How to Use social studies in a Sentence

social studies

plural noun
  • 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
  • Wroblewski is a social studies teacher at the high school and has been there for about 15 years.
    Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 3 May 2018
  • 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 head of our social studies department entered the room.
    cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020
  • He was hired by the district as a social studies teacher in July 2003.
    Wbtv, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2018
  • 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
  • The other day, my son’s second-grade social studies work happened on a beach towel in the grass.
    Maggie Smith, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • These included his eighth-grade social studies teacher and a boss who forced him to clean gum off a shoe.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Olivia Austin is an eighth grade social studies teacher in Newark, New Jersey, where schools are closed throughout the state.
    CBS News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Claassen plans to continue to teach social studies at Pius as well as serve as its softball coach.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Of course, this means Mastroianni hasn’t been able to teach social studies or coach football.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • In Ka Mauri’s case, the problem started during a test in his social studies class on Sept. 11.
    Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • In kindergarten next school year, students will learn science and social studies in the language.
    Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Her husband, Dustin, is a social studies teacher at Kings High.
    Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 9 Mar. 2020
  • By early March, there was a new social studies teacher.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The state is in the middle of reviewing social studies curriculum.
    Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At a distanced view, the practice of social studies may seem far from useful in the fight against misinformation.
    Brayden Pryor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
  • One program assesses the proficiency of students in math, social studies, science and English.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024

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