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social studies

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

social studies

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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Origin of social studies¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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A prestigious social studies institute in Paris recently sent its students a warning, following reports of foreigners being questioned about their political beliefs and refused entry.

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How and why did civics and social studies education atrophy in America’s schools?

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Those increases often came at the expense of social studies.

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Only 10% of instruction time goes to social studies in elementary school.

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People have to also be able to evaluate those words, spotting the half-truths, hyperbole, ambiguities, inaccuracies, and values behind those words — and those skills go back to social studies.

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