Refer to "Note Regarding the Timeline Project." Complete "Timeline Part I." Remember to include the major players and events in these themes. Refer to "EXAMPLE: Timeline Part I: The History of Television" as a model for completing the History Timeline matrices. While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a scoring guide (refer to "Timeline I Scoring Guide"). Instructors will be using the scoring guide to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. Refer to "Note Regarding the Timeline Project." Complete "Timeline Part I." EXAMPLE: Timeline Part I: The History of Television Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to the history of Television in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 1 assignment entitled, “Timeline Part I.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part I up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed . Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event in the development of T.V. Time Period/Date(s) Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to the history of Television. 1) Before TV: Radio as king 1900-1950 The radio was king of the air waves before television was invented. It was used by entertainers, the sports world and politicians alike. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” created a sense of hope during the Great Depression (Brands, 2009). 2) The first TV: The world in Black and White 1950-1960 The first TV was built in the late 1940’s, but most people could not afford one. By 1955, TV’s were in half a million homes in the U.S. (Brands, 2009). The first television shows were comprised of puppet shows, cartoons, game shows and the “late show”, a movie that started around midnight. 3) TV as entertainment. 1955- present Television began with a few shows on a few channels but by 2011, there are hundreds of channels available on cable and satellite networks around the world. In the early 50’s, Game shows were extremely popular. The $64,000 question, at the height of its popularity drew 10 million viewers during prime time (Brands, 2009) By the 1960’s the Ed Sullivan show was captivating America. The Beetles made their first appearance in America on the Ed S.

1. Refer to "Note Regarding the Timeline Project."
Complete "Timeline Part I."
Remember to include the major players and events in these
themes.
Refer to "EXAMPLE: Timeline Part I: The History of
Television" as a model for completing the History Timeline
matrices.
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this
assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text
citations and references should be presented using GCU
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a scoring guide (refer to "Timeline I
Scoring Guide"). Instructors will be using the scoring guide to
grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the
scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for
successful completion of the assignment.
Refer to "Note Regarding the Timeline Project."
Complete "Timeline Part I."
EXAMPLE:
Timeline Part I: The History of Television
Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time
Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and
Significance of the People/Event(s) to the history of Television
in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the
Module 1 assignment entitled, “Timeline Part I.”
NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to
turnitin.

2. NOTE:
Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit
your submission of the Timeline Part I
up to 250 words per topic/subtopic.
For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may
write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed
.
Be sure to cite all sources.

3. Major Event in the development of T.V.
Time Period/Date(s)
Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to the

4. history of Television.
1)
Before TV: Radio as king
1900-1950
The radio was king of the air waves before television was
invented. It was used by entertainers, the sports world and
politicians alike. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “fireside chats”
created a sense of hope during the Great Depression (Brands,
2009).
2)
The first TV: The world in Black and White
1950-1960
The first TV was built in the late 1940’s, but most people could
not afford one. By 1955, TV’s were in half a million homes in
the U.S. (Brands, 2009). The first television shows were
comprised of puppet shows, cartoons, game shows and the “late
show”, a movie that started around midnight.
3)

5. TV as entertainment.
1955- present
Television began with a few shows on a few channels but by
2011, there are hundreds of channels available on cable and
satellite networks around the world.
In the early 50’s, Game shows were extremely popular. The
$64,000 question, at the height of its popularity drew 10 million
viewers during prime time (Brands, 2009)
By the 1960’s the Ed Sullivan show was captivating America.
The Beetles made their first appearance in America on the Ed
Sullivan show on August 10
th
, 1964 (Brands, 2009)
4)
TV as a marketing tool.
5)
In Living Color: The advent of color TV

6. 6)
TV as socialization agent
7)
TV as the source of “truth”
8)
TV as agent of change

7. 9)
TV and hi tech
The following Web sites can be accessed as resources for the
Timeline assignment.
“Mayflower Compact: 1620,” located on The Avalon Project
page of the Yale Law School Web site at
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mayflower.asp
“Overview of the First Americans,” located on the Digital
History Web site at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=1&smtid=1
“Native American Voices,” located on the Digital History Web
site at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/voices/voices_content.cfm?vid
=4

8. “Overview of the Colonial Era,” located on the Digital History
Web site at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=2&smtid=1
“Slavery in America,” located on the History.com Web site at
http://www.history.com/topics/slavery
“A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies: 1542,”
located on the University of Virginia in Southwest Virginia
Web site at
http://web.archive.org/web/19980116133031/http://pluto.clinch.
edu/history/wciv2/civ2ref/casas.htm
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” located on the University
of Oklahoma College of Law Web site at
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/henry.shtml
“America’s Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional
Convention,” located on the National Archives and Records
Administration Web site at
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding
_fathers.html
“Overview of the Early National Period,” located on the Digital
History Web site at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=4&smtid=1
“Overview of the Pre-Civil War Era,” located on the Digital
History Web site at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=5&smtid=1

9. The following Readings can be accessed as resources for the
Timeline assignment.
Locke to the rescue. (2005, Summer). Wilson Quarterly.
Retrieved August 28, 2009, from Academic Search Premier
database.
http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.co
m/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=17662266&site=ehost-
live&scope=site
Social contract. (2009, January). Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Retrieved August 28, 2009, from
Academic Search Premier database.
http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.co
m/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=39032855&site=ehost-
live&scope=site
Natural rights. (2009, January). Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Retrieved August 28, 2009, from
Academic Search Premier database.
http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.co
m/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=39023676&site=ehost-
live&scope=site
References

10. Brands, H. W., Breen, T. H., Williams, R., & Gross, A. (2009).
American stories: A history of the United States
. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle
Remember to include the major players and events in these
themes.
Refer to "EXAMPLE: Timeline Part I: The History of
Television" as a model for completing the History Timeline
matrices.
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this
assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text
citations and references should be presented using GCU
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a scoring guide (refer to "Timeline I
Scoring Guide"). Instructors will be using the scoring guide to
grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the
scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for
successful completion of the assignment.