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The agricultural wave went on for thousands of years (Toffler, 1980), and the 1900s still saw agriculture as a driving force in society. Families stayed together and were tied to the land and bound by the seasons.
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Farming still primary source of income; there are the beginnings of factories, but they are small and considered unsafe, dirty, low wages, long hours; few women in the workforce
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Teddy Roosevelt's popularity leads to the "Teddy" Bear; ocean travel at its height; Titanic built and sunk; literature written in protest of certain conditions in society, such as "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair; films popular
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The changees in society through the waves of change impacts the family dynamics.
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Toffler (1980) described three waves: agricultural, industrial, and information. I believe we are in the fourth wave: communication.
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Just as family has been affected by the changes in society, business and the way people work has also changed over time (Toffler, 1980).
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Education has also seen changes over time, yet some think it has not changed enough with the technological advances.
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The way people communicate and travel has also changed along with society (Toffler, 1980). With more advances in technology, all forms of communication and transportation have been affected.
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One room school house common, education primarily for boys and beyond the one room school house for the wealthy; shortage of supplies and limited access to information
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Silent movies replaced by "talkies"; Wright brothers fly; Victrola for playing music or other types of albums; horse and buggy slowly being replaced by automobiles
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President McKinley Shot; five civilized tribes granted U.S. citizenship, Teddy Roosevelt president
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Albert Einstein proposed special theory of relativity
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Educational Films
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Taft President, NAACP in New York, Fundamentalism began with five points
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The industrial wave overlaps the agricultral wave. The engine would provide a way of running machines, including the car and tractors. This also led to machines in factories, which changed the way people worked.
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Woodrow Wilson president
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Selective Service enacts draft
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World War I began
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U.S. declared war against Germany
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Versailles Peace Treaty, end WWI
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18th amendment prohibits alcohol, 19th amendment gives women right to vote
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Warren Harding president
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Visual instruction
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Calvin Cooledge President
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liquid rocket fuel
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Penicillin
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Herbert Hoover president, stock market crash
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Worldwide depression
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Roosevelt president, New Deal, Dust Bowl
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Hitler named Fuhrer of Germany
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Social Security Act passed
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World War II begins; Germany invades Poland
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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US declares war on Japan, enters world war
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First digital computer
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Normandy landings
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Truman president, US drops A-bomb on Japan, end WWII, United Nations formed
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Hydrogen Bomb
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Optic Fiber cables
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Russia launches Sputnik
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Peace Corps
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EMail
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Floppy discs for storing and retrieving information
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Diffusion of innovation
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Cellular phone
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Advances in technology and the internet mark this as the information age. The personal computer and the web gave people new ways to store and gather information. This led to more advances in the field of technology, such as the cell phone and personal computers and tablets (Toffler, 1980).
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IBM PC
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CD-ROM
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World Wide Web
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smart phones
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DVD
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GPS
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Skype
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YouTube
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iPad
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World War II began 1913
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In a 2006 interview, Toffler suggested the fourth wave will include advances in biology, digital technology, and space. The ISS (International Space Station) could be seen as a forefront to the advances in space. Other futurists also suggest biotechnological advances, and digital technology continues to evolve. I belive communication will play a big role in the oncoming fourth wave. Although signs supporting this fourth wave are evident, I do not believe it is quite here yet.
