EDUC 8840 TIMELINE
Timeline created by lynetta.powell in Science and Technology| Event Date: | Event Title: | Event Description: | |
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(5) the Putumayo Affair lasted from 1900-1911 | Read about the Putumayo Affair | |
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(4) Teacher's Salary $325 Annually | From 1900-1909 The average teacher's salary in America was $325 per year. | |
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(6) Galveston, Texas Hurricane | Read about the Galveston, Texas Hurricane of 1900 (before Hurricane's were named) | |
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US Steel--the worlds first billion dollar corporation | Read about the history of US Steel | |
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First radio signals received | Read about the first reception of transatlantic radio signals! | |
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(6) Mt. Pelee Volcanic Eruption | Read about the current mountain as well as the eruption of 1902, whick killed 40,000 people | |
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(4) John Dewey's book "The Child and the Curriculum" | Link to a digital copy of the actual text. | |
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(5) Book by W.E.B. Dubois "The Souls of Black Folk" | An google digital copy of the text | |
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(2) The Wright Flyer is the First Successful Airplane | A timeline of flight | |
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(3) Standard Oil Company | Read Ida Tarbell's report on the Standard Oil Company | |
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(4) The First Negro Girl's School is established by Mary Mcleod Bethune | Explore what is now known as Bethune-Cookman University | |
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(2) Einstein and E=mc^2 | Read all about Albert Einstein | |
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(6) Snyder, Oklahoma Tornado | Read actual transcripts from the day that claimed 112 lives. | |
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Food and Drug Act | A link to the FDA website and the "Wiley Act" details | |
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(4) Maria Montessori | Link in to the American Montessori Society--Still alive and kicking! | |
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(2) Henry Ford introduces the Model T | Read a first person perspective on the introduction of the Model T Ford | |
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(6) Southern Italy Tsunami | Read about an earthquake that led to one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. 123,000 estimated deaths. | |
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(6) Silakhor Earthquake | Read about this earthquake that caused 8,000 deaths. | |
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(5) Founding of NAACP | The Nation's oldest grassroots organization is still making a difference today | |
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(4) Indianola Junior High School in Columbus OH | Read about the United States first Junior High School | |
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(4) 24% of adult Americans have fewer than 5 years of schooling | Unschooling FAQ's | |
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(3) American Tobacco Company | Read about the American Tobacco case of 1911 | |
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(6) The Wellington WA avalanche kills 96 people | read details of the disaster | |
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(4) Kappa Alpha Psi Black Greek Fraternity established | The Official website's history portion | |
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(3) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire leads to improved working conditions for women | A summary of the tragic event. 146 workers die. | |
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(3) Minimum age laws passed | Links to several other related topics | |
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(5) Girl Scouts established | Official WebSite | |
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(3) Moving Assembly Line transforms industry | PBS describes the starts of the assembly line | |
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(5) WWI begins and lasts until 1918 | index to several WWI specific sites | |
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(4) John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" published | Read about his educational philosophies | |
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(6) The Spanish Flu claims the lives of more than 50 million worldwide | the CDC informs on the spanish flu and H1N1 | |
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(6) Puerto Rico earthquake and resulting Tsunami kill 116 | Read details of the devastating earthquake | |
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(2) Shortwave Radio invented | A site committed to shortwave radio information | |
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(2) The flip-flop circuit is invented. wil help computers count. | (2) If you REALLY want to know all about the flip flop circuit, click here! | |
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(2) Phonofilms patented | This link has an exhaustive list of phonofilms | |
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(5) Women gain the right to vote | the 19th amendment | |
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(2) "Visual Education" is published by U. of Chicago Press | Link to a recent visual ed blog | |
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(3) American consumer buys on credit or installments | Interesting historical interpretation of buying on credit | |
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(4) Teachers Salary $970 | ||
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(5) Prohibition | Read why the U.S. decided to go "dry". | |
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(2) First Radio station in Illinois | WDZ, one of the first radio stations was to share crop reports | |
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(6) Earthquake in Japan leaves 143,000 dead | A pictoral overview of the destruction | |
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(3) Al Capone rises in infamy during Prohibition | The life of Al Capone | |
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(5) Great Migration of Blacks from south to urban centers in north | Excellent website about many different Black migrations | |
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(5) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published | Read quotes from the American Classic book | |
