An Atlas is a vital resource for all Geography teachers, although not necessarily a printed version.
Even with the existence of Google Earth every geographer needs access to a decent atlas.
I remember when I started teaching having a strong regional element to the teaching, and a focus on topics which are less popular now at KS3, such as settlement hierarchies, and economic activities. My first 'A' level teaching was also regional: a whole term on the USA, or on Benelux and Denmark.
Atlases go out of date of course. Some countries have disappeared, or split up, and new countries, like South Sudan have appeared. Boundaries are disputed, and some landscape features like the Aral Sea have shrunk dramatically. New land has been created around the coast of Japan, and the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand also resulted in an uplift of a stretch of coastline.
There is a tremendous range of atlases, some of which have a greater range of thematic maps.
This is my favourite atlas, although it will be of limited use for most uses that one would normally put an atlas to. Hunt out a second hand edition if you can.
Even with the existence of Google Earth every geographer needs access to a decent atlas.
I remember when I started teaching having a strong regional element to the teaching, and a focus on topics which are less popular now at KS3, such as settlement hierarchies, and economic activities. My first 'A' level teaching was also regional: a whole term on the USA, or on Benelux and Denmark.
Atlases go out of date of course. Some countries have disappeared, or split up, and new countries, like South Sudan have appeared. Boundaries are disputed, and some landscape features like the Aral Sea have shrunk dramatically. New land has been created around the coast of Japan, and the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand also resulted in an uplift of a stretch of coastline.
There is a tremendous range of atlases, some of which have a greater range of thematic maps.
This is my favourite atlas, although it will be of limited use for most uses that one would normally put an atlas to. Hunt out a second hand edition if you can.
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