social studies


social studies

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A course of study including geography, history, government, and sociology, taught in secondary and elementary schools.

social studies

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

so′cial stud`ies


n. a school course comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, sociology, and anthropology. [1915–20]
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