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(4) Children must finish elementary school before working | Child Labor and links to other child issues | |
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(6) China earthquake 200,000 dead | Read summary of devastation | |
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(2) Eastman Kodak Co. produced first educational silent films | (3) Link to the history of Kodak | |
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(4) School year increased from 6 months to 8 months | What are the advantages of year-round schooling? | |
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(3) Stock Market Crash starts depression | Read NY Times article from Black Thursday (pdf file) | |
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(3) 513 individuals file as millionaires on their tax returns | The Billionaires of Today | |
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(2) Telephone service from U.S. to S. America | ||
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(6) The Droughts of the 1930s | Details about the Dust Bowls and real dry times in America.. | |
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(4) Dick and Jane books and primers first published | Would you like to buy classic Dick and Jane? The prices are in the hundreds! | |
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(6) The 1931 Flood in China kills over 3.5 million people | History.com details the devastation | |
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(5) Paramount Theatre opens on the heels of the depression | Here is the History of Oakland, CA's Paramount Theatre | |
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(3) 15,000 begin 5-day work week at GM | Explore GM History | |
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(5) Prohibition ends, beer sales predicted to boost economy | Read excerpts from an old newspaper about it... | |
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(6) India earthquake over 10,000 dead | This website is a technological approach to "solving" our issues with Mother Nature | |
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(2) Generators at the Hoover Dam transmit electricity used in Los Angeles | Agriculture, Industry, and Information meet at the Innovation, Creation, and Running of the Hoover Dam | |
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(3) The Wagner Act protects workers right to unionization | Extra!Extra! Read all about it! The Wagner Act that is... | |
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(3) Social Security established | Got some free time? Read the entire Social Security Act of 1935 | |
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(5) FDR defeats Landon in landslide victory | Watch a Fireside Chat! | |
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(4) Case leads to first Black graduate of University of Marland's Law School | Read from the Maryland Archives on the case | |
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(4) One room schoolhouses | Read about schooling from an Arkansas point of view during the depression | |
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(2) Oil discovered in Illinois | Read current info about Illinois basin | |
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(3) Minimum wage is $.43 per hour | Has a chart of minimum wage from 1938 to present | |
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(3) Unemployment was at 8,120,000 people unemployed | read about unemployment insurance | |
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(4) Teacher Salary $1,441 | ||
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(5) US Census reports 131,669,275 people | I sure hope you aren't reading this and thinking "Oooh, I need to send that back!" | |
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(2) IBM reports a gross income of $45 million; 12 thousand employess | The Official Website | |
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(3) The 40 hour work week goes into effect as scheduled | Details of the Act | |
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(5) The attack on pearl harbor prompts US to enter WWII | Official website | |
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(4) GI Bill of Right signed by president | Soldiers are given funds to attend college | |
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(3) The first digital computer, weighs 30 tons and is 2 stories high | The ENIAC story | |
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(2) Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer | Learn about the "accidental" discovery that changed our world | |
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(4) Dr. Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published | Read all about the man, not from Star Trek as I once thought | |
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(6) Glazier, TX tornado kills 181 | eyewitness accounts | |
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(5) Executive order 9981 ends segregation in the military | President decides to integrate military forces | |
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(6) Soviet Union landslide 12,000 dead | Its a blog, so don't site it! | |
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(6) Flood in Guatemala claims 40,000 lives | ||
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(5) life expectancy of men 65.6 of women 71.1 | From the Dept. of Human Health Services..Life Expectancy | |
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(5) Bomb shelter plans are in the government pamphlet "You can survive" | Modern day information about being safe from current threats of nuclear war. | |
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(2) Bing Crosby's company tests videotape recording | Bing Crosby's official website..nice music. | |
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(4) The Conflict of Education by Robert Hutchins is published | ||
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(6) North Sea Flood 1835 dead | Details of the disaster are detailed here. | |
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(2) In U.S. Television revenue surpasses radio revenue | TV History... | |
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(4) Brown vs. Board of Education-separate is not equal. Integration of schools | Resource page for related information | |
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(4) "Why Johnny Can't Read" by Rudolph Flesch published | A tribute to Rudolph Flesch, and much more! | |
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(3) Massachusetts textile workers strike for a nickel raise, and get it. | ||
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(6) Hurricane Diane 200 dead | Watch video footage of the disaster. | |
