Idaho Social Studies 9-12.US2.42
The Standard
Describe some effects of key changes on United States society and labor. These may include: • Outsourcing • Robotic automation • Income disparities • Shift toward a service-based economy
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Globalization, Information Technology, Terrorism, Political and Social Polarization 1992- Present
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how contracting out work, using robots, and the growth of service jobs have changed U.S. work since the 1990s. They connect these changes to wages, job opportunities, and communities.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given job and wage data from two decades, students can identify which jobs declined or grew. They can explain how the changes affected different workers and may have widened pay gaps.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat outsourcing and automation as the same change. They may assume all factory jobs disappeared or that all service jobs pay poorly.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A factory sends assembly work abroad, installs robots, and hires customer support staff. Explain two changes to its jobs and one possible effect on wages.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs 1995 and 2025 job cards; have them sort roles into moved overseas, automated, or new service jobs.
Ask: A town loses assembly jobs but gains hospital jobs. Who might earn more, and who might struggle? Use the job cards.
Give groups four scenario cards to match with outsourcing, automation, service growth, or income gaps; have them explain one worker effect for each.
Find three local job postings on a job board; label service roles and compare training and listed pay where available.
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