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Education | A general term embracing the teaching of economics, sociology, anthropology and politics. The aims of social studies teaching is to encourage children's knowledge of current affairs and their understanding of social and political concepts. (1). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: SOCIAL STUDIES |
| Specialty definitions using "SOCIAL STUDIES": agricultural economics, agricultural economy ♦ farm economics ♦ rural economics ♦ TEACHER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. (references) |
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Screenplays | This is a social studies nightmare. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) So how did you do on that social studies test? (Happy Days; writing credit: Lane Sarasohn; Ken Shapiro) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Social Studies (1997) | |
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Children | Mauritius | No action was taken during the year on the Government's 1998 plan to prepare a curriculum for human rights education to be introduced into social studies courses at the primary and secondary levels. (references) |
Economic History | Russia | The U.S. Government will also be awarding a grant to support a curriculum development program for the Institute of Public Administration and Social Studies at Moscow State University. (references) |
Human Rights | Argentina | Some of the most active human rights organizations include the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, the Center for Legal and Social Studies, the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, Service for Peace and Justice, and New Rights of Man. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | According to a November 2000 study by the Association for Research and Social Studies, only 10 percent of workers have a contract duly registered with the Labor Ministry as required by law. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "SOCIAL STUDIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العلوم الإجتماعية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sociologi (sociology), samfundsvidenskab, samfundslaere (civics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sociale studierichting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sciences sociales (social sciences), instruction civique, formation civique, études sociales. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Staatsbürgerkunde (citizenship training, civics), soziologische Studien, gesellschaftskundliche Studien, Bürgerschaftskunde (citizenship training, civics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοινωνικές επιστήμες (social sciences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | studi sociali, scienze sociali (social science), educazione civica (civics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 社会科 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃかいか (socialization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocialsay udiesstay estudos sociais. (various references) общественная наука. (various references) formación cívica (citizenship training, civics), estudios sociológicos, estudios sociales. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"SOCIAL STUDIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: social studie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: dissociates, solicitudes. | |
-3 letters: cassoulets, coassisted, dislocates, dissociate, lassitudes, outclassed, outclasses, socialised, socialises, socialists, socialites, sodalities, solicitude. | |
-4 letters: cassoulet, classiest, cloudiest, colitises, coulisses, custodial, custodies, cutlasses, dacoities, deistical, delicious, diastoles, diastolic, discloses, dislocate, dissocial, dissolute, dualistic, dualities, idealists, idiolects, lassitude, osculated, osculates, outsailed, sciolists, seascouts, seditious, silicates, siliceous, silicoses, socialise, socialist, socialite, sodalists, sodalites. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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