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History Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as ancient history, postwar civilizations, and the history of third-world countries.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
- 04Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss10%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
51%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 95% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.