Toffler's Wave and Technological Timeline

1st Wave - Agricultural Revolution

Period: Dec 1, 1699 to Dec 31, 1889

1st Wave - Agricultural

Jan 1, 1700

The first wave man harvested the land, and domesticated animals.

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 1775

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2nd Wave- Industrial Revolution

Jan 1, 1780

The second wave is called the Industrial Revolution. This started in the 18th to early 20th century. With the birth of production techniques and machinery the assemble lines were born. Mass production was in full force.

EDUCATION

Jan 1, 1780

Early public schools adopt the teacher/manager model with the teacher as the primary manger of instruction and assessment in a single classroom

Second Wave - Industrial Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 1950

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 1791

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EDUCATION

Sep 1, 1821

First public high school

TECHNOLOGY

Aug 26, 1843

Charles Thurber patented a typewriter.

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 1857

43 educators found The Naitonal Teachers Associations

EDUCATION

Jun 13, 1901

First Jr. College opens it doors

TECHNOLOGY

Mar 10, 1903

Duplicating machine patentedHarry Gammeter of Cleveland patented a multigraph duplicating machine.

POLITICAL

May 13, 1905

Wisconsin PrimaryThe Wisconsin legislature passes a law authorizing the nation's first presidential primary—a state election in which common citizens directly vote for the candidate they want to represent their party in the presidential election

EDUCATION

Jan 1, 1906

(1906) Ivan Pavlov publishes his findings on Classical Conditioning

BUSINESS

Feb 8, 1906

Ford opens a secret manufacturing place in Detriot using vanadium alloy

TECHNOLOGY

Aug 16, 1906

[Charles F. Kettering designed the first cash register powered by an electric motor](www.ncr.com/history/history.htm)

POLITICAL

Nov 14, 1906

The naval race between Germany and Great Britain between 1906 and 1914 created huge friction between both nations and it is seen as one of the causes of World War One. In 1906, Britain launched the first dreadnought - a ship that meant all others were redundant before its awesome fire power

BUSINESS

Oct 1, 1908

Ford Motor Co. uses assembly line to manufacture the model T

TECHNOLOGY

Aug 27, 1910

Edison uses phonograph in first talking movie
Thomas Edison demonstrated the first "talking" pictures using a phonograph in his New Jersey laboratory

EDUCATION

Feb 1, 1911

First Montessori School Tarrytown, NY, opens the first Montessori School in the United States

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 1913

Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning, is published

BUSINESS

Aug 15, 1914

Panama Canel connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

BUSINESS

Oct 19, 1915

The US Patent Office granted John Van Wormer a patent for his "paper bottle." His patent was later acquired by the American Paper Bottle Company. The first paper milk carton was introduced in 1933.

POLITICS

Oct 11, 1917

The Smith-Hughes Act passes, providing federal funding for agricultural and vocational education. It is repealed in 1997.

POLITICAL

Nov 11, 1918

World War I ends on 11 November.

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 14, 1919

The 1st rotary-dial telephones were installed in Norfolk, Va.

POLITICAL

Nov 8, 1923

Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 30, 1924

1st photo fac1924simile transmitted across Atlantic by radio from London to NYC

POLITICS

Sep 13, 1925

Tennessee vs. John Scopes ("the Monkey Trial") captures national attention as John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, is charged with the heinous crime of teaching evolution. The trial ends in Scopes' conviction. The evolution versus creationism controversy persists to this day

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 1926

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.

TECHNOLOGY

Jan 31, 1928

Scotch tape was 1st marketed by 3-M Company.

BUSINESS

Mar 2, 1929

US Congress created Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

EDUCATION

Aug 14, 1929

Jean Piaget's The Child's Conception of the World is published. His theory of cognitive development becomes an important influence in American developmental psychology and education

BUSINESS

Oct 8, 1929

The stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression

BUSINESS

Nov 20, 1931

AT&T began commercial teletype service.

TECHNOLOGY

Dec 8, 1931

Coaxial cable was patented.

POLITICS

Nov 14, 1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president and begins bold efforts to initiate his New Deal and spur economic recovery. His wife, Eleanor, becomes a champion of human rights and forever transforms the role of American First Lady.

TECHNOLOGY

Oct 13, 1935

Ladislas Biro invents the ballpoint pen

BUSINESS

Aug 13, 1936

Hoover Dam completed

EDUCATION

Apr 10, 1939

Frank Cyr organized a conference at Teachers College that drew transportation officials from each of the then 48 states, as well as specialists from school-bus manufacturing and paint companies. At that conference, funded by a $5,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the participants established national school-bus construction standards, including the standard color of yellow for the school bus.

EDUCATION

Aug 17, 1939

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (first called the Wechsler- Bellevue Intelligence Scale) is developed by David Wechsler. It introduces the concept of the "deviation IQ," which calculates IQ scores based on how far subjects' scores differ (or deviate) from the average (mean) score of others who are the same age

POLITICS

Sep 30, 1939

Germany invaded Poland without warning sparking the start of World War Two

BUSINESS

Oct 1, 1940

The Jeep, built by Willys, makes its debut

BUSINESS

Jul 1, 1941

First Commercial Television Broadcast

POLITICAL

Jun 6, 1944

During World War II, the Allied powers planned to create a two-front war by continuing the Soviet Union's attack of Nazi-occupied lands from the east and by beginning a new invasion from the west.

POLITICAL

Jun 22, 1944

GI bill signed by FDR

EDUCATION

Apr 14, 1945

Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

TECHNOLOGY

Jul 16, 1945

the first atomic bomb was detonated at 5:30 a.m.

