Encompass K-5 Mapping
A hands-on elementary mapping program
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 visual, spatial content;
- understand and retain key geography concepts; and
- apply what they’ve learned across subjects.
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
View a sample here!
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
View a sample here!
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
View a sample here!
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
View a sample here!
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 to interactive platform
View a sample here!
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 to interactive platform