Indiana Social Studies IS.1.31
The Standard
Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impact the lives of Hoosiers today.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Contemporary Indiana: 1980 to 2000
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Trace changes in medicine, farming, and internet access that took hold in Indiana between 1980 and 2000. Explain how at least two of those changes affect Hoosiers today.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can place Eli Lilly's 1982 lab-made insulin and the spread of home internet in the 1990s on a timeline. They explain a present-day effect on patients or workers and name a limit, such as cost or poor broadband service.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume lab-made insulin made diabetes care cheap for everyone. They may also assume every Indiana household has reliable internet or mix up when a technology first appeared with when people began using it widely.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose lab-made insulin or home internet. In two sentences, explain what changed between 1980 and 2000, how it affects a Hoosier today, and one barrier that remains.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a paper field grid and a printed yield map; have them plot a GPS-guided tractor route and mark spots needing different treatment.
Ask: How did lab-made insulin, introduced by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly in 1982, change care, and why might price still limit access?
Hand out cards for 1982 lab-made insulin, 1990s home internet, diabetes care today, and remote work; pairs match changes to effects.
Have students check the FCC broadband map for their school and explain how listed service could affect homework or job applications.
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Related Standards
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Describe developing trends in science and technology, and explain how they impacted the lives of Americans during the period 1945 to 1980.
- IS.1.33
Analyze the impact of globalization on Hoosier culture and Indiana’s policies, international connections, and technological innovations.
- 4.H.11
Identify and describe important events and movements that changed life in Indiana from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
- IS.1.19
Describe technological developments during the 1920s and explain their impact on rural and urban Indiana.
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