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Land as basis for defining the economy, life, culture, family structure, and politics
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=31 Exnding U.S. Navy was receiving 20 percent of the federal budget. At the same time, Congress expanded pensions for Civil War veterans
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Published findings on classical conditioning
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http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/ Theodore Vail set up a unified operating structure for AT&T, the Bell companies and the so-called "Bell-Connected" independent firms
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460 Southern and Western congressmen sponsored another income tax bill, hopeful that the Supreme Court with a new membership might approve it
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http://www.thomasedison.com/Inventions.htm Thomas Edison demonstrated first talking pictures using a phonograph, New Jersey Lab
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http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone7.htm First installed in Norfolf, VA
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http://www.henryfordhfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/ Henry Ford introduces assembly line in the manufacture of his Model T Ford
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Franklin Bobbitt emphasized the importance of creating relevant outcomes before planning instruction to meet the obective; wrote "The Curriculum," first to develop modern concept of curriculum -
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http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/ Benjamin Abrams and his brother, developed the first radio-phonograph combination
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460 An unprecendented wave of sell orders shook the New York Stock Exchange. Stock priced tumbled, falling $2, $5, and even $10 between trades.
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http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/notes.html Sound recordings and motion pictures are important resources in many U.S. classrooms.
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Ralph Tyler conducted an 8year study use of general behavioral objectives and formative evaluation
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460 Unemployemnt soared to 25 percent, up from just 3.2 percent in 1929. Industrial production declined by 50 percent. In 1929 before the crash, investment in the U.S. economy totaled $16 billion. By 1933, the figure had fallen to $340 million--a decrease of 98 percent.
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_03409.html The American Federation of Labor launched a boycott of German imports to protest the rise of Der Fuhrer of Nazi Adolph Hitler
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460 Designed alleviate the plight of America's visibly poor--the elderly, dependent children, and the handicapped.
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=460 A global phenomenon which was confined to a handful of nations or specific regions: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America who all suffered from the economic collapse.
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http://inventors.about.com/od/xzstartinventors/a/Zworykin.htm First electronic television system patented
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Regular scheduled television broadcasting begins in the U.S.
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 World Was II led to increase of funding for educ ation research and development
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1674.html Due to the World War II effort, rationing was placed in effect on dozens of items, ranging from sugar to gasoline.
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/coke/coke1.html Pepsi Cola made significant gains against competitor Coca Cola after an extensive radio advertising campaign
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http://www.just-the-swing.com/bio/cab-calloway Big band swing and zoot suits started becoming popular, reflecting the spirit of hit songs like Dig You Later — A Hubba Hubba Hubba! and You're My Meat.
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http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html The first vacuum tube-based computers develped with the help of a university.
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http://economics.about.com/ Promoted maximum employment, production, and purchasing power
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http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/51trans.html American Telephone & Telegraph introduced new electiric technology which callers can dial direct, long distance
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http://www.broadwaymusicalhome.com/rogershammerstein.htm Starred Yul Brynner & Gertrude Lawrence.
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http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=710&Lot_No=19814&type=&ic= The New York Yankees became the first to win five world championships in a row, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 50th annual World Series.
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 B.F. Skiner demonstrates at the University of Pittsburgh a machine designed to teach arithmetic, using an instructional program
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http://economics.about.com/ Majority of U S workers hold white colllar rahter than blue collar jobs
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http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/ William C. Norris pioneered Control Data Corporation (CDC) into a leading mainframe computer maker
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Initiated federal funds to education in math and science
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http://library.thinkquest.org/11309/data/history.htm Invention of the transistor by Bell Labs-1947
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http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/February/200801290938151CJsamohT5.575198e-02.html PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operatoins), was first computer assisted-instruction(CAI) system Initiated at University of Illinois.
