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Agricultural Age: Wave One 7000-1650
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Industrial Age 1750-1950
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Culture and Society
KodakKodak Introduces $1 Brownie Cameras (1900): The Brownie camera was the first hand-held camera that was cheap enough and simple enough for even children to use, making photography accessible to the masses. -
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Mary Bethune1904 - Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator, founds the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. -
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Business 1900-1909
Warner BrothersUS Steel<a href='' >US Steel</a>J. P. Morgan combines ten separate companies, including Carnegie Steel, to form the United States Steel Corporation. 1901 1903 The Warner brothers show their first film at their home in Youngstown, Ohio -
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Technology
1906 Electronic Lee Deforest
This allowed all electronic signals to be amplified improving all electronic communications i.e. telephones and radios. -
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Education
Ella Young1909 - Educational reformer Ella Flagg Young becomes superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools. She is the first female superintendent of a large city school system. -
Education
1909 - Ella Flagg Young becomes superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools. She is the first female superintendent of a large city school system. -
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Cultural And Society
1917 - As the U.S. enters W.W.I the army has no means of screening the intellectual ability of its recruits. Robert Yerkes, then President of the American Psychological Association and an army officer. -
Business 1920-1929
Walt DisneyWith his brother Roy, Walt Disney forms Disney Brothers Studio, which later becomes the Walt Disney Company. 1923 -
Education
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. -
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Technology 1920-1929
First TV BroadcastFirst successful test of a television broadcast using a Naval Station to broadcast on October 3rd. -
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1929 - Jean Piaget The Child's Conception of the World is published. His theory of cognitive development becomes an important influence in American developmental psychology and education. -
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President Hoover
Son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Clark Hoover brought to the Presidency an unparalleled reputation for public service as an engineer, administrator, and humanitarian. -
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Business 1930-1939
HPThe United Auto Workers stage their first sit-down strike. 1936 David Packard and William Hewlett form Hewlett-Packard to sell the audio oscillator they invented. 1939 -
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Dick and Jane SeriesThe famous Dick and Jane books that taught millions of children to read were first published in 1931. -
Political
President F D Roosevelt
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -
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Education
School Buses1939 - Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, organizes a national conference on student transportation. School buses began. -
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Business 1940-1949
McDonald'sAll Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors plants convert to military production 1942 Richard and Maurice McDonald open their first fast-food restaurant in San Bernadino, California. 1948 -
Culture and Society
1941 - The U.S. enters World War II after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7. -
Education
1941 - The U.S. enters World War II after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7. During the next four years, much of the country's resources go to the war effort. Education is put on the back burner as many young men quit school to enlist; schools are faced with personnel problems as teachers and other employees enlist, are drafted, or leave to work in defense plants; school construction is put on hold. -
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Culture and Society
1946 - At one minute after midnight on January 1st,Kathleen Caseythe first of nearly 78 million baby boomers, beginning a generation that results in unprecedented school population growth and massive social change. -
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Business 1950-1959
First Credit Card
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Hydrogen BombPresident Truman1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( 'til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June -
Education
Skinner1953 - Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner's Science and Human Behavior is published. His form of behaviorism (operant conditioning), which emphasizes changes in behavior due to reinforcement, becomes widely accepted and influences many aspects of American education -
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Industrial Age Wave 2
1650-1955
Nuclear families
Factories with top down management
Students grouped by age or level
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Technology 1950-1959
Xerox<a href='' >Xerox machine</a>Chester Carlson invents the photocopier or Xerox machine. Integrated Circuit invented - enabling the further miniaturization of electronic devices and computers. -
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Education 1960
1965 - Project Head Start, a preschool education program for children from low-income families, begins as an eight-week summer program. Part of the "War on Poverty," the program continues to this day as the longest-running anti-poverty program in the U.S.
1966 - Jerome Bruner's Toward a Theory of Instruction is published. His views regarding learning help to popularize the cognitive learning theory as an alternative to behaviorism. -
Business 1960-1969
The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Arkansas. The first Kmart store opens in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. -
Culture and Society
Civil Rights ActPresidential Debate1960 First Televised Presidential Debates 1964 - The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
1967 Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch
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Political
President Kennedy
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, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. -
Political
President Johnson
"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs in the Nation's history. Maintaining collective security, he carried on the rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Viet Nam. -
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President Nixon
Reconciliation was the first goal set by President Richard M. Nixon. The Nation was painfully divided, with turbulence in the cities and war overseas. During his Presidency, Nixon succeeded in ending American fighting in Viet Nam and improving relations with the U.S.S.R. and China. But the Watergate scandal brought fresh divisions to the country and ultimately led to his resignation. -
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Education
1970 - Jean Piaget, is published. His Learning Cycle model helps to popularize discovery-based teaching approaches, particularly in the sciences. -
Culture and Society
1972 Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
1973 - U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends on January 27. More than 58,000 U.S. service personnel are killed in action during the war. The fighting continues until April 30, 1975 when South Vietnam surrenders to the communist North Vietnamese forces.
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Business 1970-1979
Fed ExFrom its hub airport in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx begins service to twenty-five U.S. citites. 1973 -
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Cultural and Society
1973 - U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends on January 27. More than 58,000 U.S. service personnel are killed in action during the war. The fighting continues until April 30, 1975 when South Vietnam surrenders to the communist North Vietnamese forces. -
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President Ford
When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances.... This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts." -
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President CarterPresident James Carter
Carter, who has rarely used his full name--James Earl Carter, Jr.--was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing. Upon graduation in 1946 from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Carter married Rosalynn Smith. The Carters have three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), D -
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Technology 1980-1989
ComputersSchool systems heavily invest in computers for classroom use, reducing funds available for television equipment purchase and maintenance. By the mid 1980s, the two main uses of computers in the classroom are drill-and-practice, and teaching and learning about computers. (Saettler, 90) -
Education
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Business 1980-1989
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Culture and Society
Microsoft
1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Windows, is released, setting the stage for subsequent versions that make MS-DOS obsolete. -
Technology
1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Windows, is released, setting the stage for subsequent versions that make MS-DOS obsolete. -
Business
A.M. Chicago becomes The Oprah Winfrey Show; the following year Winfrey forms Harpo Productions, Inc. 1985 -
Political
President G H Bush
George Bush brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address he pledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use American strength as "a force for good." -
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Business 1990-1999
General Electric launches www.ge.com , becoming the first Fortune 500 company to go online. 1994 Microsoft and General Electric (owner of NBC) launch computer/television network MSNBC. 1996 -
Education
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, (No Child Left Behind) provided assistance to disadvantaged students or pupils with limited proficiency in English and was intended to improve instruction in areas like drug use prevention, math, and science. -
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President Clinton
During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many -
Technology 1990-1999
NetscapeNetscape 1 is written as an alternative to the Mosaic browser. 1994 Microsoft releases Windows 98 SE in May of 1999 -
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President Bush
George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. Before his Presidency, he served for 6 years as Governor of the State of Texas. -
Information Age: Wave 3
1955-2003
Families with one parent
Two salary families
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Communication Age: Wave 4
2003-Present
Family unit more diversified
Single parents
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Political
President Obama's Inauguration
President Barack Obama First Black President of the United States. His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others. -
Cultural
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube Becomes Popular (1980): In 1974, Hungarian professor Erno Rubik designed a small cube, with moving pieces, to help his students study three-dimensional geometry. -
