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social studies
noun
- a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
social studies
noun
- functioning as singular the study of how people live and organize themselves in society, embracing geography, history, economics, and other subjects
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Word History and Origins
Origin of social studies1
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Example Sentences
We paid willing social studies teachers and counselors to help facilitate the discussion.
You mentioned that some students don’t have social studies class right now.
So not every student has a social studies teacher this quarter.
State social studies requirements vary widely, and many high school students graduate without taking a civics class.
He thrust a sheet of paper at me — the social studies teacher had quit.
I kept them stacked between my high school math and social studies textbooks.
We have to stop teaching exclusively to the test, and put equal weight on social studies, science, PE, and the arts.
When you apply Darwinian thinking to social studies, you have to be careful.
Cuba, as every American who took third grade social studies knows, is an isla non grata.
I raised my arms over my head like a prizefighter and made my exit from Social Studies and began the perp-walk to the office.
My social studies teacher, Ms Galvez, rolled her eyes at me and I rolled my eyes back at her.
He turned his screen around so that I could see the video feed from the social studies classroom.
I am ashamed to set it down; it ought to be sacred; and nothing but my zeal in these social studies could make me profane it.
The complexity of such social studies sufficiently explains their present incompleteness.
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