Saddle Up for a Texas-Sized Classroom Adventure!
Get ready to hit the trail with Encompass: Exploring Texas, Grade 4 – the hands-on mapping program designed just for Texas classrooms. This TEKS-aligned program isn’t just about reading maps – it’s about discovering the heart and soul of the Lone Star State. From the sweeping plains to the rolling Hill Country, students will dig into Texas’s geography, history, and communities with interactive activities that make learning as big and bold as Texas itself.
Take a look inside Encompass!
A Foundation of Geography
The teacher’s guide is filled with skills-based activities designed around the student atlas and hands-on tools, putting geography at the foundation of social studies. Each activity includes clear objectives and is divided into four sections: Getting Started, Teaching, Summarizing and Assessing, and Extending.


Interaction with Text and Images
Students engage with text and images using the student atlas, which includes images with captions, chunked text, detailed maps, legends, graphs, and charts. The grade-level atlases are scaffolded, meeting students where they are and preparing them for the next grade level.
Active Hands-On Learning
With the aid of kid-sized globes and desk maps, students practice skills, engage in conversations, and respond to their peers’ ideas. Working in small groups, students interact with age-appropriate primary and secondary sources featured on the Social Studies Place Mats.


Check it out yourself!
With custom-designed Texas maps, globes, and the Exploring Texas Atlas at the core, this program helps students chart their way through the state’s rich past and present. Whether they’re tracing the paths of early settlers or exploring the regions that shaped Texas, your students will develop skills that stick – just like a boot print in the dust.
Download a sneak peek and see how this program can liven up your classroom faster than a bluebonnet in spring!
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