Wave Timeline

Toffler's Wave Timeline Theory

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Aug 15, 2012

1st Wave: Agricultural Age

Jan 1, 1650

Agricultural Age- “People stayed in one place and developed a sense of cyclical times, it that it repeated itself with cycles of moons, crops, and seasons. Everyone worked on the farm and people were generalists that were able to do many things” (Toffler, 2011).

2nd Wave: Industrial Age

Jan 1, 1750

Industrial Age- “Our tools progressed and we produced ships, railroads, and automobiles. To build all this, we invested in expensive equipment and people (labor)” (Toffler, 2011).

Junior College

Jan 1, 1901

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, opens. It is the first public community college in the U.S.

Sheet Glass Drawing Machine

Mar 25, 1902

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLIrving W. Colburn patented a sheet glass drawing machine.

Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls

Jan 1, 1904

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator, founds the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jan 1, 1906

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h917.htmlThe act required manufacturers to list certain ingredients on the label and represented a pioneering effort to ban the manufacture and sale of adultered, misbranded or unsanitary food or drugs.

Battery

Jan 1, 1908

http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/history-of-batteries.htmlThomas Edison develops battery.

Boy scouts

Jan 1, 1910

http://www.troop97.net/bsahist1.htmYoung male organization

Elevator

Oct 11, 1911

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLThe 1st public elevator began service at London's Earl's Court Metro Station.

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act In 1913, when this act was signed it created eight to twelve Reserve Banks throughout the United States that would oversee smaller member banks.

Smith Lever Act

Jan 1, 1914

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The Smith-Lever Act establishes a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities and provides federal funds for extension activities.

Gas Mask

Oct 14, 1914

[Garrett Morgan invented and patented the gas mask.](Garrett Morgan invented and patented the gas mask.)Garrett Morgan invented and patented the gas mask.

Progressive Education Association

Jan 1, 1919

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education.

19th Amendment

Jan 1, 1920

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 The 19th Amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote.

Polygraph

Jan 1, 1921

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLThe polygraph (lie detector), used to measure physiologic phenomena, was invented.

International Council for Exceptional Children

Jan 1, 1922

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 The International Council for Exceptional Children is founded at Columbia University Teachers College.

Electric shaver

Nov 6, 1923

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLCol. Jacob Schick patented the 1st electric shaver.

SAT

Jan 1, 1926

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered.

Great Depression

Oct 1, 1929

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The Great Depression begins with the stock market crash in October.

Flashbulb

Sep 21, 1930

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLJohann Ostermeyer patented the flashbulb.

Readphone

Jan 1, 1932

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLThe Readphone was produced for putting literature and music on long-playing disks.

The Great Depression

Jan 1, 1933

http://www.history.com/topics/great-depressionWage income for workers who were lucky enough to have kept their jobs fell almost 43% between 1929 and 1933. It was the worst economic disaster in American history. Farm prices fell so drastically that many farmers lost their homes and land. Many went hungry.

Works Progress Administration

Jan 1, 1935

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 Congress authorizes the Works Progress Administration. Its purpose is to put the unemployed to work on public projects, including the construction of hundreds of school buildings.

Ballpoint pen

Jan 1, 1938

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 Ladislas Biro and his brother Georg patent the ballpoint pen.

Skinner

Jan 1, 1938

Operant Conditioning

World War II

Dec 7, 1941

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The U.S. enters World War II after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7.

National School Lunch Act

Jan 1, 1946

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 79th Congress approves the National School Lunch Act.

Cell Phone Technology

Jan 1, 1947

Bell Labs invented cellular phone technology.http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Everson vs. Board of Education

Jan 1, 1947

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900In the case of Everson v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court rules by a 5-4 vote that a New Jersey law which allowed reimbursements of transportation costs to parents of children who rode public transportation to school, even if their children attended Catholic schools, did NOT violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Tape recorder

Jan 27, 1948

http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTMLThe 1st tape recorder sold.

X-Ray

Feb 1, 1951

The 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Human insulin and DNA

Jan 1, 1955

Frederick Sanger sequenced the 1st protein, human insulin. He later developed methods for sequencing DNA. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Civil Rights Movement

Jan 1, 1955

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 Rosa Parks, a Montgomery, Alabama seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a Caucasian passenger and is subsequently arrested and fined. The Montgomery bus boycott follows, giving impetus to the Civil Rights Movement. A year later, in the case of Browder v. Gale, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that segregated seating on buses unconstitutional.

3rd Wave: Information Age

Jan 1, 1955

Information Age- The industrial society brought huge companies and military organizations that needed to track what they had, what they were doing, and what they were spending. Information became abundant” (Toffler, 2011).

Little Rock 9

Jan 1, 1957

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900Federal troops enforce integration in Little Rock, Arkansas as the Little Rock 9 enroll at Central High School

ACT

Jan 1, 1959

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900ACT administered.

