Bring the power of our new elementary mapping program into your schools. Students will develop and expand their skills and knowledge using a variety of skill-based activities and manipulatives.
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Supplemental
Supplement your social studies curriculum with Encompass. Activities take 15-30 minutes to teach, making them easy to fit into instructional time.
And they can be taught sequentially or stand on their own, giving teachers choice and flexibility.
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Hands-On
Encompass focuses on hands-on geography, increasing student engagement and retention of knowledge and skills.
The program includes a variety of markable manipulatives, scaffolded for Grades 1-5.
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Primary Sources
Encompass includes double-sided social studies Place Mats, designed for group work.
The Place Mats promote primary and secondary source analysis and help students engage with current world issues.
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Digital Options
Encompass is also available at Nystrom World as an interactive program. Download a PDF of the teacher's guide and give students practice with multistep problems that lead to depth of knowledge.
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A Cartful of Geography Goodies!
Each grade level includes the following durable and engaging components:
- Teacher’s guide with skill-based activities
- 30 student atlases
- 6 markable activity globes
- 6 markable place mats
- 6 raised relief desk maps
- 30 U.S./world desk maps
Grade K also includes a Big Book, Grades K-3 also include 15 community desk maps, and Grade 4 also includes 15 U.S./world political desk maps.
Learning that Sticks!
Encompass builds a variety of hands-on learning experiences into the program to ensure that students
- actively engage with the content;
- understand and retain more; and
- recall and use new information.
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Digital Mapping
Encompass is seamless between print and digital. The digital mapping lives at Nystrom World, where teachers can
- prep for lessons anytime, anywhere;
- extend learning with interactive activities;
- monitor student progress from one dashboard; and
- involve families by giving them frontline access.
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Beginnings
Kindergartners start learning about their neighborhoods and communities through hands-on geography resources that empower them to understand the world around them.
Components
- Encompass Beginnings Teacher's Guide
- The World Around Me Big Book Atlas
- 30 The World Around Me student atlases
- 6 9" activity globes
- 15 community desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 wide-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription to interactive platform
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Viewpoints
First graders are introduced to geography by identifying symbols, land, and water on a map, and learning about neighborhoods, our country, and the world.
Components
- Encompass Viewpoints Teacher's Guide
- 30 See the World student atlases
- 6 9" activity globe
- 30 U.S./world desk maps
- 15 community desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 wide-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription to interactive platform
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Changes
Second graders focus on new concepts and topics, such as natural features, community changes over time, U.S. population changes, and protecting our world.
Components
- Encompass Changes Teacher's Guide
- 30 Our Changing World student atlases
- 6 9" activity globe
- 30 U.S./world desk maps
- 15 community desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 narrow-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription to interactive platform
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Connections
Third graders explore additional concepts and topics, including cardinal directions, latitude and longitude, and taking action in communities, in our
country, and around the world.
Components
- Encompass Connections Teacher's Guide
- 30 Our Place in the World student atlases
- 6 9" activity globe
- 30 U.S./world desk maps
- 15 community desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 narrow-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription to interactive platform
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U.S. Regions
Fourth graders focus even more on geography by decoding maps and exploring physical, political, and thematic maps and studying our country's diverse geographic regions.
Components
- Encompass U.S. Regions Teacher's Guide
- 30 Our Country's Geography student atlases
- 6 9" activity globe
- 30 U.S./world physical desk maps
- 15 U.S./world political desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 narrow-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription—coming in 2023!
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U.S. History
Fifth graders explore the geographic history of our country, including the time of the first Americans to twentieth-century America and modern America's changing population and technological advances.
Components
- Encompass U.S. History Teacher's Guide
- 30 Our Country's History student atlases
- 6 9" activity globe
- 30 U.S./world folding desk maps
- 6 Social Studies Place Mats
- 6 raised relief maps
- 30 narrow-tipped markers
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- 5-year subscription—coming in 2023!
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