CORE CURRICULUM / GRADES 6–12
Exploring the World. Informing the Future.
Welcome to Traverse
Traverse® is a comprehensive social studies curriculum for grades 6–12 that provides robust history, economics, geography, and government content within a framework that inspires students to ask questions, stay curious, and become lifelong critical thinkers and informed citizens.
What’s new for back to school 2026
Expanded Spanish digital access (grades 6–8)
Digital versions of Traverse middle school courses are now available in Spanish with high school courses to follow in 2027. Spanish digital access will extend across student materials, assessments, media, and interactive experiences. Students can engage with content and submit responses in Spanish within the platform, supporting access while maintaining course rigor. Select specialized sources may remain in English when translation rights are unavailable.
Mobile app for offline learning
Students can now access Traverse through a new mobile app designed for offline learning. Students can complete work anytime, anywhere, with progress automatically syncing when reconnected to the internet.
Simplified printing tools
Starting back to school 2027, printing materials from the platform will be easier than ever. Teachers and administrators can generate printable resources with the click of a button, supporting flexible learning and offline instruction.
Discover what else is coming for back to school 2026.
Exploring the World. Informing the Future.
Cultivate critical thinkers and informed citizens
Built for the C3 Framework, Traverse balances robust social studies content with inquiry-driven instruction, source analysis, and the knowledge and skill development students need for college, career, and civic life.
Bring social studies to life
Traverse uses technology and multimedia not just to engage but to enhance instruction and bring social studies to life — creating digital learners out of digital natives.
Teach with confidence
With flexible implementation models, print and digital support, and student-facing differentiation, Traverse brings a level of support unlike anything you’ve seen before — ensuring teachers feel confident every class period, every day, every year.
Traverse is Different, Let Us Introduce You
Traverse’s intentional design leverages the flexibility and customization that only digital can offer, empowering teachers to create interactive and personalized learning experiences while also providing the print resources needed to support you and each learner in your classroom.
Student experience
Digital student edition
The student edition lives inside a dynamic digital platform — not a traditional student edition — with content broken into digestible, bite-sized chunks; student-facing scaffolds to personalize learning; and interactive media embedded at the point of use.
Student print companion
The print companion includes student edition content summaries and primary and secondary sources with analysis practice: everything needed to complete inquiry tasks and instructional practice for social studies skills.
Teacher experience
Digital teacher’s edition
The teacher edition lives online alongside the student edition — not in a traditional print wraparound — and includes teacher wrap instruction at point of use, standards labeling, multimedia for whole-class viewing, and an ever-growing digital library.
Teacher print companion
Find pacing options, inquiry facilitation guides, scaffolding and differentiation support, and cues for when and how Traverse multimedia enhances instruction.
Vertical Alignment for Grades 6–12
Grades 6–8
Grades 9–12
Designed to Make a Difference
Student edition meets embedded media and tools
Traverse is different by design. Your student edition lives inside a dynamic digital platform with embedded interactive media and tools at the point of use.
Guided by experts
Traverse was built in collaboration with experts teachers trust: Kathy Swan (C3 Teachers) and Sam Wineburg (DIG, formerly SHEG).
Spiraled, intentional skill development
Skill lessons are paired with student edition content, and skills are revisited — spiraled — in later chapters, reinforcing learning and promoting retention.
Primary and secondary source analysis
Our print Student Source and Skill Companion, combined with our ever-expanding digital library of over 1,500 sources, provides the most comprehensive and diverse collection of primary and secondary sources available.
Customize content and assignments
With Traverse, you’re empowered with greater flexibility over what content is — and isn’t — included in your curriculum. You can also create and customize assignments and even upload your own teaching materials.
Personalize for every learner
Both the print and digital teacher experiences include point-of-use differentiation suggestions and instruction. Each lesson offers slide-in digital scaffolds, providing targeted student-facing support you won’t find anywhere else.
You’ve never seen core like this before
