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.