1. Toffler’s Wave Theory
LaVerne’s Time Line

2. Agricultural Wave ~8000 B.C. - ~1750 A.D.
Villages
Cultivating the land
Interdependent Families
Tools
Trading

3. Industrial Wave ~1700 A.D. ~1955 A.D.
Factories
Railroads
Food processing
Civil War
Steel Mills
Auto Plants

4. Information Wave ~1950 A.D.- ~2000 A.D.
Newspapers
Memos
Typewriters
Post Office
Radio
Television

5. Communication Wave ~1980 A.D. -2009 A. D.
Computers
Internet
Cell Phones
IPODS
Skype

6. References:
Toffler, A. (1980) The Third Wave. p. 14. New York. Bantam Books
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