social studies

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noun

a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.

Origin of social studies

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby social studies

social settlement, social sharing, social statics, social stratification, social structure, social studies, social tagging, social unit, social war, social wasp, social welfare

Words related to social studies

geography, government, history, civics, sociology

British Dictionary definitions for social studies

social studies

noun

(functioning as singular) the study of how people live and organize themselves in society, embracing geography, history, economics, and other subjects