Strand 1: Toffler’s 3 WavesStrand 2: TechnologyStrand 3: WorkStrand 4: EducationStrand 5: Society and CultureStrand 6: Political
Toffler’s 3 Waves
People tied to the land Extended family lived together Central location Life revolved around
the land
Traveled by:◦ Horseback◦ Foot◦ Horse and buggy
Limited communication◦ Pony Express
Families separated Work outside of the home Agriculture was replaced by factories
◦ Mass production ◦ Assembly Line
Travel Made Easy!
Automobile Airplane Overnight express Books and tape more
available
Single family homes 2 working parents Working as a team in the workplace Technology in
the workplace◦ Computers◦ Cell phones
Digital Kids Video games “Hyper Kids”
◦ Children attached to the internet
Schools◦ Online classes◦ Virtual classroom
Youth Connected◦ My Space and Facebook
Work Style◦ Work from home◦ Independently
Dependent on wireless communication.
Technology
1900: Kodak Brownie camera
1901:Marconi picks up the first transatlantic radio signal
1903:Lightweight electric iron introduced
1906:First air-conditioned hospital
1908: Model T introduced
1913:First electric dishwasher on the market1915: First transcontinental telephone call
1919: First automatic pop-up toaster
1920:Yellow traffic lights
1920’s: Windmills used to drive generators1925: Televisor
1927: First garbage disposal
1929: Television camera and a cathode-ray tube receiver
1930: Synthetic rubber developed
1931: central air-conditioning
1933: Electron microscope
1933: First modern commercial airliner
1933: FM radio 1937: Jet engines
designed
1939: Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the first electronic computer
1943: Radar storm detection
1946: First electronic computer put into operation
1946: Tupperware
1947: Sound barrier broken
1949: First jet-powered commercial aircraft
1951: Direct long distance calling first available
1952: Walk/Don’t Walk signal
1957: Sputnik I 1958: United States
launches its first satellite
1959: Ultrasound
1962: John Glenn is the first American to circle Earth
1964: Carbon fiber developed
1965: Compact Disc 1967: Hand Held
Calculator 1968: RAM
introduced for computers
1971: Soft Contact 1972: First e-mail
program 1972: CAT or CT
scan is introduced 1973: First portable
cell phone call is made
1978:First electronic sewing machine
1978: First cochlear implant surgery
The computer age has begun!
1981: IBM Personal Computer released
1983: The Internet! 1984: Macintosh is
introduced 1985: Windows 1.0
is released 1990: Hubble Space
Telescope
Old New
1991: World Wide Web
1997: Fiber Optic Link Around the Globe
1998: International Space Station
2000: 100 million cellular telephone subscribers
Throughout the twentieth century, numerous technological advances became available to society. One may not realize the importance of some or the impact; however, if man did not have some of these modern conveniences, the world would be a much different place.
Work
1900’s:Firestone Tire and Rubber Company In1903: Hershey Chocolate 1900’s :John D. Rockefeller helps
philanthropies 1910: Less than 5,000 chain stores 1915: R.H. Macy, B. Altman's, Lord &
Taylor, Sterns, and Saks Fifth Avenue stores open in Manhattan
1924: The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1925: Sears Roebuck & Co.
1931: Bloomingdale's opens
1935:127,482 chain stores
1941-1960
1941: WWII impacts the economy
More women enter the workforce
1949: 75 cents per hour1957: Toys R Us opens
1962: Wal- Mart opens, soon to be the top rated retail store!
1963: Equal Pay Act 1964:Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission 1978: The Home Depot's first store opens
in Decatur, Ga.
1982: Food courts become focal points in malls.
1986: QVC debuts. 1990: Wal-Mart is number one U.S. retailer
in sales. 1992: Macy's files Chapter 11. 1993: Sears ceases publication of its "Big
Book" catalog.
Throughout the twentieth century the working class has changed. Women have entered the work force and have equal pay. Some businesses have thrived over time and others are no longer available.