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
Traverse 6–8 courses will be available in Spanish for the new school year — including media, assessments, and student activities. Select sources may remain in English when translation rights are unavailable.
Offline access
The Traverse mobile version allows students to access content offline, whenever and wherever.
Simplified printing
Print anything from the Traverse platform with the click of a button, whether it’s a single page, a section, or an entire chapter.
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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 engaging multimedia instructional experiences to capture students’ attention, enrich learning, and bring social studies to life.
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 flexibility and customization, empowering teachers to create interactive and student-centered learning experiences while providing the print resources needed to support you and each learner in your classroom.
Student experience
Digital student edition
The student edition dynamically organizes content into manageable chunks that help students and teachers focus on one concept at a time. Student-facing scaffolds support instructional flexibility, and interactive media is embedded where it’s most useful.
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 includes teacher wrap instruction at point of use, standards labeling, multimedia for whole-class viewing, and an ever-growing source 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 for Inquiry-Based Classroom Learning
Traverse is built around inquiry, source analysis, discussion, and teacher-facilitated learning. Print and digital resources work together to support critical thinking, collaboration, and insight into student understanding.
Teachers determine when and how digital resources are incorporated into instruction based on classroom goals and district implementation models.
Learning Through Collaboration and Discussion
Students investigate questions through discussion, source analysis, collaborative learning activities, and teacher-guided learning experiences that strengthen critical thinking and civic understanding.
Media and digital resources are used purposefully to deepen understanding, spark engagement, and support active learning.
Designed to Make a Difference
Student edition with integrated instructional supports
Traverse is different by design. Your student edition brings learning to life 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 source 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.
Flexible for every learner
Both the print and digital teacher experiences include point-of-use differentiation suggestions and instruction. Each lesson offers slide-in scaffolds, providing targeted student-facing support you won’t find anywhere else.
You’ve never seen core like this before
