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Utah · State Department of Education

Utah civics standards,
by framework and code.

4 frameworks are active in Utah — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with CCSS, Utah Core, AP-GOV layered on top. Together they expose 365 standards.

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UT
365
Total standards
4
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in Utah

4 frameworks, one map of coverage.

FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
partial
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
Utah Core
Utah Core State Standards for Social Studies: United States Government and Citizenship (2016)
adopted
2016
18
Standards
128% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
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How we connect lessons to these standards

Every lesson we map to a Utah standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.

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