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Toffler’s Wave Theory Timeline
Toffler’s Three Waves Work Nature, society and culture Technological Advances Scientific Discoveries Education Brittany Hunt EDUC 7100 Summer 2013
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6 Strands Overview Strand 1: Toffler’s three waves Wave One: Agriculture Age Wave Two: Industrial Age Wave Three: Industrial Age Wave Four: Communication Age Strand 2: Key Technological Advances and innovations for each decade Economic growth, expansion, unemployment, fossil fuel powered era, global warming and carbon emission beginning Strand 3: Work Business and corporate philosophies by decade Strand 4: Education Important theories of learning and instruction by decade Strand 5: Nature, Society and Culture Events that determined the thinking of each decade. Strand 6: Scientific Discoveries
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Strand 1 8000 BC – Agricultural Age: 1800 – Industrial Age 1950 –
Information Age 1970 –present Communication Age
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1900 1901- Nordstrom and Walgreens established.
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 1901- Nordstrom and Walgreens established. 1903- Ford Motor Company and Kraft Foods established 1906- Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad, Kellogg Company and Dr. Scholl’s established 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 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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1910s 1911- Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system. 1912- Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras. 1910- Black and Decker was established 1910- Paramount Records was founded 1913- Prada was founded 1918- Dickies was founded The decade was marked by a severe shortage of teachers 1913- Edward Lee Thorndike published “Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning” 2,150,000 people unemployed 12 day cruise $60 Whiskey $3.50/gallon, milk $0.32/gallon Average salary $750/yr 1910- Halley’s Comet Makes an Appearance 1911- Ernest Rutherford discovers the Structure of an Atom 1918- Daylight Savings Time introduced
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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. 1921- Greyhound Motors established 1921- Mitsubishi Electric established 1926- National Broadcasting Company formed. 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. Unemployment rate 5.2% Teacher’s salary $970; avg annual earning $1236 Gangland crime included murder, swindles, racketeering 1920- Frederick Banting and Charles Best co-discover insulin 1923- First vaccine for Diphtheria 1929- Oskar Klein discovers the Klein paradox
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1930s 1930- Photoflash bulb replaces dangerous flash powder
1930- Lowell Thomas begins first U.S. network newscast 1935- Magnetophone 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. 1931- Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District first successful school desegregation case Average yearly salary: $1,368 21 lynchings 2,787,400 car sales Great Depression 1930- Pluto Discovered 1931- Auguste Piccard reaches stratosphere 1932- Scientists Split the atom
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1940s 1940- The Frawley Pen Company (Paper Mate) launched
1940- Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system 1942- John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer 1946- microwave 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. 1942- General Equivalency Diploma program was established 1947- Educational Testing Service is founded National Debt $43 Billion Teacher’s salary $1,441 34,500 auto deaths Cold War began 55% of U.S. homes have indoor plumbing 1948- “Big Bang” Theory formulated 1949- Soviet Union has Atomic Bomb
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1950s 1951- Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder (VTR) 1953- David Warren invented the black box-flight recorder 1955- Optic fiber invented 1950- David’s Bridal established 1952- Holiday Inn established 1955- Aflac Incorporated founded 1959- Conair Corporation was founded 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. 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. 1950- First Organ transplant 1952- Polio Vaccine created 1953- DNA Discovered 1957- Sputnik launches space age
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1960s 1960- Shoe Show, Inc. was founded 1960- Inclusion was introduced
1962- Audio cassette invented 1962- Spacewar, the first computer video game invented 1964- BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz. 1960- Shoe Show, Inc. was founded 1961- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts was established 1968- Intel Corporation was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce 1960- Inclusion was introduced 1963- Samuel Kirk coins the term “Learning Disability” 1965- Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) passed (lead to Title 1) Minimum wage $1.00 Teacher’s Salary: $5,174 th Street Baptist Church Bombing 1964- Civil Rights Act Passed in U.S. 1960- birth control pill is approved by the FDA 1961- Soviets launch first man in space 1963- First woman in space
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1970s 1970- FedEx Office established
1970- The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart 1971- the liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason. 1973-The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox. 1970- FedEx Office established 1973- Re/Max International was founded. 1975- El Pollo Loco established 1975- Chili’s Grill & Bar was established 1972- Title IX passed prohibiting discrimination under any education program receiving federal financial assistance. 1975- “Free Appropriate public education” in least restrictive setting. National Debt: $382 billion Average salary: $7,564 1970- Beatles broke up 1972- Terrorists attack at the Olympic Games in Munich 1973- Gene splicing invented 1974- Giorgio Fischer invented liposuction 1978- first test-tube baby born
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1980s 1985- Windows program invented by Microsoft
1986- Fuju introduced the disposable camera 1987- first 3D video game invented 1980- HobbyTown USA was founded 1983- HBO Films was created. 1986- Acura was formed as the luxury vehicle division of Honda Motor Company. 1982- US Supreme Court invalidates “Creationism Act” 1984- Emergency Immigration Education Act enacted providing services and offsetting the cost of school districts that have large numbers of immigrant students 1986-National Debt $2 trillion 1987- Disposable contact lenses invented BMW was $12,000 20 million people attended movies/week 1980- Hepatitis B vaccine invented 1982- Human growth hormone genetically engineered 1988- Doppler radar invented by Christian Doppler
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1990s 1990- The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee 1990- Jamba Juice Company was founded 1994- Dreamworks Studios was established 1996- Dish Network Corporation was founded 1992- First charter school appears in Michigan (City Academic High School) 1993- Massachusetts Education Reform Act requires common curriculum and statewide tests. 1990- Nelson Mandela Freed 1992- Riots in Los Angeles after the Rodney King Verdict Minimum wage: $5.15 Teacher’s Salary: $39,347 1994- HIV protease inhibitor invented 1997- The gas-powered fuel cell invented 1999- Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth
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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 2005- Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) clothing line was established 2009- Maybach Music Group (MMG) was created 2001– No Child Left Behind Act signed into law. 2003- Higher Education Act is reauthorized, expanding access to higher education for low & middle income students. 2001- Apple announced their portable music digital player the iPod 2001- World Trade Center bombing 2005- YouTube was invented Barack Obama elected as first African American president. 2001- Artificial liver invented by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura and Alin Foundation 2001- AbioCor artificial heart invented 2001- British scientists identified three new planets outside our Solar System
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