westinghouse and
other companies,
General Electric
forms the Radio
Corporation of
America (RCA).
1936
1923
With his brother Roy, Walt
Disney forms Disney Brothers
Studio, which later becomes
the Walt Disney Company.
The National
Broadcasting
Company (NBC) is
formed, with General
Electric a part
owner.
1919
1926
The United Auto
Workers stage their
first sit-down strike.
David Packard and
William Hewlett form
Hewlett-Packard to
sell the audio
oscillator they
invented.
1939
Strand Three: Business and Corporate
1941- 1980
1957
1947
Three Bell Labs scientists
invent the transistor.
Richard and Maurice
McDonald open their
first fast-food
restaurant in San
Bernadino,
California.
1948
1971
1962
The first Japanese
car, a Toyota, is sold
in the United States.
Bank of America
launches the first
credit card.
The first Wal-Mart store
opens in Rogers, Arkansas.
Children's Television
Workshop broadcasts
the first episode of
Sesame Street.
1958
1969
The first Starbucks
coffee shop opens in
Seattle, Washington.
Bill Gates and Paul
Allen form Microsoft
to develop software
for personal
computers.
1975
Strand Three: Business and Corporate
1980-2010
1984
Apple introduces the
Macintosh computer,
which includes such
features as a mouse
and graphical user
interface.
Steve Case helps
start Quantum
Computer Services,
which later becomes
America Online
(AOL).
1985
2000
1994
1987
Microsoft Bookshelf is
Microsoft's first
product on CD-ROM.
Time, Inc., and
Warner
Communications
merge, forming Time
Warner.
1989
General Electric
launches
www.ge.com ,
becoming the first
Fortune 500 company
to go online.
Jeff Bezos opens
Amazon.com on the
Internet, offering one
million titles.
1995
Reflecting the growth
of its discount stores,
Dayton Hudson
changes its name to
Target Corporation.
The purchase of
Compaq Computer
Corporation makes
Hewlett-Packard the
second-largest
computer
manufacturer in the
world.
2002
Strand Four: Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction
1900-1940
1913
1906
Ivan Pavlov publishes his
findings on Classical
Conditioning
Marie Montessori
tests her teaching
approach at
elementary level
Edward Thorndike’s
book, Educational
Psychology: The
Psychology of
Learning is
published.
The Progressive
Education Association
is founded with the
goal of reforming
American education.
1907
1936
1922
1919
Edward C. Tolman publishes
A New Formula for
Behaviorism
Max Wertheimer
describes the
principles of Gestalt
Theory to the Kant
Society in Berlin.
1924
Ralph W. Tyler - Eight
Year Study use of
general and
behavioral objectives
and formative
evaluation.
William Bagley writes
Education and
Emergent Man.
1934
Strand Four: Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction
1941- 1980
1953
1941
World War II led to
increase of funding for
education research and
development
Ralph Tyler publishes
Basic Principles of
Curriculum and
Instruction
1949
1970
1961
Burrhus Frederic
(B.F.) Skinner’s
Science and Human
Behavior is
published.
Benjamin Bloom Taxonomy of
Educational
Objectives
Jerome Bruner publishes The
Process of Education
Robert Gagne
published The
Conditions of
Learning
1956
Jean Piaget’s book,
The Science of
Education, is
published.
Bernice McCarthy
develops 4MAT
System.
1962
1972
Strand Four: Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction
1980-2010
1990
1984
David Kolb, an advocate for
experiential learning,
publishes "Experiential
Learning: Experience as the
Source of Learning and
Development".
Hypercard develped
by Bill Atkinson
1987
2010
Ten Steps to Complex
Learning was written
by Jeroen van
Merrienboer
Charles Reigeluth breaks ground with
his paper on Elaboration Theory.
According to Reigeluth, Elaboration
Theory, instruction should be organized
in increasing order of complexity for
optimal learning.
Bernie Dodge and
Tom March
developed Webquest
1995
David Wiley, develops
Learning Object
Design and
Sequencing Theory
(LODAS).
2000
Strand Five: Nature of Society and Culture
1900-1940
1912
1902
The Teddy Bear Is
Introduced.
The first silent movie,
The Great Train
Robbery.
1903
1931
1923
The Titanic Sinks.
World war I begins.
Charleston Dance becomes
popular.
Flapper dresses in
style.
1917
U.S. officially gets
National Anthem.
Chesseburger
created..
1923
1934
Strand Five: Nature of Society and Culture
1941- 1980
1955
1942
T-shirt introduced
Slinky Toys are
popular
Disneyland opens.
Dr. Seuss Publishes
The Cat in the Hat
1945
1973
1964
1957
Beatles become popular in
U.S.
First Super Bowl
Abortion legalized in
U.S.
Elvis found dead.
1967
1977
Strand Five: Nature of Society and Culture
1980-2010
1993
1982
E.T. Movie released
Pan Am Flight 103 Is
Bombed Over
Lockerbie
1988
2004
Indian Ocean tsunami
killed 300,000
people..
Use of the Internet grows exponentially.
Scientists clone
sheep.
Terrorists attacks on
U.S. including World
Trade Center.
1997
2001
1910
1901
Congress passes what is known as the
Right of Way Act, permitting the use of
rights of way through forest reserves and
national parks for electrical power,
telephone and telegraph communication,
and irrigation and water supply.
Theodore Roosevelt
coined the "Square
Deal" to describe his
governing philosophy
1904
1933
1920
The NAACP is
founded to protect the
rights of African
Americans
The USA accounts for
67% of the world's oil
output.
1917
Universal female suffrage in
the USA
Stock markets crash
around the world and
beginning of the
"Great Depression"
1923
President Franklin
Roosevelt launches
the "New Deal"
The USA government
establishes the Ames
Aeronautical
Laboratory (later
renamed Ames
Research Center) at
Moffett Field
1939
1950
1942
The USA government
launches the "Manhattan
Project" to build a nuclear
bomb under the direction
of Robert Oppenheimer, a
professor of Physics at UC
Berkeley
The United Nations
Organization is
founded in New York
1945
1972
1963
United Nations troops
led by the USA push
back Chinese troops
in Korea
The USA government
sets up the National
Aeronautics and
Space Agency
(NASA) as well as the
the Defense
Advanced
1958
President John Kennedy is
assassinated
520,000 USA troops
are in Vietnam
1968
Richard Nixon meets
with communist
China's leader Mao
An accident at the
Three Mile Island
nuclear power plant
stops development of
new nuclear power
plants in the USA
1979
1991
1981
The USA funds "Contras"
based in Honduras to fight
Nicaragua's communist
regime of the Sandinistas
The USA, under
president Reagan,
engages the Soviet
Union in a nucleararms race
2009
The USA, Canada
and Mexico sign the
"North American Free
Trade Agreement"
(NAFTA)
1983
The
USA
loses
741,000
jobs
in
January alone, the
most since 1949, and
unemployment
hits
9.7%, the highest rate
in 26 years
The USA leads the Gulf War against
Iraq, the first war to use high-precision
bombs guided by the GPS
1993
The USA and Britain
invade Iraq to remove
Saddam Hussein from
power, starting a civil
war
2001