FM stereo broadcasting

Jun 1, 1961

FM multiplex stereo broadcasting was 1st heard. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Moon walk

Jan 1, 1962

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.htmlNeil Armstrong walks on the moon.

Color TV

Oct 14, 1964

Philips began experimenting with color TV. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

ESEA

Apr 9, 1965

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is passed on April 9. Part of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," it provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education.

Bilingual Education Act

Jan 1, 1968

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900The Bilingual Education Act, also know as Title VII, becomes law.

MLK Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htmDr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.

e-Book

Jan 1, 1971

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900Michael Hart, founder of Project Guttenberg, invents the e-Book.

Compact Disc(CD)

Jan 1, 1972

The compact disc (CD) was introduced. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Equal Educational Opportunities Act

Jan 1, 1974

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is passed. It prohibits discrimination and requires schools to take action to overcome barriers which prevent equal protection.

Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon award

Jan 1, 1975

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2798000/2798971.stmAshe's Wimbledon win makes history.

Federal Corrupt Practice Act

Jan 1, 1977

Federal Corrupt Practices Act passed http://www.ethics.org/resource/business-ethics-timeline

ERC

Jan 1, 1977

Ethics Resource Center founded. http://www.ethics.org/resource/business-ethics-timeline

Ink-jet printer

Jan 1, 1978

Hewlett-Packard began development of the inkjet printer. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Personal PC

Jan 1, 1981

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 IBM introduces its version of the personal computer (PC).

Motorola cell phone

Jan 1, 1984

Motorola introduced brick-sized cell-phone. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Insulin pump

Jan 1, 1988

Dean Kamen developed 1st portable insulin pump. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Method for Social Change

Jan 1, 1989

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/legacy/research/edu20/moments/?cms_page=edu20/moments/index.html#90sNaming the Moment, a Popular Education method for doing social change.

Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations

Jan 1, 1991

http://www.ethics.org/resource/business-ethics-timeline

Nobel Peace Prize

Jan 1, 1993

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12305154Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Pentium processor

Mar 22, 1993

Intel introduced its Pentium processor. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

Internet Time

Oct 23, 1998

http://www.swatch.com/zz_en/internettime.html
. Nicholas Negroponte found the Biel Meantime (BMT), which refers to internet time. It was inaugurated on October 23, 1998. This time is set by internet data/worldwide web to set the time zones and change the time frame (daylight savings and regular time).

Wi-Fi Connectivity

Dec 1, 1999

Wireless connection. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

U.S. vs. Aghanistan

Jan 1, 2001

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline%20for%2021st%20%20Century%20Turning%20Points%20in%20U%20S%20%20History%202000%20-%202009.pdfIn October U.S. begins military strikes in Afghanistan

September 11 (9-11)

Sep 11, 2001

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline%20for%2021st%20%20Century%20Turning%20Points%20in%20U%20S%20%20History%202000%20-%202009.pdfOn September 11th Al Qaeda terrorists crash three planes into the New York’s World Trade Center and Pentagon

iPod

Oct 3, 2001

Apple introduced iPod. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

No Child Left Behind Act

Jan 1, 2002

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900 Bilingual Education Act is replaced by the No Child Left Act.

Access to Computers

Jan 1, 2003

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39154333/ns/today-back_to_school/t/timeline-moments-changed-public-education/#.UCwvyqCuVwUThe internet is connected in all American schools.

Facebook Network

Jan 1, 2003

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline%20for%2021st%20%20Century%20Turning%20Points%20in%20U%20S%20%20History%202000%20-%202009.pdfMark Zukerberg launches FaceBook.

Hurricane Katrina

May 1, 2005

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline for 21st Century Turning Points in U S History 2000 - 2009.pdfHurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast

Twitter Network

Jan 1, 2006

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline%20for%2021st%20%20Century%20Turning%20Points%20in%20U%20S%20%20History%202000%20-%202009.pdfJack Dorsey launches Twitter.

Electronic Car

Nov 1, 2008

http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/electric_cars.htmlHybrid Car

Stimulus package

Jan 1, 2009

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline%20for%2021st%20%20Century%20Turning%20Points%20in%20U%20S%20%20History%202000%20-%202009.pdfCongress passes $787 billion stimulus package to help U.S. economy.

President Obama

Jan 1, 2009

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/Timeline for 21st Century Turning Points in U S History 2000 - 2009.pdfBarack Obama is inaugurated as America’s first black President

Disable access to technology

Oct 8, 2010

Pres. Obama signed a law on providing the disabled easier access to technology. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

HDTV

Jan 8, 2012

South Korea-based Samsung and LG introduced their new 55-inch organic light emitting diode (OLED) HDTVs. http://timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML

4th Wave: Electronic Age

Jan 1, 2013

This is the when everything operates digital. People are using ATM, GPS, Online Banking, Smart phones, vehicles operate digitally, DVRs, HD screening, e-books, and other equipment without labor and are easy accessed.