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Agricultural Wave
The agricultural wave went on for thousands of years (Toffler, 1980), and the 1900s still saw agriculture as a driving force in society. Families stayed together and were tied to the land and bound by the seasons. -
Agricultural Wave, Business and Work
Farming still primary source of income; there are the beginnings of factories, but they are small and considered unsafe, dirty, low wages, long hours; few women in the workforce -
Agricultural Wave, Society and Culture
Teddy Roosevelt's popularity leads to the "Teddy" Bear; ocean travel at its height; Titanic built and sunk; literature written in protest of certain conditions in society, such as "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair; films popular -
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Society and Culture
The changees in society through the waves of change impacts the family dynamics. -
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Wave Theory
Toffler (1980) described three waves: agricultural, industrial, and information. I believe we are in the fourth wave: communication. -
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Business and Work
Just as family has been affected by the changes in society, business and the way people work has also changed over time (Toffler, 1980). -
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Education
Education has also seen changes over time, yet some think it has not changed enough with the technological advances. -
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Transportation, Communication, and Technology
The way people communicate and travel has also changed along with society (Toffler, 1980). With more advances in technology, all forms of communication and transportation have been affected. -
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Politics
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Agricultural Wave, Education
One room school house common, education primarily for boys and beyond the one room school house for the wealthy; shortage of supplies and limited access to information -
Agricultural Wave-Technology, communication, transportation
Silent movies replaced by "talkies"; Wright brothers fly; Victrola for playing music or other types of albums; horse and buggy slowly being replaced by automobiles -
Agricultural Wave-Politics
President McKinley Shot; five civilized tribes granted U.S. citizenship, Teddy Roosevelt president -
Agricultural Wave
Albert Einstein proposed special theory of relativity -
Education
Educational Films -
Politics, Agricultural Wave
Taft President, NAACP in New York, Fundamentalism began with five points -
Industrial Wave
The industrial wave overlaps the agricultral wave. The engine would provide a way of running machines, including the car and tractors. This also led to machines in factories, which changed the way people worked. -
Politics, Industrial Era
Woodrow Wilson president -
Politics, Industrial Era
Selective Service enacts draft -
Politics, Industrial Era
World War I began -
Politics, Industrial Era
U.S. declared war against Germany -
Politics, Industrial Age
Versailles Peace Treaty, end WWI -
Politics, Industrial Era
18th amendment prohibits alcohol, 19th amendment gives women right to vote -
Politics, Industrial Era
Warren Harding president -
Education
Visual instruction -
Politics, Industrial Era
Calvin Cooledge President -
Science, Technology - Industrial Wave
liquid rocket fuel -
Science, Industrial WAve
Penicillin -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Herbert Hoover president, stock market crash -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Worldwide depression -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Roosevelt president, New Deal, Dust Bowl -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Hitler named Fuhrer of Germany -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Social Security Act passed -
Politics, Industiral Era
World War II begins; Germany invades Poland -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
Politics, Industrial Wave
US declares war on Japan, enters world war -
Technology
First digital computer -
Politics, Industrial Wave
Normandy landings -
Politics, Industrial Era
Truman president, US drops A-bomb on Japan, end WWII, United Nations formed -
Science
Hydrogen Bomb -
Science
Optic Fiber cables -
Science and Technology
Russia launches Sputnik -
Society
Peace Corps -
Communication
EMail -
Business
Floppy discs for storing and retrieving information -
Society
Diffusion of innovation -
Communication
Cellular phone -
Information Wave
Advances in technology and the internet mark this as the information age. The personal computer and the web gave people new ways to store and gather information. This led to more advances in the field of technology, such as the cell phone and personal computers and tablets (Toffler, 1980). -
Business, Technology
IBM PC -
Technology
CD-ROM -
Technology, communications, business
World Wide Web -
Communication, business
smart phones -
Technology, communication
DVD -
Transportation
GPS -
Communication
Skype -
Communication
YouTube -
Communication, Technology, Business
iPad -
Politics, Industrial Wave
World War II began 1913 -
A Fourth Wave?
In a 2006 interview, Toffler suggested the fourth wave will include advances in biology, digital technology, and space. The ISS (International Space Station) could be seen as a forefront to the advances in space. Other futurists also suggest biotechnological advances, and digital technology continues to evolve. I belive communication will play a big role in the oncoming fourth wave. Although signs supporting this fourth wave are evident, I do not believe it is quite here yet.