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(5) Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus | Read Rosa Parks' Story. | |
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(3) AFL and CIO merger | Read about the merger | |
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(2) FORTRAN becomes the first high-level computer programming language | Still in existence today.. | |
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(3) Landrum-Griffin Act prevent racketeering | Read all about this labor relations act. | |
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(6) Typhoon Vera claims 5098 lives | Typhoons are hurricanes around Asia | |
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(2) Theodore Maiman invents ruby laser | Four different people get credit for the invention of the laser | |
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(3) Minimum Wage is $1.00 | ||
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(4) Teachers's Salary $5,174 annual | ||
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(4) College dorms form as 850,000 baby boomers enter college | Read about college dorms of the 1960s | |
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(4) Phonics makes a comeback | The oldest argument of the world | |
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(5) Assasinations of JFK, MLK, Robert Kennedy, and Malcolm X | A link to a book that discusses all the assassinations | |
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(6) Valdivia, Chile has strongest earthquake in world history | Read about the city of Valdivia, Chile | |
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(2) The Flintstones air on T.V. and give way to Barney and Dora | Go ahead, take a break and watch a more current episode.. | |
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(2) John Glenn is first American to orbit earth | A website commemorating John Glenn and his wife | |
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(3) NY city newspaper strike ended | All about the NY newspaper and its history | |
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(3) Congress passes law that declares equal pay for equal work | The document mandating equal pay for equal work | |
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(5) The Watts Riots begin and last for 4 days | Watch a news reel from the watts riots | |
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(6) Cuyahoga River catches fire | Connect to Ohio History Central | |
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(5) Woodstock begins: 3 days of Peace and Music | A blog on Woodstock | |
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(6) Hurricane Camille is a Category 5 storm | Image gallery of Hurricane Camille's impact | |
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(2) The 8-inch floppy disc is introduced | The floppy disc of old, how is it used now? | |
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(2) Telephone uses fiber optics, and you thought we weren't patient then... | Learn about fiber optics, past, present, and future | |
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(3) 4,088,000 people unemployed in 1970. | Link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
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(4) Kent State Shootings--protesting on campus leads to national guard killing four students | CNN reflects on the events of the day | |
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(3) United Farm Workers grape growers sign first union contract | UFW official web page | |
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(6) The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale is developed | We cannot control hurricanes, but we can measure them... | |
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(5) The Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale is developed | Again, we cannot control the weather, but we can measure it. | |
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(4) Mandatory bussing forces integration | Resource page and quick info about the case | |
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(2) Intel microprocessor introduced | Todays intel website has links to its history | |
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(5) Five men arrested trying to bug the Democratic Nat'l Convention at Watergate Hotel | A brief timeline of the events surrounding the scandal | |
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(5) Roe v Wade legalizes abortion | A non-biased review of the case | |
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(5) Last two Americans killed in helicopter crash leaving Vietnam War | Extensive timeline on Vietnam War... | |
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(4) All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 | Read President Ford's response after signing the act... | |
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(3) Bakke versus California Affirmative Action working against the majority | The origins of Affirmative Action | |
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(3) Minimum wage is $3.10 | ||
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(4) UCLA study by ACE reports students more interested in power and status than ever before | American Council on Education homepage | |
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(4) Both exit exams and teacher exams were birthed in this decade | The homepage for the teacher's exams. | |
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(6) El Nino is on the scene in the early '80s | Read how El Nino is used and/or abused | |
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(6) Mt. St. Helen's erupts killing 57 people | Read about this most studied eruption | |
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(2) The space shuttle Challenger explodes | Watch coverage of the space shuttle disaster | |
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(5) Sandra Day O'Conner named first female to Supreme Court | Read her bio in a woman's hall of fame website | |
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(3) Solidarity Day | Read about Solidarity Day on the labor notes website | |
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(5) Nancy Reagan campaigns a war against drugs with the slogan "Just Say NO!" | Watch Nancy Reagan promoted by Major League Baseball. She throws the first pitch! | |
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(2) Time names the personal computer its "Man of the Year (1982)" | Read why the PC received the "Man of the Year" award | |
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(4) Columbia University accepts women | Read the Time magazine article addressing this historic event | |
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(5) Rock Hudson dies from AIDS, bringing awareness to the disease | Read Rock Hudson's Bio.. | |
