How to Use social studies in a Sentence

social studies

plural noun
  • 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
  • These included his eighth-grade social studies teacher and a boss who forced him to clean gum off a shoe.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 24 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
  • 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
  • Adopted this year, the state’s new social studies standards provide even more specifics about what should be taught.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • The next hope is to have more books accessible across all classes, such as social studies.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • One former student is now a social studies teacher.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • In kindergarten next school year, students will learn science and social studies in the language.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The next year the massacre became part of the state’s social studies curriculum.
    — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Of course, this means Mastroianni hasn’t been able to teach social studies or coach football.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Districts across the state saw the largest gains in math and social studies, while results in reading stayed largely steady.
    — Samuel O’Neal and, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
  • 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
  • The business grew out of students' study of economics through the social studies program.
    — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
  • Toss the math tests, social studies quizzes, and science lab notes, but do be sure to hang on to a few mementos from the year that feel special.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • Toss the math tests, social studies quizzes, and science lab notes, but do be sure to hang on to a few mementos from the year that feel special.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
  • Her husband, Dustin, is a social studies teacher at Kings High.
    — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Those of us who paid attention in high school social studies know that only Congress can declare war.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The new class will count as one of the three mandatory social studies credits in the state’s foundation high school program.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The state is in the middle of reviewing social studies curriculum.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 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
  • Powerful knowledge That’s where background knowledge comes in – and the good news is that social studies can build it.
    — Lightning Jay, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • He is certified to teach social studies for grades 7 through 12, according to state records.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026

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