Digital Timeline with the Six Strands

2nd 1750 AD -1955 Industrial Wave

Jan 1, 1750

Industrial Wave

Agricultural Wave

Dec 31, 1750

8000 B.C. to 1750 A.D

Stand 2 Technology - Railroad

May 10, 1869

Railroad

Strand 4 Education- John Dewey

Jan 31, 1900

DeweyJohn Dewey belived that humans use truth to solve problems and learning is active.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 22, 1901

QueenQueen Victoria dies.

Strand 3 Business/Corporate Dev. - Steel

Jul 30, 1901

MorganJ.P. Morgan merged the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses to form the first billion dollar corporation in America.

Strand 6 Political

Sep 6, 1901

McKinleyPresident McKinley begins second term as president and is fatally shot.

Strand 3 Business/corporate Dev. - Wright Brothers

Jan 1, 1903

WrightFirst flight at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers

Strand 5 Society

Dec 17, 1903

The Wright Brothers flew the first controlled airplane near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Strand 4 - Classical Conditioning

Jan 31, 1904

PavlovThe first type of learning to be discovered in the early 1900's. Ivan Pavlov played a key role in the development of classical conditioning.

Strand 2 Technology - Mass Production

Jul 31, 1908

FordHenry Ford built the automobile using a method of mass production called the assembly line.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1910

AngelAngel Island in San Franciso, an immigration station, opens to Asian Immigrants coming to America.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1910

BoyBoy Scouts of America was incorporated in the United States. It is the largest youth organization in the world.

Strand 3 Business/Corporate Dev.- Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Mar 25, 1911

TriangleA factory in New York caught fire killing an estimated 500 workers. The led to the beginning of strikes and labor unions.

Stand 4 Education Montessori

Jan 31, 1912

Started by Maria Montessori
The first Montessori school was opened in the U.S, in 1912.

Strand 6 Political

Feb 3, 1913

FordThe 16th amendement allows Congress to collect income tax.

Strand 3 Business/ Corporate Dev. - Henry Ford

Jul 30, 1913

HenryHenry Ford brought down the price of the Ford Model T with the use of the assembly line. The assembly increased the speed of the production of cars.

Strand 6 Political

Feb 4, 1917

WWIThe United States enters WWI.

Strand 2 Technology - War

Apr 2, 1917

WilsonPresident Wilson enters the United States in World War I.

Strand 4 Education - Social Interdependence

Jan 31, 1920

SocialThis takes place when individuals share common goals.

Strand 6 Political

Aug 26, 1920

Women'sWomen's Suffrage was ratified granting nation-wide suffrage to women.

Strand 2 Technology - KDKA

Nov 2, 1920

radioThe first radio broadcast by a radio station.

Strand 6 Political

Oct 1, 1922

MussoliniBenito Mussolini starts facist government and marches on Rome.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1923

KKKWidespread Klu Klux Klan violence erutped in the United States.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1923

BessieSinger Bessie Smith makes her first blue's album

Strand 4 Education - Jean Piaget

Jan 31, 1929

PiagetPiaget developed the stages of cognitive development for children ages birth to eleven and up.

Strand 3 Business/Corporate Dev. - Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

StockThis day is known as Black Tuesday.

Strand 3 Business/ Corporate Dev.- Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

Great

Strand 5 - Dust Bowl

Jan 31, 1930

The Dust Bowl occured when topsoil was blown from barren lands and carried in storms.

Stand 2 Technology - Television

Jul 28, 1930

televisionAmerica's new form of entertainment is invented.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 31, 1931

Star“The Star-Spangled Banner” was made the national anthem by Congress.

Strand 4 Education - Memory

Jan 1, 1932

Frederic C. Bartlett wrote a book titled "Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology/" that focused on memiories of the past.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1932

AmeliaAmelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly.

Strand 2 Technology - Defibrillator

Jul 28, 1932

Dr. William Bennett Kouwenhoven esearch led to the creation of the closed defibrillator to jump start the heart.

Strand 6 Political

Sep 1, 1932

Hitler Becomes Chancellor

Strand 3 Business/ Corporate Dev. - New Deal

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin Rooselvelt creates New Deal Programs to put Americans back to work.

Strand 5 Society

Dec 5, 1933

The 21st amendment that repealed prohibition was ratified.

Strand 3 Business/ Corporate - Social Security

Aug 14, 1935

Social Security Act

Strand 4 Education - B.F. Skinner

Jan 31, 1938

Skinner introduces his theory of operant conditioning.

Strand 6 Politcal

May 10, 1940

Sir Winston Churchhill becomes Britain's Prime Minister

Strand 6 Political

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks U.S. at Pearl Harbor causing us to enter WWII.

Strand 3 Business/ Corporate- The Draft

Nov 11, 1942

Congress lowers the draft age to 18.

Strand 2 Technology - Atomic Bomb

Jul 16, 1945

The atomic bomb deveolpment was known as the Manhattan Project. It was used during World War II to make Japan surrender.

Strand 4 Education - Visual materials

Jan 31, 1946

Edgar Dale created the Cone of Experience. Its purpose was for educators to provide a visual learning experience using materials.

Strand 5 Society

Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinson played in his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1948

South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.

Strand 2 Technology - Camera

Nov 1, 1948

The first polaroid camera was invented by Edwin Land. It was first sold to the public in Nov. of 1948.

Strand 4 Education - Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

Jan 31, 1949

Ralph Tyler published this book based on four principles and those principles still live on in education today.

