Toffler’s Wave Theory Strand 1 Agricultural Age Industrial Age Information Age Communication Age Biotechnology 2006-Present Society Characterized by Foraging off land Minimal Mobility Extended Family Nuclear Family Factory Modeling Militarily Focused Blended Families Women in the Workplace Computers Technology Digital Communications Satellite Communications Voice over Internet Protocol Communications Advanced Learning Systems Portability Global Collaboration Stem Cell Research

Strand 2- Technology Key Advances by Decade First Radio Transmission Radio Amplifier Invented First Radio Transmission Radio Amplifier Invented 1900’s 1910’s1920’s1930’s1940’s1950’s1960’s First Mechanical Pencil Einstein’s Theory of Relativity First Mechanical Television Videophone Invented Beginning of Media Research Emergence Of Educational Radio Photocopier Invented Radio Frequency Concept for Cellular Phones Invented Electronic Digital Computer Invented Personal Computer Model Invented Video Cassette Recorder Invented Automatic Analog Cellular Phone Invented Computer Mouse Invented

Strand 2- Technology Key Advances by Decade Windows Program Invented Camcorder Invented Windows Program Invented Camcorder Invented World Wide Web Invented Global Positioning System Invented World Wide Web Invented Global Positioning System Invented You Tube Invented Digital Satellite Radio Invented You Tube Invented Digital Satellite Radio Invented Advanced Learning Systems IPAD Advanced Learning Systems IPAD 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s2000’s2010’s Ethernet Invented Electronic Mail Invented

Strand 3 Nature of Business and Work Philosophies Rise of Mass Production Rise of Mass Production 1900’s 1910’s1920’s1930’s1940’s1950’s1960’s Standardizati on Synchronizati on Specialization Visual Instruction Used in Military Training Programs Expansion in Industrial and Military Sectors Computerization Behavioristic Progressive Pragmatic Empirical Theoretical Concept of Computing Machine Invented

Corporations Broken up Into small Self-managed Units High Inflation Stagnation Corporations Broken up Into small Self-managed Units High Inflation Stagnation Telecommun ity Dotcom Boom Telecommun ity Dotcom Boom Multi Purpose Corporation Large Company Mergers Global Warming Multi Purpose Corporation Large Company Mergers Global Warming Portability Networking Global Collaboration Biotechnology Portability Networking Global Collaboration Biotechnology 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s2000’s2010’s Decentralization Integration Strand 3 Nature of Business and Work Philosophies

Pragmatism Functional Psychology Pragmatism Functional Psychology Vocational Training Authoritarian Vocational Training Authoritarian Theory of Inquiry Logic Progressive Education Theory of Inquiry Logic Progressive Education Life Adjustment Education Life Adjustment Education 1900’s 1910’s 1920’s1930’s1940’s Behaviorism Strand 4 Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction

Behavioral Objectives Operant Conditioning Behavioral Objectives Operant Conditioning Child- Centered Approach Theory of Cognitive Development Child- Centered Approach Theory of Cognitive Development Digital Education Philosophy Of Education Local School System Accountabili ty Digital Education Philosophy Of Education Local School System Accountabili ty Transformation Of Organization Learning Transformation Of Organizational Cultures Transformation Of Organization Learning Transformation Of Organizational Cultures 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s1980’s1990’s Intelligence Testing Standardized Achievement Strand 4 Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction

Globalization Specialized Cognitive Learning Research Globalization Specialized Cognitive Learning Research 2000’s 2010’s Distance Education Theory Strand 4 Educational Theories of Learning and Instruction

Strand 5 Society and Culture Events That Determined The Thinking of Each Decade Political Influences Military Influences Political Influences Military Influences 1900’s Visual Instruction Movement World War I Visual Instruction Movement World War I 1910’s1920’s Emergence of Educational Radio Beginning of Media Research Emergence of Educational Radio Beginning of Media Research Growth of Theoretical Thought and Practice Great Depression Growth of Theoretical Thought and Practice Great Depression 1930’s Holocaust World War II Government Reclassification Of Jobs to Include Women And Minorities Holocaust World War II Government Reclassification Of Jobs to Include Women And Minorities 1940’s

Strand 5 Society and Culture Events That Determined The Thinking of Each Decade 1950’s Korean War Mass Production of Computers Tests begin on Fiber optics Civil Rights Movement Korean War Mass Production of Computers Tests begin on Fiber optics Civil Rights Movement Space Exploration Civil Rights Bill Vietnam War Affirmative Action Space Exploration Civil Rights Bill Vietnam War Affirmative Action 1960’s1970’s School Integration Roe V Wade Computer Microprocessor School Integration Roe V Wade Computer Microprocessor 1980’s Digital Compact Discs Human Genome Project Digital Compact Discs Human Genome Project Globalization Automation Globalization Automation 1990’s

Strand 5 Society and Culture Events That Determined The Thinking of Each Decade Environmental Protection Green Technology 9/11 War on Terror Environmental Protection Green Technology 9/11 War on Terror 2000’s Green Business Practices In Vitro Diagnostics Green Business Practices In Vitro Diagnostics 2010’s

Strand 6 Religious First Black Institutional Church Pentecostal Religion Instituted First Black Institutional Church Pentecostal Religion Instituted 1900’s Church of Nazarene Instituted Federal Council of Churches Meets for The first Time in New York City Church of Nazarene Instituted Federal Council of Churches Meets for The first Time in New York City Fundalment alism Jewish Diversity Fundalment alism Jewish Diversity 1910’s 1920’s 70% of Protestant Ministers Oppose New Deal Protestant Dominance 70% of Protestant Ministers Oppose New Deal Protestant Dominance 1930’s Liberalism American Churches Experience A Revival After Great Depression Liberalism American Churches Experience A Revival After Great Depression Surge in Affiliation To Religious Groups Merger of Protestant And Orthodox Churches Surge in Affiliation To Religious Groups Merger of Protestant And Orthodox Churches 1940’s1950’s

No Prayer or Bible Reading in Public Schools Symbolic Anthropology No Prayer or Bible Reading in Public Schools Symbolic Anthropology 1960’s Ordination Of Females In the Ministry Rise of Evangelicals Ordination Of Females In the Ministry Rise of Evangelicals Televangelism Abuses and Scandals Rise of Prosperity Gospel Televangelism Abuses and Scandals Rise of Prosperity Gospel Moral Majority 95% of Church Attendees Reported They Believed in God Moral Majority 95% of Church Attendees Reported They Believed in God Kemetism United Religions Kemetism United Religions Religious Renaissance Failure of Secular Ideologies Religious Renaissance Failure of Secular Ideologies 1970’s 1980’s1990’s2000’s 2010’s Strand 6 Religious

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