How to Use social studies in a Sentence

social studies

plural noun
Definition of social studiesnext
  • The school website lists him as a social studies teacher.
    — baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Darren Williams, a social studies teacher in Tulsa, Okla., was part of the group.
    — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In Toth, Bedford turned to a coach who has been in its school system for the last four years as a social studies teacher.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Walz taught social studies and helped coach the football team that won the school's first state championship.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Walz became a high school social studies teacher and a coach on the school’s football team.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The next year the massacre became part of the state’s social studies curriculum.
    — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Reichert was part of Desert Ridge since 2007 when he was hired as a social studies teacher.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2021
  • By high school, Jones left social studies for the fields, following the same route his mother once did each year.
    — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Some students also took a social studies field test in the spring, but scores will not be released from it.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The plaintiff, a student in the eighth-grade social studies class, watched the video and had a profoundly bad reaction, the suit claimed.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • Leonel, who wants to be a social studies teacher looking out for kids who don’t fit in, yearned to head out of town for college.
    — Mila Koumpilova, USA Today, 1 July 2021
  • Also, a big part of it was strong social studies and the fact that I was really submerged in the youth culture.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • A few days later, Natalia Chansler, 41, a sixth grade social studies teacher, died from the virus as well.
    — Brayden Garcia, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Tiffany Page, social studies teacher at Phoenix High School.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The new social studies standards spell out what students should learn about civics and the Holocaust in their classes from kindergarten to 12th grade.
    — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2021
  • The state is in the middle of reviewing social studies curriculum.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Students in fourth and sixth grade are also tested on science and fifth graders on social studies.
    — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There is no English, no math, no science, no social studies.
    — Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The topic has long been part of McMinn County’s ninth-grade social studies curriculum.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Payne-Elliott had worked for 13 years as a world language and social studies teacher at Cathedral High School.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • In a broader context, the multiple concerns about the teaching of social studies have grown for years.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2021
  • His achievements are taught in public school social studies courses in Ohio.
    — Fox News, 15 July 2022
  • Students will be judged on their grades from the first part of their sixth-grade year in English, math, science, and social studies as well as their grades in fifth grade in English and math.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2021
  • Ihrke confirmed that a student approached a social studies teacher asking to start the club.
    — Pam Louwagie, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Jordan Russell, a high school social studies teacher in Bryan, Tex., agrees.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Sixth graders use Adderall to power through social studies.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • Only in the past few days did candidates emerge as long-term substitutes for the social studies teacher.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The curriculum will also include social studies units as well as science in the near future.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Sixth-grade social studies teacher Mike Pearl will assemble a team of students to maintain the gardens as the new school year gets under way.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Walz, a former high school social studies teacher and football coach, received the praise of the nation’s largest teachers unions after joining the ticket.
    — Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024

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