Strand 6 Political

Jun 25, 1950

Korean War begins between North and South Korea over communism.

Strand 2 Technology - Polio Vaccine

Jan 31, 1952

Dr. Jonas Salk invented a successful vaccine for polio.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 20, 1953

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated president of United States.

Strand 5 Society

May 17, 1954

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Brown vs. The Board of Education case in favor of Brown. The court rules that seperate but equal is unconstitutional.

Strand 2 Technology - Nuclear Submarine

Sep 30, 1954

USS Nautilus is the name of the first submarine launched in the United States.

3rd 1955--Present Information Wave

Jan 31, 1955

Strand 3 Business/Corporation- McDonalds

Apr 15, 1955

McDonalds was founded by Ray Kroc.

Strand 3 Business/Corporations - Disneyland Opens

Jul 17, 1955

Disneyland

Strand 5 Society

Dec 5, 1955

Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Birmingham, Alabama. This was after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.

Strand 4 Education - Taxonomy

Jan 31, 1956

Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives includes six levels of knowledge.

Strand 4 Education - Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, President Dwight Eisenhower initiated federal funds to education in math and science.

Strand 2 Technology - Laser

May 16, 1960

Theodore Maiman invented the first working laser.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as president of the U.S.

Strand 3 Business/Cororate- Peace Corps.

Mar 1, 1961

Volunteers in the Peace Corps take on serveral different roles and serve over 139 countries in the world.

Strand 6 Political

Oct 22, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

Strand 4 Education - Keller Plan

Jan 31, 1963

Keller Plan

Strand 3 Business/Corporation- Jeans

Jul 30, 1963

Levi Strauss introduces jeans

Strand 5 Society

Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream Speech."

Strand 5 Society

Feb 9, 1964

The Beatles make their debut on the Ed Sullivan show.

Stand 2 Technology - Man on the Moon

Jul 21, 1969

Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

Strand 4 Education - Problem Solving Learning

Jan 31, 1970

This is where small groups work collaboratively to solve problems.

Strand 2 Technology - Microprocessor

Jan 31, 1971

Microprocessor

Strand 3 Business/Corporation- NASDAQ

Jul 30, 1971

NASDAQ opens as world's first electronic stock market

Strand 6 Political

Jun 17, 1972

Watergate scandal that later caused President Richard Nixon to resign from office.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 27, 1973

Vietnam War ends.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1973

Duke Ellington's, Music Is My Mistress, is published.

Strand 2 Technology - Microsoft

Jan 31, 1975

Bill Gates and Paul Allen forms Microsoft to write computer software.

Strand 5 Society

Mar 24, 1976

Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority.

Strand 3 Business/Corporation- Sony Walkman

Jul 30, 1979

Personal stereo cassette player by Sony in invented by Akio Morita.

Strand 5 Society

May 8, 1980

Smallpox was eliminated.

Strand 6 Political

Sep 19, 1980

The Iran-Iraq War begins.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 20, 1981

Ronald Reagan becomes the 40th president of the U.S.

Strand 5 Society

Jan 31, 1981

AIDS is identified in the U.S.

Stand 2 Technology - Space Shuttle

Apr 12, 1981

The first space shuttle was launched.

Strand 2 Technology - Personal Computer

Aug 12, 1981

IBM released their own personal computer.

Strand 4 Education - A Nation at Risk

Apr 26, 1983

T.H. Bell, Secretary of Education, created the National Commission on Excellence in Education to examine America's educational public school system.

Strand 4 Education - Multiple Intelligence

Jul 30, 1983

Howard Gardner developed seven intelligences that deal with the way people learn and how we all learn differently.

4th 1985-Beyond Technology Wave

Jan 31, 1985

Strand 4 Education - IDEA of 1990

Jan 31, 1990

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that children with disabilities are entitled to a free public education.

Strand 6 Political

Jan 31, 1990

Persian Gulf War was a result of Iraq invading Kuwait for oil reserves.

Strand 6 Political

Feb 11, 1990

South Africa frees Nelson Mandela. Mandela served twenty-seven and a half years in prison.

Strand 5 Society

Apr 17, 1993

Two police officers convicted on federal civil rights charges in Rodney King beating that took place in Los Angeles.

Strand 4 Education - The Culture of Education

Jan 31, 1996

Jerome Bruner reminds educators that education is about more than just knowledge, but strategies to construct meaning.

Strand 5 Society

Aug 31, 1997

Princess Diana dies in car accident.

Strand 6 Political

Sep 11, 2001

Terriosists attack the U.S. by hijackers ramming jetliners into the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashed 80 mi outside of Pittsburgh.

Strand 4 Education - No Child left Behind Act

Jan 8, 2002

This act was signed into law by President Bush to require annual testing of all students in public schools.

Strand 5 Society

Feb 1, 2003

Space shuttle Columbia explodes killing all astronauts on board.

Strand 4 Education - Evolution

Dec 20, 2005

School boards across the country met to discuss the controversial issue of how to teach students the origin of the earth.

Strand 6 Political

Nov 4, 2008

ObamaBarack Obama Is Elected President. He is the first African-American male elected president of the United States.

Strand 5 Society

Dec 1, 2008

The U.S. falls into a rrecession.

Strand 4 Education - Criterion Referenced Instruction

Jul 30, 2009

Robert Mager developed this type of instruction in order for it to be used for training purposes.