The purpose of this research is to examine the theses about history in Social Studies education from a methodological and thematic point of view. The theses included in the research were accessed from the database of COHE thesis scanning center. In this context, the theses on history in Social Studies education until the first half of 2021 were examined. In the theses on history in Social Studies education, the keywords "Social Studies", "Historical empathy", "Historical figures", "Oral history", "Historical places", "Historical subjects", "Local history" and "Historical concepts" search has been made. As a result of this a total of 121 theses, including 108 master's theses and 13 doctoral theses were reached. These theses were examined according to the type of the theses, the year they were published, the gender of the researcher, the university where the theses were made, the method and design of the research, the sample group and size, the data collection tool, the topics in the theses and the analyzes made etc. As a result of the investigation it has been observed that among the theses made on history subjects in Social Studies education, the most emphasis is on history subjects, local history and oral history. In addition, the qualitative method is generally used in the theses and the survey model is preferred, the interview form is used as the data collection tool most, the qualitative analysis is the leading among the analyzes used, the secondary school students and teachers are preferred as the sample group, and the small sample is mostly used.