Event Date: Event Title: Event Description:
1st Jan, 1700 1st Wave - Agricultural The first wave man harvested the land, and domesticated animals.
12th Nov, 1775 POLITICAL Revolutionary War begins
1st Jan, 1780 2nd Wave- Industrial Revolution The second wave is called the Industrial Revolution. This started in the 18th to early 20th century. With the birth of production techniques and machinery the assemble lines were born. Mass production was in full force.
1st Jan, 1780 EDUCATION Early public schools adopt the teacher/manager model with the teacher as the primary manger of instruction and assessment in a single classroom
12th Nov, 1791 POLITICAL http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html' >Bill of Rights passed
1st Sep, 1821 EDUCATION First public high school
26th Aug, 1843 TECHNOLOGY Charles Thurber patented a typewriter.
12th Nov, 1857 EDUCATION 43 educators found The Naitonal Teachers Associations
13th Jun, 1901 EDUCATION First Jr. College opens it doors
10th Mar, 1903 TECHNOLOGY Duplicating machine patented Harry Gammeter of Cleveland patented a multigraph duplicating machine.
13th May, 1905 POLITICAL Wisconsin PrimaryThe Wisconsin legislature passes a law authorizing the nation's first presidential primary—a state election in which common citizens directly vote for the candidate they want to represent their party in the presidential election
1st Jan, 1906 EDUCATION (1906) Ivan Pavlov publishes his findings on Classical Conditioning
8th Feb, 1906 BUSINESS Ford opens a secret manufacturing place in Detriot using vanadium alloy
16th Aug, 1906 TECHNOLOGY Charles F. Kettering designed the first cash register powered by an electric motor
14th Nov, 1906 POLITICAL The naval race between Germany and Great Britain between 1906 and 1914 created huge friction between both nations and it is seen as one of the causes of World War One. In 1906, Britain launched the first dreadnought - a ship that meant all others were redundant before its awesome fire power
1st Oct, 1908 BUSINESS Ford Motor Co. uses assembly line to manufacture the model T
27th Aug, 1910 TECHNOLOGY Edison uses phonograph in first talking movie
Thomas Edison demonstrated the first "talking" pictures using a phonograph in his New Jersey laboratory
1st Feb, 1911 EDUCATION First Montessori School Tarrytown, NY, opens the first Montessori School in the United States
12th Nov, 1913 EDUCATION Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning, is published
15th Aug, 1914 BUSINESS Panama Canel connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
19th Oct, 1915 BUSINESS The US Patent Office granted John Van Wormer a patent for his "paper bottle." His patent was later acquired by the American Paper Bottle Company. The first paper milk carton was introduced in 1933.
11th Oct, 1917 POLITICS The Smith-Hughes Act passes, providing federal funding for agricultural and vocational education. It is repealed in 1997.
11th Nov, 1918 POLITICAL World War I ends on 11 November.
14th Nov, 1919 TECHNOLOGY The 1st rotary-dial telephones were installed in Norfolk, Va.
8th Nov, 1923 POLITICAL Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup
30th Nov, 1924 TECHNOLOGY 1st photo fac1924simile transmitted across Atlantic by radio from London to NYC
13th Sep, 1925 POLITICS Tennessee vs. John Scopes ("the Monkey Trial") captures national attention as John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, is charged with the heinous crime of teaching evolution. The trial ends in Scopes' conviction. The evolution versus creationism controversy persists to this day
12th Nov, 1926 EDUCATION The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.
31st Jan, 1928 TECHNOLOGY Scotch tape was 1st marketed by 3-M Company.
2nd Mar, 1929 BUSINESS US Congress created Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
14th Aug, 1929 EDUCATION Jean Piaget's The Child's Conception of the World is published. His theory of cognitive development becomes an important influence in American developmental psychology and education
8th Oct, 1929 BUSINESS The stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression
20th Nov, 1931 BUSINESS AT&T began commercial teletype service.
