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** Pre-1800’s **
 * AGRICULTURAL AGE **
 * ** ﻿ Family ** || ** Business **  ||  ** Transportation **  ||  ** Economic **  ||  ** Education **  ||
 * ** Tied to the land, Extended family working together. Revolutionary War giving America it's independence. ** || ** Working together Tend to remain local. The seed drill, piano, tuning fork and first fire extinguisher were invented. ** || ** Limited, Pony Express, Horse and Buggy stay local. Any movement across continent required the use of horse and wagon. There was little until the end of the century. ** || ** Bartering, service for service exchange. Some wealthy entrepreneurs. Some men educated at William and Mary or Harvard and they became the professionals of the time. Times were tough due to unrepresented taxes, etc. Some well known individuals of this era were those in the continental congress representing all levels of education including law and farming, Ben Franklin and his many inventions were famous. News traveled slowly and was mostly word to word. ** || ** Mostly oral, limited books, home schooling or one room school house. Students recite materials to instructor. Prior to school, individuals learned from individuals. Children sometime missed many years of school to help out on family land. Lancasterial Monitorial Instruction, consist of classroom orgnaiztion/economic manangement/subject matter according to graded plan ** ||

INDUSTRIAL WAVE ** Early to mid 19th Century **
 * ** Family ** ||  ** Business **  ||  ** Transportation **  ||  ** Economic **  ||  ** Education **  ||
 * ** Beginnings of Nuclear Family, moving around, large scale factories. Treatment of Blacks and American Indians was different. Trail of Tears occurred. Custer’s last stand, As slavery began to end, more movement into factory and “Class System” began to emerge. ** || ** Top down, bureaucratic factories more people out of homes women working. Lincoln became Present before Civil War. There were more laws against slavery. Lewis and Clark traveled west. **


 * Jim Crow laws. ** || ** Pony Express ends as mail is taken by locomotive Horse and Buggy stay local. Any movement across continent required the use of horse and wagon. There was little until the end of the century. **


 * Erie Canal **** was built to assist in water travel. There was train travel (steam) along with steamships encircling the globe. Bridges began to be built. ** || ** Bank Charter Act of 1844, Black Friday, California Gold rush, several economic panics, establishment of the dollar. Johnston Flood occurred killing thousands. Emancipation Proclamation. Wars fought at the Alamo to gain Texas as part of the United States. Alaska was purchased as was the Louisiana purchase. Many States were elected to be part of the United States. ** || ** Mostly oral, limited books, home schooling or one room school house. Great innovations were made by Darwin, Florence Nightengale, Horace Greely and Phineas T. Barnum. More schools were being built. Froebel’s view of changes in educational methodology appeard as the, //The Education of Man// in 1826. Organig unity and belief of God. Educators were to control the growth of a child. Early education (Kindergarten) began to emerge. Herbart brought forth a theory of instructional methodology, clearness, association, system, method, a belief in a systematic psychology of learning. ** ||

INFORMATIONAL WAVE ** End of 19th Century to mid 20th Century **
 * ** Family ** ||  ** Business **  ||  ** Transportation **  ||  ** Economic **  ||  ** Education **  ||
 * ** Divorce is becoming more common, two pay check families, childless families, and single parent families. TV’s were a main topic of conversation as the switch from radio, to black and white to color emerged and families got together to watch their favorite shows. ** || ** Collaborate teams, flex time, work from home, casual days. President McKinley was assassinated bringing questions about entrepreneurialism. **
 * The Empire State Building opened. Penicillin is developed by Fleming bringing about the cure to many fatal illnesses. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed bringing about the end to the war in Japan. Disney land opened in CA. ** || ** phones and computers instant ability tor travel. Air travel became normal method of travel. License plates were issued for automobiles. The titanic sank bringing questions about safety in sailing ships. The model T was invented by **


 * Ford. ** || ** Corporations emerged first appearing in the railroad industry, rise in organized labor market, toward the 1980's the entrepreneurial culture such as Microsoft. Worry about depression and recession. 1929 Stock market Crash bringing about the “Great Depression”. War of the Worlds was broadcasted. Home ownership was a must. **
 * 1906 San Francisco Great Earthquake and Fire. Latter 1800’s new Madrid Fault earthquake let Midwest know that they were not immune to earthquakes and needed to be better prepared. **
 * World war One occurred. Hitler gained more power in Europe and World War Two, “The War to end all Wars began.” ** || ** Digital media, intenet provides education through on-line degrees. Segrigation was ruled illegal in U.S. The studies of science and technology were emerging. Thorndike and Dewey rose in status through their theories and publications. Throndike wrote about the law of exercise or repetition, law of effect and law of readiness. Dewey did not believe stimulus and response were to be distinguished but wee related. Dewey began the reflective method was the best. Kilpatrick popularized Dewey. Kilpatrick took Dewey to task and said there is a child-center approach that must be studied. Maria Montessori began to develop schools for children emphasizing the senses, and worked with visual, muscular, tactile and auditory sensation. Students learned to study sound and ptch and care for plants birds, and animals. ** ||

COMMUNICATION/INDUSTRIAL WAVE

** Mid to late 20th Century **
 * ** Family ** ||  ** Business **  ||  ** Transportation **  ||  ** Economic **  ||  ** Education **  ||
 * ** non trational home-same sex couples, single parent blended multiple families more diversity. Interracial and intercultural families’ common place. ** || ** Business boom, qualified scientific individuals needed, others work from home, very casual. As the cold war ended, less emphasis was put on war making materials at least to the general public. Berlin wall fell., Chernobyl nuclear power plan failed. Assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Columbine, Oklahoma City bombing, Princess Diana’s death and Rwandan problems caused American business to start defensive programs. **
 * Offer a wide variety of training programs for staff. ** || ** Work transportation becomes a thing of the past due to on-line technology other instant as needed. Travel became a daily occurrence in some industries however. **
 * Travel to other planets/space stations become reality if you have the money. ** || ** Huge economy that was considered more successful than ever. Two world works, Global depression all overcome. Budget deficits showed in the later part of the century, unemployment dropped to the lowest level in 30 years the stock market had an unprecedented **
 * boom. Physicians begin using computerized information. Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980’s killed many and reminded the world that volcano’s once thought dead could and would erupt again. ** || ** Graduate degrees in technological and biological/Chemical sciences are a must. All technology affects the rest of life. Cognitive theory of learning and Behaviors learning theories were in the forefront. Kirkpatrick developed his leaning theories. Mager designed measurable behavioral objective in curriculum design. On-line education, once thought of an easy way to study became reality but not at all easy. More graduate degrees specializing in small parts of educational, psychological, behavior technologies emerged. ** ||

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL/INDUSTRIAL WAVE

** Late 20th Century-present **
 * ** Family ** ||  ** Business **  ||  ** Transportation **  ||  ** Economic **  ||  ** Education **  ||
 * ** Nuclear families, many remain single, more interracial, intercultural/same sex couples. Idea of Marriage is not for all. Anything goes is common though the traditional male/female partnership is most dominate the reality of divorce is present in many couples. ** || ** Very technologically advanced. Top down or bottom up depending upon the industry, smaller government, more regulation yet faster approvals. ** || ** Transportation is for fun. Work/home/life become one. "large" technological campuses" Large Biotech campuses". ** || ** Shift in paradigm. Physicians now using the internet to communicate on a regular basis. Across U.S. decentralized developments, "green" economics ** || ** Almost all degrees can be completed on-line aside from laboratory science. Most of basic subects will be on-line no matter where one attends school. More emphasis on specific education/traning. ** ||