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social studies

NOUN
school subject about society
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When students ask about the lake’s name, Jonna St. Croix, a social studies teacher at Sackets Harbor Central School, calls it Lake Ontario, following state curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Some do recall the morning but struggle to convey the magnitude of pain and fear to students for whom 9/11 is another date in a social studies course timeline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

To answer that, it’s worth going back to seventh grade social studies.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Public school teachers are trained to teach literacy, history and social studies, not theology, leaving educators to navigate how biblical texts will be presented while serving students from diverse religious backgrounds.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

Traces of her smile remained as the rest of the class filed in for social studies.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg


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