Gibbs Smith Education (GSE) is committed to crafting authentic narratives and high-quality social studies curricula that enrich and inspire students.

GSE builds learning systems that give schools and teachers options about how to access content, skills, learning materials, and ongoing training in the way that best suits them. We produce basal textbooks across many grade levels and courses, thematic and interactive consumables, engaging literacy products, and professional development books and training to help teachers reach every student successfully.

Just as important as the historical accuracy and modern curricula that we bring, our products and services ensure that educators have accurate, effective, and modern tools to help students continually learn and refine the skills they need to understand, contextualize, and internalize the lessons of the past.

The third-grade Exploring Time and Place, Utah Edition sets third-grade students on the path to understanding their communities through geography, history, economics, civics, and culture. Our third-grade program includes Science of Reading strategies and offers support throughout every lesson. The Utah third-grade program is customized to fully cover the newly revised 2022 Utah Core Standards for Social Studies.

The program is available in print and digital editions. Available in print: the Student Edition, the Teacher Guide, and the Student Activities Workbook. The digital edition of the program contains six core components.