The first wave was characterized by people living in large families and also living close together in order to work the family land. By horse and foot were the types of transportation at this time and education mostly occurred at school.
1st Strand Industrial Age
The second wave was characterized by the nuclear family and tools became upgraded which bought on the production of automobiles railroads, and ships. The educational system was impacted by the industrial system because it allowed parents to work while their children went to school.
1911-1920 Standard Oil company, AT & T, and Assembly Line
Supreme Court Ordered Breakup of Standard Oil Company.
AT & T took control of Western Union Telegraph Co.
The first Assembly Line was created by Henry Ford.
1911-1920 Radio Tuners, Computing Ballistics Tables, and Flip-Flop Circuit
radio tunerThe first radio tuners.
The beginning of computing ballistics tables.
The invention of the flip-flop circuit which was necessary for high-speed electronic calculating.
1911-1920 Montessori School and Progressive Education Association
The first Montessori School opened in the US.
The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education.
1911-1920 Panama Canal, World War I, Invasion of France and 19th Amendment
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Opens.
World War I begins as the Ottaman Empire declares war on Bosnia and by the Central Forces invading France.
The 19th Amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote.
1911-1920 The Smith-Hughes Act and Transportation to Schools
Smith-Hughes Act passes, providing federal funding for agricultural and vocational education. It is repealed in 1997.
All states had laws that provided funds for transporting children to school.
The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education.
1911-1920 19th Amendment, Roaring Twenties and Girl Scouts
The 19th Amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
The first time in American history, more Americans live in cities than in rural areas.
Girl Scouts were established.
(1921-1923)
Warren Harding Warren G. Harding was the 29th president.
1921-1930
Motorola incorporates as the Golvin Manufacturing Corporation and Thomas J. Watson, President of CTR, changes its name to IBM.
1921-1930 Television Tube, Sound Film and Clock
The television tube was invented.
Sound film was invented.
First quartz clock was invented.
1941-1950 GI Bill of Rights and Everson v. Board of Education
Millions of U.S. war veterans gain access to higher education and advanced education emerges in Massachusetts.
Everson v. Board of Education, The U.S. Supreme Court rules by a 5-4 vote that a New Jersey law which allowed reimbursements of transportation costs to parents of children who rode public transportation to school,
The United Nations
The United Nations is established.
1941-1950 Microwave Oven, Mobile Phone and Transistor
microwave oven The first microwave oven using the technology developed from radar that was developed during WW II.
The first commercial mobile phone becomes available.
The first transistor is created.
1941-1950 Electrical Computer, 45 rpm record, poloroid land camera, and 33 1/3 pm record
45 record The first 45 rpm record, poloroid land camera, and 33 1/3 pm record were introduced.
The first electrical computer is introduced.
1st Strand Information Age
The third wave was characterized by one parent families or a two parent working household. This was a time when people began to experiment with developing new technologies for accessing information.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson
The US Supreme Court reverses Plessy v. Ferguson concluding that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Answering Machine
Bell Labs and Western Electric create the first telephone answering machine.
Dwight Eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States.
1951-1960 Segregated Schools Illegal, Little Rock, and Act Test
The U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment.
Federal troops enforce integration in Little Rock, Arkansas as 9 Black students enrolled in Central High School.
ACT Test The ACT Test is first administered.
1st Strand Communication Age
The fourth wave was characterized by diversified families, the merging of economic, social, and religious views and improving the environment.
Rosa Parks, a Montgomery, Alabama seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a Caucasian passenger.which started the Civil Rights Movement.
First grader Ruby Bridges is the first African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which King was made the first president.
Workers Strike
Twenty-thousand New England Shoe Workers Went on Strike and Got Higher Wages.
23 Amendment
The 23rd Amendment was passed by Congress.
1961-1970 24th Amendment, Voting Rights Act, Vietnam War, and The 23rd Amendment
The 24th Amendment was passed by Congress.
American/Vietnamese forces stage a coup in Vietnam.
The 23rd Amendment is added to the Constitution..
1961-1970 Optical Disc, Video Disk, computer Mouse, Laser, Electronic Fuel Injection, and ATM Machine
Computer mouse
computer mouse, Optical Disc, Video Disk, Laser, Electronic Fuel Injection, and ATM Machine were invented.
Vietnam War
American/Vietnamese forces stage a coup in Vietnam.
1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.
1960-1970 The Higher Education Act (PL 89-329) and Diana v. California State Board
The Higher Education Act (PL 89-329) was signed which increased federal aid to higher education and provided for scholarships, student loans, and establishesd a National Teachers Corps.
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm an African American educator, becomes the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Four years later, she becomes the first woman of any race to seek her party's presidential nomination.
1970-1980
Southwest Airlines Begins Flying and Federal Express Begins Operations,
Artificial Heart Dr. Robert Jarvik implants a permanent artificial heart, the Jarvik 7, into Dr. Barney Clark. The heart, powered by an external compressor, keeps Clark alive for 112 days
1981-1990 Cell Phone and CD-ROMs
Cellular Phone Cellular telephones in cars become wide-spread.
CD-ROMs in computers.
Minnesota passes the first "charter school" law.
The smart board (interactive white board) is introduced by SMART Technologies.
City Academy High School, the nation's first charter school, opens.
Jones International University becomes the first university "to exist completely online."
CompuHigh is founded. It claims to be the first online high school.
Information Age-27th Amendment
The 27th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
Netscape communications
Netscape
Clark and Andreesan founded Mosaic Communications. The corporation is later renamed Netscape Communications and on December 15th, release the first commercial web browser, Mozilla 1.0.
Dot Com
The Internet becomes much more accessible to ordinary Americans, sparking an internet and "dot.com" boom.
windows 2000 Windows 2000, Windows ME, USB 2.0, Microsoft Windows XP, video games for X-Box, Playstation II, and Nintendo Game Cube and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Digital Satellite Radio were released, Space Shuttle Columbia is destroyed by explosion.
