Encompass: Oregon Evaluation Guide

Welcome to Encompass for Oregon

Build geographic literacy, background knowledge, and comprehension while exploring Oregon’s geography, history, and civics. Encompass is designed to make a big impact using easy-to-teach and fun-to-learn activities that take 15–30 minutes and fit nicely with social studies or ELA.

Watch this Anatomy of an Activity video to see what we mean!

Select a Grade Level to Get Started

Kindergarten

Click on the image to review the Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide in flipbook form. (The program includes a physical copy.)

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit to get ready to experience an activity.

Note: Kindergarten includes a Big Book Atlas too.

With the components and marker at hand, experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from the Teacher’s Guide or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 5 

Activity 11

Grade 1

Click on the image to review the Grade 1 Teachers’ Guide in flipbook form. (The program includes a physical copy.)

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit to get ready to experience an activity.

With the components and marker at hand, experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from the Teacher’s Guide or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 9

Activity 10

Grade 2

Click on the image to review the Grade 2 Teacher’s Guide in flipbook form. (The program includes a physical copy.)

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit to get ready to experience an activity.

With the components and marker at hand, experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from the Teacher’s Guide or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 12

Activity 18

Grade 3

Grade 3 includes two Teacher’s Guides. Click on the images to review each guide in flipbook form. (The program includes physical copies.)

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit, and click on the following two images to access samples of the Oregon desk map and Grade 3 place mat.

Note: The program includes physical copies of the Oregon desk map and place mat.

Experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from one of the Teacher’s Guides or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 10

Activity 4 (Oregon)

Grade 4

Grade 4 includes two Teacher’s Guides. Click on the images to review each guide in flipbook form. (The program includes physical copies.)

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit, and click on the following two images to access samples of the Oregon desk map and Grade 4 place mat.

Note: The program includes physical copies of the Oregon desk map and place mat.

Experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from one of the Teacher’s Guides or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 12

Activity 3 (Oregon)

Grade 5

Encompass U.S. History

Click on the image to review the Grade 5 Teacher’s Guide in flipbook form. (The program includes a physical copy.) 

Gather the atlas, maps, place mat, globe sample, and marker from your Evaluation Kit to get ready to experience an activity. 

With the components and marker at hand, experience an activity for yourself! Choose one of interest from the Teacher’s Guides or from below.

Suggested activities:

Activity 9

Activity 16

Everybody Succeeds with Encompass

See Encompass in action and watch these reels from our Partnerships & Instruction team!

Playlist

5 Videos

Have Questions or Need Help?

Lauren O’Brien

Oregon Curriculum Specialist

lauren@socialstudies.com

800-421-4246 x276

Elementary

  • Maps: Primary: ELS
  • Maps: Primary: Readiness
  • Maps: Primary: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • U.S. History:1 Native Americans
  • U.S. History:2 Spanish Explorers
  • U.S. History:3 Explorers
  • U.S. History:4 The Great Exchange
  • U.S. History:5 European Settlements
  • U.S. History:6 Thirteen Britishi Colonies
  • U.S. History:7 Slevery In the Americas
  • U.S. History:8 Revolutionary War
  • State Map

Secondary

  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Political Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Cover
  • Maps: Secondary: Scupltural Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Growing Seasons Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Climate Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Tectonic Plates Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Outline World Map
  • State Map

U.S. History

  • Native Americans
  • Spanish Explorers
  • Explorers
  • The Great Exchange
  • European Settlements
  • Thirteen British Colonies
  • Slavery in the Americas
  • Revolutionary War
  • American Expansion
  • Explorations of the West
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Slavery Divides the Nation
  • Slavery and the Economy
  • Union and Confederacy
  • Civil War
  • Conflicts with Indians
  • Railroads Tansform the West
  • Industrial United States
  • Immigrants 1895–1929
  • World War I in Europe
  • Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  • World War II in Europe 1939–1942
  • World War II in the Pacific 1941–1945
  • Great Migration 1940–1970
  • Korean War
  • Cold War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
  • A Shifting Population
  • Immigrants Sinve 1970

World History

  • New Babylonian Empire
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Chinese Dynasties
  • Ancient India
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Alexander’s Empire
  • Roman Empire
  • Barbarians and the Roman Empire
  • Silk Road and Eurasian Trade
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
  • Spread of Islam
  • World of the Crusades
  • China in the Middle Ages
  • Mongol Conquest
  • Rise and Fall of Shogun Japan
  • Exploration
  • Maya, Aztec, and Inca
  • European Exploration and Land Claims
  • African Empires and States
  • Rise of Ottoman Empire
  • Reformation and Counter Reformation
  • European Trading Empires
  • Rise and Fall of Mughal Empires
  • Independence in the Americas
  • Napoleon’s Europe
  • Europe After the Congress of Vienna
  • Africa Under Foreign Rule
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Cold War
  • World Conflicts Since 1991

Texas

  • Spanish Explorers
  • Western Explorations
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Indian Wars
  • Railroads & The West
  • Great Migration
  • population Loss and Growth
  • Native Americans in TX
  • Spanish Settlements
  • Republic of Texas
  • Energy Resources of TX
  • Texas Readiness Map
  • Texas Desk Map
  • Texas State Map