Toffler s Wave Theory Timeline-Strand 1 By Jason Vaught

Toffler’s Wave Theory Timeline-Strand 1 By: Jason Vaught

AGRICULTURAL AGE 8000 B. C. - 1750 n n n Extended Families. The family business was Agriculture. People traveled by foot or horse and children were homeschooled or learned in a one room school.

INDUSTRIAL AGE 1750 -1950 n n n Nuclear families. Top down bureaucratic factories. Students were grouped by age and grade levels. Automobiles and planes were introduced.

INFORMATION AGE 1955 -2005 n n One parent, two working parents. Automobiles, planes, computers, cell phones and Internet.

COMMUNICATION AGE 2005 -CURRENT n n One parent, two working parents. Digital classrooms

RESOURCE n Toffler, Alvin (1980). The third wave. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

Strand 2: Key technological advances and innovations for each decade

1900 -1910 n n Hubert Booth invents the vacuum cleaner in 1901 The Wright brothers’ heavier-than-air Kitty Hawk in 1903 n n Thomas Edison invents the first talking motion picture in 1910 Charles Strite invents the Pop Up toaster in 1919

1920 -1930 n n Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal in 1923 The mechanical television was invented by John Logie Baird in 1925 n n 1932 Edward Herbert Land invented the Polaroid 1933 Edwin Howard Armstrong created the Frequency modulation (FM)

1940 -1950 n n John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer in 1942 1946 Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven n n Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder in 1951 Fortran computer language was invented in 1957

1960 -1970 n n 1962 - Audio cassette 1964 - BASIC computer language was invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz n n Robert Metcalfe and Xerox invented ethernet in 1973 1979 - Cell phones

1980 -1990 n n 1981 - the first IBM-PC was invented 1984 - the Apple Macintosh was invented n n 1993 - the pentium processor 1996 - Web TV invented

2000 and beyond… n 2001 - Apple computers announced their portable music digital player the i. Pod

Resources n http: //www. associatedcontent. com/article/1 7372/technology_changes_and_inventions _in. html n http: //inventors. about. com/od/ti melines/a/twentieth_3. htm

Strand 3: The nature of work: Business and corporate philosophies

1900 -1910 n n 24 million U. S. registered workers age 10 and above in 1900 - Only 19% of women of working age participated in the work force n n 1913 The U. S. government establishes the Department of Labor 1919 a record 4 million workers strike

1920 -1930 n n 1920 Farm organization set up lobbies in Washington 1929 Stock market crashes on October 24 known as “Black Thursday” n n 1930 -1933 The Great Depression begins 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act establishes the minimum wage

1940 -1950 n n 1947 American investments abroad reached an all time high of 26. 7 billion 1949 Fair Labor Standards Act outlaws child labor n n 1950 -31 percent of U. S. women worked outside the home 1950 - the first Xerox copy machined was produced

1960 -1970 n n 1963 Congress passes the Equal Pay Act 1969 the first automated teller machine begins operating in Rockville Centre, N. Y. n n 1975 -Founding of Microsoft 1970 s. Watergate affair

1980 -1990 n n 1980 Unemployment averages 7. 1 percent On January 1, the average car costs $7, 574 n n 1998 - Google was founded 1990 s- Inception of the internet for commerce

Resources http: //inventors. about. com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_3. htm

Strand 4: Educational theories of learning and instruction

1900 -1910 n n 1901 - John Dewey interpreted the method of empirical science in educational terms 1902 Edward Thorndike offered the 1 st course in educational measurements at Columbia University n n Frederic Burk developed on of the 1 st systems of individual instruction at the San Francisco State Normal School in 1912 Washburne’s Winnetka Plan was developed in 1919

1920 -1930 n n Henry Clinton Morrison’s Morrison Plan (1925 -1935) Lewin’s Field Theory and Science of Instruction were experimented in the late 1920 s n n 1933 - Ralph W. Tyler Eight Year Study use of general and behavioral objectives and formative evaluation 1934 - William Bagley writes Education and Emergent Man

1940 -1950 n n 1946 Edgar Dale developed the Cone of Experience 1949 Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction n n 1954 B. F. Skinner publishes The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching 1956 Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

1960 -1970 n n 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was established 1969 First broadcast of Sesame Street n n 70’s –Criterion Referenced Instruction (CRI) is introduced by Robert Mager 1976 - Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak desige the Apple I computer

1980 -1990 n n 1983 Howard Gardner publishes Multiple Intelligences 1983 MD Merrill established the Component Display Theory n n 1995 Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed Webquest 1990 s use of multimedia in instruction

2000… Jeroen J G van Merrienboer refines the Four Component Instructional Design System n David Wiley develops Learning Object Design and Sequencing Theory (LODAS) n

Resources n http: //myecoach. com/project. php? id=121 52&project_step=26137

Strand 5: Nature of society and culture: What key events determined the thinking of the decade?

1900 -1910 n n 1903 Orville Wright heavierthan-air machine flight 1907 1 st successful human blood transfusion n n 1916 Americas worst polio epidemic 1918 Spanish influenza killed over 500, 000 U. S. worst single epidemic

1920 -1930 n n 1920 19 th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote 1928 Walt Disney dreams up Mickey Mouse n n 1931 - The Empire State Building was completed 1938 Cloning envisioned by Dr. Hans Spemann in Germany

1940 -1950 n n 1939 -1945 World War II 1945 first vaccine for influenza n n 1954 Brown v. BOE of Topeka Kansas 1958 Bank of America issued the first bank credit card, Bank. Americard (now Visa)

1960 -1970 n n 1963 the assassination of John F. Kennedy 1965 Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for first time n n 1972 President Nixon signs into law U. S. Father’s Day the 3 rd Sunday of June 1973 Roe v. Wade

1980 -1990 n n 1982 Michael Jackson releases Thriller 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster n n 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is instituted for the U. S. Military 1999 Columbine High School massacre

2000… Vermont becomes the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples n George W. Bush accepts the presidency after Florida ballot controversy n

References n http: //www. infoplease. com/spot/t imelinearchive. html

Strand 6: Political…

n n n n n 1905 -Russian Revolution begins 1907 - 2 nd Haque Peace Conference 1912 - Balkan Wars 1914 -1918 World War I 1920 - 19 th Amendment ratified (Women’s suffrage) 1923 - Adolf Hitler’s “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich fails 1930 s-Great Depression Uprise of Facism in the 1930 s World War II (1939 -1945) n n n n 1942 - Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington 1945 the U. S. and Soviet Union emerged as powerful nations Korean War (1950 -1953) Vietnam War(1957 -1975) The Great Chinese Famine (1959 -1962) 1961 U. S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1972 - President Nixon Watergate Scandal 1973 Roe v. Wade

n n n Global warming awareness began in the 80 s The U. S. developed the Space Shuttle program in 1981 Operation Desert Storm- 1990 Persian Gulf War (1990 -1991) 2001 - 9/11 Terrorist attack in New York

Resources n http: //www. gwu. edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB 39/ n http: //www. infoplease. com/ip a/A 0005251. html n http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/20 th_ century n http: //watergate. info/