Hands-On, Activity-Based Program
Teach second-graders geography using developmentally appropriate tools and activities!
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Encompass Changes teaches second-graders to geography through the following topics:
- Unit 1: How Do Maps and Globes Change How We See the World?
- Unit 2: What Can We Learn about Communities?
- Unit 3: What Can We Learn about the United States?
- Unit 4: What Can We Learn about the World?


Build Foundational Skills
Using hands-on activities, you’ll teach second-graders the following foundational skills and concepts:
- Locating places on U.S. and world maps
- Identifying symbols for natural features on a map
- Identifying changes in our world caused by humans
- Drawing a route from one place to another
- Comparing two maps of the United States
- Finding and naming the continents and oceans
Supplement Social Studies with Turnkey Activities
Encompass is a fun and flexible way to teach geographic literacy. Skills-based activities can be taught sequentially or stand on their own. And at 15–30 minutes, they’re easy to fit into instructional time.
Each activity includes an assessment and a cross-curricular extension. And we provide answer keys too! Activity Examples: My Part of the World, A Changing Community, Using Bar Graphs, Imaginary Lines


Get a Cartful of Components
- Encompass Changes Teacher’s Guide
- Our Changing World Student Atlas—set of 30
- 9″ Activity Globe—set of 6
- U.S./World Desk Map—set of 30
- Community Desk Map—set of 15
- Social Studies Place Mat—set of 6
- U.S. Natural Regions Raised Relief Map—set of 6
- Wet-Erase Markers—set of 30
- Elementary Atlas Cart
- Interactive Mapping Activities
Engage Students with Interactive Activities
Access the digital version of Changes at Nystrom World. Interactive mapping activities correspond to the print versions and give second-graders practice with multistep problems. A PDF of the teacher’s guide is included.

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