8th Dec, 1931 TECHNOLOGY Coaxial cable was patented.
14th Nov, 1932 POLITICS Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president and begins bold efforts to initiate his New Deal and spur economic recovery. His wife, Eleanor, becomes a champion of human rights and forever transforms the role of American First Lady.
13th Oct, 1935 TECHNOLOGY Ladislas Biro invents the ballpoint pen
13th Aug, 1936 BUSINESS Hoover Dam completed
10th Apr, 1939 EDUCATION Frank Cyr organized a conference at Teachers College that drew transportation officials from each of the then 48 states, as well as specialists from school-bus manufacturing and paint companies. At that conference, funded by a $5,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the participants established national school-bus construction standards, including the standard color of yellow for the school bus.
17th Aug, 1939 EDUCATION The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (first called the Wechsler- Bellevue Intelligence Scale) is developed by David Wechsler. It introduces the concept of the "deviation IQ," which calculates IQ scores based on how far subjects' scores differ (or deviate) from the average (mean) score of others who are the same age
30th Sep, 1939 POLITICS Germany invaded Poland without warning sparking the start of World War Two
1st Oct, 1940 BUSINESS The Jeep, built by Willys, makes its debut
1st Jul, 1941 BUSINESS First Commercial Television Broadcast
6th Jun, 1944 POLITICAL During World War II, the Allied powers planned to create a two-front war by continuing the Soviet Union's attack of Nazi-occupied lands from the east and by beginning a new invasion from the west.
22nd Jun, 1944 POLITICAL GI bill signed by FDR
14th Apr, 1945 EDUCATION Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
16th Jul, 1945 TECHNOLOGY the first atomic bomb was detonated at 5:30 a.m.
6th Feb, 1946 TECHNOLOGY Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer
9th Dec, 1948 BUSINESS Gold discovered in California
6th Aug, 1949 EDUCATION (1949) Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and InstructionRalph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curricukum and Instruction
1st Jan, 1950 3rd Wave - Informational Technology Computers changed the world.
25th Jun, 1951 TECHNOLOGY The First Color Television Programs Aired
3rd Oct, 1952 TECHNOLOGY Los Angeles, CA makes first video recording The 1st video recording on magnetic tape was made in LA, Ca.
17th Jul, 1955 BUSINESS Disneyland opens
12th Nov, 1955 POLITICAL Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a caucasion passenger
14th Nov, 1955 POLITICAL 26 year old Martin Luther King, Jr. leads boycott of segreated buses.
13th Sep, 1956 EDUCATION Developed a method for reorganizing instruction to allow for more individualized learning (Mastery Learning)
14th Nov, 1958 BUSINESS Bank of America launches its first credit card
13th Oct, 1959 EDUCATION The ACT Test is first administered
13th Aug, 1963 TECHNOLOGY Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart
22nd Nov, 1963 POLITICAL On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas,
24th Feb, 1964 BUSINESS Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk is featured in a cover story in Time magazine
12th Nov, 1964 POLITICS Civil Rights Act is passed
10th Oct, 1965 EDUCATION Head Start was launched in 1965 as a comprehensive child development program.
12th Nov, 1966 EDUCATION (1966) Jerome Bruner’s model of Discovery Learning, publishes Toward a Theory of Instruction
14th Dec, 1967 BUSINESS Unable to compete with television news, the last of the movie newsreel companies, Universal News, closes
12th Nov, 1968 POLITICS Bi-lingual Act or Title VII becomes law
10th Nov, 1969 TECHNOLOGY Sesame Street airs
13th Sep, 1970 EDUCATION Graduate Education programs focusing on instructional systems design grew
1st Feb, 1972 TECHNOLOGY Scientific calculator introduced by HP Hewlett-Packard introduced the 1st scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35, for $395.