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http://economics.about.com/ Shopping centers multiplied form 8 to over 3,840 after WWII
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135Robert Mager publishes his book, "Preparing Instructional Objectives" which helped popularize the use of performance objectives by educators and others
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http://www.62worldsfair.com/ The World's Fair opened in Seattle with a "space age" theme, including the city's now-famous Space Needle and Monorail.
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Robert Glasser employed the term instructional system and named, elaborated, and diagrammed its components including criterion-referenced measures test interpreted in terms of competencies mastered
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http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Philadelphia-1964-race-riot The "long, hot summer" of civil unrest resulted in major riots in Harlem, Philadelphia, Chicago and Jacksonville
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http://library.thinkquest.org/11309/data/history.htm Computer components continue to diminish in size
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http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/decade_1960.htmlI IBM introduced the System/360, the first large "family" of computers to use interchangeable software and peripheral equipment. It was a bold departure from the monolithic, one-size-fits-all mainframe
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http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=26135 Jerome Bruner's model of Discovery Learning, publishes Toward a Theory of Instruction
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http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html Mainframes and minicomputers in use in some schools, but very little use in the delivery of instruction
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http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html Also, first microcomputer (PCs) were developed.
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http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Exxon-Mobil-Corporation-Company-History.htmlMobil Oil's sales nearly tripled between 1973 and 1977 to $32 billion, and 1974 profits hit record highs, prompting a barrage of congressional and media criticism that was answered by Mobil Oil's own public relations department. Mobil Oil quickly became famous as the most outspoken defender of the oil industry's right to conduct its business as it saw fit.
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http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/February/200801290938151CJsamohT5.575198e-02.html The magazine featured the first affordable personal computer on its cover
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http://library.thinkquest.org/11309/data/history.htm Miniaturization of computer components
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http://tip.psychology.org/pask.html Developed Conversation Theory from a cybernetics framework; attempts to explain learning in both living organisms and machines; fundamental idea of the theory is that learning occurs through conversations about a subject matter which serve to make knowledge explicit.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2494000/2494949.stm Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana drew more Americans to their TV sets than coverage of the assassination attempt on the president.
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http://economics.about.com/ Bsed his economic program on the theory of supply-side economics, which advocated reducing tax rates so people could keep more of what they earned
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http://www.lyrics007.com/Michael%20Jackson%20Lyrics/We%20Are%20the%20World%20Lyrics.htmlMichael Jackson and Lionel Richie co-wrote We Are The World, which became an all-star performance under the direction of Quincy Jones. Featuring vocals by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan and Cyndi Lauper — the song and its video helped raise millions of dollars for starving children in famine-stricken Africa.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/winhistorydesktop.mspx A computer operating system
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_pk.htm March draws half-million Christian men D.C. rally
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http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1997/02/12/20fraud.h16.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1997/02/12/20fraud.h16.html&levelId=2100Book distributor Baker & Taylor was accused of overcharging libraries and schools by hundreds of millions of dollars. .
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http://economics.about.com/ U. S. farms employed only 3.4 million people
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http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openup/chapters/033520337X.pdf The researcher argued that problem-based learning can help students to ‘make sense’ for themselves. This research came out of the Dimensions of Learning
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Live wire effect seen in politics, job market, schools, family interaction, et al.
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http://www.transitionmathproject.org/partners/wcp/doc/bloom.pdf A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; Revised to help teachers understand and implement a standards-based curriculum
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http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/February/200801290938151CJsamohT5.575198e-02.html Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) lauches its OpenCourseWare (OWC) web site, which offers free online access to educational materials from all of its courses to any user snywhere in the world.
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http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/February/200801290938151CJsamohT5.575198e-02.html One laptop per Child is launched with the aim of distributing a $100 laptops to poor children around the world.
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http://www.techdata.com/content/visitor/abouttd/td_hist.aspx Robert Dutkowsky CEO of Tech Data, positioned the company to capitalize on new growth opportunities with a renewed emphasis on three key strategic areas: execution, innovation and diversification.
