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 fifth-grade Who We Are presents a comprehensive study of the United States. The narrative and curriculum weave geography, civics, economics, culture, and history together to guide students through the interconnected events and circumstances that formed the United States. The Utah fifth-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 seven core components.