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(3) United Airlines loses lawsuit to 475 flight attendants who were fired for getting married. | If you're interested, read up on United Airlines' history.. | |
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(6) Loma Prieta earthquake strikes | Resource page for information about Loma Prieta Earthquake | |
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(3) 5.8 million unemployed (4.2%) record low unemployment | ||
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(3) Stock market reached all time high, bubble, dot-com | Comparisons, definitions, and much more...Wow! | |
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83.5% of population finishes high school | Description of drop out/ graduation rates | |
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(6) An earthquake hits the Phillipines. Again we can study Mother Nature, but can we do anything about it? | A memorial website | |
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(5) American soldiers fight in Gulf War | Summary of Gulf War | |
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(5) Rodney King is beat by police, who are acquitted, resulting in riots | Footage of police brutality all over the networks | |
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(2) World wide web (www) born in 1992 | A brief summary of the birth of www. | |
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(6) Hurricane Andrew strikes Florida! | View footage of the damage | |
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(5) 168 dead in the bombing of Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City | Very interesting website on Oklahoma city bombings | |
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(6) A heatwave hit Chicago that claimed 739 lives | "Dying Alone" is a book about the heatwave. Read an interview with the author. | |
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(2) Microsoft introduces Windows 95 | A link list of all the releases by windows | |
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(2) The need for parental guidelines is evident | An explanation of the guidelines | |
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(3) The Welfare Reform Act signed by Clinton | Read about the Welfare to Work Program | |
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(2) The DVD is introduced to Japan first | Read about it on the did you know website..kewl.. | |
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(4) Teacher Salary $39,347 | ||
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(4) School Shootings at Columbine 13 dead including the shooters | Dispelling many myths about that tragic day. | |
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(2) People feared that technology would fail as 1999 turned into 2000. Nothing happened. | CNN reports the morning after | |
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(2) Cell phones change the way we communicate, learn, and more | Not only cell phones are featured here, but all of the decades greatest innovations | |
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(3) Robots replace humans on assembly lines | Honda Assembly line is all robots..watch.. | |
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(4) The classroom 21 is innovative and the wave of the future | Workshop advertisement | |
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(4) Video teleconferencing is a way to have face-to-face meetings without travel | Software that puts meetings at your fingertips (on your phone) | |
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(5) World Trade Center and Pentagon are attacked by Terrorist, thousands die | A resource to accounts and aftermath of this most tragic day | |
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(5) 9/11 Prompts the Global War on Terrorism | It's not called the "Global war on terrorism" anymore.. | |
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(3) Telework reports 74,487 employees working from home | Telework.gov | |
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(4) No Child Left Behind signed and activated | Resource page for faq's concerning NCLB | |
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(6) more than 250,000 die in this tragedy caused by underwater earthquake | Footage of the disaster... | |
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(6) hurricane katrina makes landfall in Louisiana | A resource page for assistance | |
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(4) Shootings on Virginia Tech campus leave 32 dead, including shooter | MSNBC recounts the horror of that day | |
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(3) GM closes more plants leaving many without jobs | MSNBC reports on more plant closings | |
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(5) Barack Obama becomes first Black president of U.S.A | The president's official website | |
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(3) Mandatory transition to digital t.v. | Affectionately called the "transition" | |
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(6) Earthquake rocks Haiti, over 200,000 feared dead | NY times with up to date news on the devastation | |
| Timespan Dates: | Timespan Title: | Timespan Description: | |
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Industrial Age | 1800 to 1955 defined the industrial age, but our timeline starts at 1900. The agricultural age was the first wave starting at the end of the hunting and gathering age and giving way to the industrial age. | |
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Technology(Strand 2) | Key advances and innovations for each decade | |
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Work (Strand 3) | Business and corporate philosophies by decade | |
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Education (Strand 4) | Important theories of learning and instruction by decade | |
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Society and Culture (Strand 5) | Events that determined the thinking of each decade | |
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Natural Disasters (Strand 6) | As we depend less and less on the earth, agricultural age into industrial age, we find that we are still at her mercy. Can we make man-made technologies to defeat even Mother Nature? | |
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Information Age | The information age came about around 1955 and is quickly making way for the fourth wave. | |
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Independent Age | I project a fourth wave will peak around 2015, the independent age, where students will learn from home and parents will work from home and families will shop, spend, and trade from home..All via the computer with Internet access. |
