Toffler’s Wave Theory LaVerne’s Time Line
Agricultural Wave ~8000 B.C. - ~1750 A.D. Villages Cultivating the land Interdependent Families Tools Trading
Industrial Wave ~1700 A.D. ~1955 A.D. Factories Railroads Food processing Civil War Steel Mills Auto Plants
Information Wave ~1950 A.D.- ~2000 A.D. Newspapers Memos Typewriters Post Office Radio Television
Communication Wave ~1980 A.D. -2009 A. D. Computers Internet Cell Phones IPODS Skype
References: Toffler, A. (1980) The Third Wave. p. 14. New York. Bantam Books Graphics: Microsoft Clipart On-line