(www.hp-collection.org/calculators/35a.html)(SFC, 8/31/09, p.D1
12th Nov, 1972 TECHNOLOGY Compact disk created The compact disc (CD) was introduced
13th Aug, 1973 EDUCATION ACT To replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to individuals with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities, to establish special responsibilities in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for coordination of all programs with respect to individuals with disabilities within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes.
13th Nov, 1973 BUSINESS Federal Express starts operations
12th Nov, 1974 POLITICAL racial intergration is started
12th Nov, 1978 TECHNOLOGY Microprocessor introduced Intel Corp. introduced the 8086 microprocessor. It was a 16-bit microprocessor with 29,000 transistors
28th Mar, 1979 BUSINESS The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI‑2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. But it brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, human factors engineering, radiation protection, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations. It also caused the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to tighten and heighten its regulatory oversight. Resultant changes in the nuclear power industry and at the NRC had the effect of enhancing safety.
13th Aug, 1980 BUSINESS U.S. Government Bails Out Chrysler
1st Jan, 1982 TECHNOLOGY Voice activated computers
1st Jun, 1983 EDUCATION The Theory of Multiple Intelligences is published by H. Gardner (1983) Howard Gardner publishes Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
24th Jan, 1984 TECHNOLOGY Apple Computer unveiled by Macintosh
Apple Computer Inc unveiled its Macintosh personal computer. It included sound-sampling technology that could play recorded sounds
12th Nov, 1984 TECHNOLOGY Macintosh computer introduced (1984) Apple Macintosh computer introduced
14th Nov, 1984 POLITICS Ronald Reagan is elected the US President for his second term
17th Aug, 1987 POLITICAL Edwards v. Aguillard: Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana's "Creationism Act," which required teaching creationism alongside evolution
19th Oct, 1987 BUSINESS Black Monday Crash
12th Nov, 1989 EDUCATION University of Phonenix offers online degrees
12th Aug, 1991 BUSINESS North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took Effect
1st Jan, 1992 TECHNOLOGY Internet made availabe for schools
14th Nov, 1992 EDUCATION City Academy High School, first charter school in the USA, opens in Minnesota
24th Aug, 1995 BUSINESS August 24 Microsoft released its much anticipated Windows 95. Millions of dollars were spent on ad compains by Microsoft and retail stores. This release sealed the deal in America becoming digitized
13th Jul, 1996 POLITICAL President Clinton calls to end social promotion and reinstate grade repetition in U.S. schools
1st Jan, 1997 4th Wave- Communications and Social Networking World at our fingertips, with the internet.
3rd Jan, 1997 EDUCATION The "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" is amended
12th Nov, 1997 TECHNOLOGY DVD introduced
12th Nov, 1998 POLITICAL Propositiona 227 is passed, requiring school instruction in English
3rd Oct, 2001 TECHNOLOGY iPOD Touch introduced by Apple
12th Nov, 2001 EDUCATION No child left behind act passed
1st Jul, 2005 EDUCATION IDEA 2004 takes effect
19th Nov, 2007 TECHNOLOGY Amazon.com began selling its Kindle electronic book reade r, the size of a paperback, for $399. It was able to hold 200 volumes.
12th Nov, 2009 POLITICAL Barrack Obama is elected 44th President of the United States of America
28th Sep, 2010 BUSINESS Congress approved a $700 billion bank bailout
12th Nov, 2010 POLITICAL The Emergency Imigrant Act is enacted, providing funds to schools with high numbers of immigrant students.
14th Nov, 2010 BUSINESS Unemployment rates at 9%
Timespan Dates: Timespan Title: Timespan Description:
1st Dec, 1699 31st Dec, 1889 1st Wave - Agricultural Revolution
1st Jan, 1780 1st Jan, 1950 Second Wave - Industrial Revolution
1st Jan, 1950 1st Jan, 2005 Third Wave- Informational Age
1st Jan, 1997 1st Jan, 2030 Fourth Wave - Communications and Social Networking
