Hands-On, Activity-Based Program
Teach fifth-graders geography using developmentally appropriate tools and activities!
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Encompass U.S. History teaches fifth-graders geography through the following topics:
- Unit 1: Three Worlds Meet
- Unit 2: Colonial America
- Unit 3: A New Nation
- Unit 4: The United States Expands
- Unit 5: Civil War and Change
- Unit 6: 20th-Century America
- Unit 7: Modern America
Build Foundational Skills
Using hands-on activities, you’ll teach fifth-graders the following foundational skills and concepts:
- Identifying label, and use a raised relief map
- Classifying information about cultural groups
- Contrasting three different regions
- Locating important historical battles on a map
- Using data to read and create a line plot
- Evaluating the impact technology has had on people’s lives
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: The Thirteen Colonies, A Changing Population, Technology, Where in the World?
Get a Cartful of Components
Your students will enjoy working collaboratively with the writable globe, maps, and Place Mat.
- Encompass U.S. History Teacher’s Guide
- Our Country’s History Student Atlas—set of 30
- 9″ Activity Globe—set of 6
- U.S./World 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 U.S. Regions at Nystrom World. Interactive mapping activities correspond to the print versions and give fifth-graders practice with multistep problems. A PDF of the teacher’s guide is included.
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