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SOCIAL STUDIES

Specialty Definition: SOCIAL STUDIES

DomainDefinition

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SOCIAL STUDIES

Specialty definitions using "SOCIAL STUDIES": agricultural economics, agricultural economyfarm economicsrural economicsTEACHER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. (references)

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Modern Usage: SOCIAL STUDIES

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SOCIAL STUDIES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Mediating Means and Fate: A Socio-Political Analysis of Fertility and Demographic Change in Bamako, Mali (African Social Studies Series, Vol. 1) (reference)

  • Biomagnetism: Applications and Theory (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies) (reference)

  • Identity Without Selfhood: Simone De Beauvoir and Bisexuality (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) (reference)

  • California: Harcourt Brace Social Studies (Harcourt Brace Social Studies) (reference)

  • 20 Terrific Mini-Plays That Build Reading Skills: 20 Engaging, Read-Aloud Plays to Kick Off and Enrich the Key Social Studies, Science, and Language (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Reaching Standards Through Cooperative Learning: Providing for All Learners in General Education Classrooms: Social Studies (reference)

  • GED Social Studies (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SOCIAL STUDIES

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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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SOCIAL STUDIES

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

   

Portuguese

  

estudos sociais. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

общественная наука. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

formación cívica (citizenship training, civics), estudios sociológicos, estudios sociales. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: SOCIAL STUDIES

Misspellings

"SOCIAL STUDIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: social studie. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: SOCIAL STUDIES

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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