Hands-On, Activity-Based Program
Teach third-graders geography using developmentally appropriate tools and activities!
Discover What's Inside
Encompass Connections teaches third-graders to geography through the following topics:
- Unit 1: How Do Maps and Globes Help Us?
- Unit 2: How Do We Shape Our Communities?
- Unit 3: How Do We Shape Our Country?
- Unit 4: How Do We Shape Our World?
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![Elementary students working collaboratively on an atlas activity](https://go.socialstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JH_4418.jpeg)
Build Foundational Skills
Using hands-on activities, you’ll teach third-graders the following foundational skills and concepts:
- Locating the seven continents and five oceans
- Using latitude and longitude to find places on a map
- Contrasting urban and rural communities
- Finding places to take action in a community
- Recognizing three levels of government
- Drawing import and export routes
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: Scavenger Hunt, Using the World Grid, Reading a Temperature Graph, How Far Can You Go?
![Encompass Grade 3 Activity Sample](https://go.socialstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Encompass-Grade-3-Activity-Sample-233x300.png)
![Encompass Grade 3: Connections: Program Components on Classroom Cart](https://go.socialstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MKTP-NW_ENCP-G3-cart.png)
Get a Cartful of Components
- Encompass Connections Teacher’s Guide
- Our Place in the 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 third-graders practice with multistep problems. A PDF of the teacher’s guide is included.
![Nystrom World The Explorer Elementary Mapping](https://go.socialstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MKTP-NW_ENCP-G3-ipad-nw-tg-1024x534.jpeg)
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