TECHNOLOGY

Feb 6, 1946

Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer

BUSINESS

Dec 9, 1948

Gold discovered in California

EDUCATION

Aug 6, 1949

(1949) Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and InstructionRalph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curricukum and Instruction

3rd Wave - Informational Technology

Jan 1, 1950

Computers changed the world.

Third Wave- Informational Age

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 2005

TECHNOLOGY

Jun 25, 1951

The First Color Television Programs Aired

TECHNOLOGY

Oct 3, 1952

Los Angeles, CA makes first video recording The 1st video recording on magnetic tape was made in LA, Ca.

BUSINESS

Jul 17, 1955

Disneyland opens

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 1955

Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a caucasion passenger

POLITICAL

Nov 14, 1955

26 year old Martin Luther King, Jr. leads boycott of segreated buses.

EDUCATION

Sep 13, 1956

Developed a method for reorganizing instruction to allow for more individualized learning (Mastery Learning)

BUSINESS

Nov 14, 1958

Bank of America launches its first credit card

EDUCATION

Oct 13, 1959

The ACT Test is first administered

TECHNOLOGY

Aug 13, 1963

Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart

POLITICAL

Nov 22, 1963

On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas,

BUSINESS

Feb 24, 1964

Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk is featured in a cover story in Time magazine

POLITICS

Nov 12, 1964

Civil Rights Act is passed

EDUCATION

Oct 10, 1965

Head Start was launched in 1965 as a comprehensive child development program.

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 1966

(1966) Jerome Bruner’s model of Discovery Learning, publishes Toward a Theory of Instruction

BUSINESS

Dec 14, 1967

Unable to compete with television news, the last of the movie newsreel companies, Universal News, closes

POLITICS

Nov 12, 1968

Bi-lingual Act or Title VII becomes law

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 10, 1969

Sesame Street airs

EDUCATION

Sep 13, 1970

Graduate Education programs focusing on instructional systems design grew

TECHNOLOGY

Feb 1, 1972

Scientific calculator introduced by HPHewlett-Packard introduced the 1st scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35, for $395.
(www.hp-collection.org/calculators/35a.html)(SFC, 8/31/09, p.D1

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 12, 1972

Compact disk createdThe compact disc (CD) was introduced

EDUCATION

Aug 13, 1973

ACT To replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to individuals with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities, to establish special responsibilities in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for coordination of all programs with respect to individuals with disabilities within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes.

BUSINESS

Nov 13, 1973

Federal Express starts operations

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 1974

racial intergration is started

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 12, 1978

Microprocessor introduced Intel Corp. introduced the 8086 microprocessor. It was a 16-bit microprocessor with 29,000 transistors

BUSINESS

Mar 28, 1979

The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI‑2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. But it brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, human factors engineering, radiation protection, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations. It also caused the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to tighten and heighten its regulatory oversight. Resultant changes in the nuclear power industry and at the NRC had the effect of enhancing safety.

BUSINESS

Aug 13, 1980

U.S. Government Bails Out Chrysler

TECHNOLOGY

Jan 1, 1982

Voice activated computers

EDUCATION

Jun 1, 1983

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences is published by H. Gardner(1983) Howard Gardner publishes Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

TECHNOLOGY

Jan 24, 1984

Apple Computer unveiled by Macintosh
Apple Computer Inc unveiled its Macintosh personal computer. It included sound-sampling technology that could play recorded sounds

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 12, 1984

Macintosh computer introduced(1984) Apple Macintosh computer introduced

POLITICS

Nov 14, 1984

Ronald Reagan is elected the US President for his second term

POLITICAL

Aug 17, 1987

Edwards v. Aguillard: Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana's "Creationism Act," which required teaching creationism alongside evolution

BUSINESS

Oct 19, 1987

Black Monday Crash

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 1989

University of Phonenix offers online degrees

BUSINESS

Aug 12, 1991

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took Effect

TECHNOLOGY

Jan 1, 1992

Internet made availabe for schools

EDUCATION

Nov 14, 1992

City Academy High School, first charter school in the USA, opens in Minnesota

BUSINESS

Aug 24, 1995

August 24 Microsoft released its much anticipated Windows 95. Millions of dollars were spent on ad compains by Microsoft and retail stores. This release sealed the deal in America becoming digitized

POLITICAL

Jul 13, 1996

President Clinton calls to end social promotion and reinstate grade repetition in U.S. schools

4th Wave- Communications and Social Networking

Jan 1, 1997

World at our fingertips, with the internet.

Fourth Wave - Communications and Social Networking

Period: Jan 1, 1997 to Jan 1, 2030

EDUCATION

Jan 3, 1997

The "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" is amended

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 12, 1997

DVD introduced

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 1998

Propositiona 227 is passed, requiring school instruction in English

TECHNOLOGY

Oct 3, 2001

iPOD Touch introduced by Apple

EDUCATION

Nov 12, 2001

No child left behind act passed

EDUCATION

Jul 1, 2005

IDEA 2004 takes effect

TECHNOLOGY

Nov 19, 2007

Amazon.com began selling its Kindle electronic book reader, the size of a paperback, for $399. It was able to hold 200 volumes.

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 2009

Barrack Obama is elected 44th President of the United States of America

BUSINESS

Sep 28, 2010

Congress approved a $700 billion bank bailout

POLITICAL

Nov 12, 2010

The Emergency Imigrant Act is enacted, providing funds to schools with high numbers of immigrant students.

BUSINESS

Nov 14, 2010

Unemployment rates at 9%