The Oxford Atlas suite is the complete Geography teaching and learning resource. Available in a print edition or as the fully interactive Oxford Atlas obook, featuring learning modules, virtual fieldwork and layered maps, the Oxford Atlas delivers deep and connected learning about our world. These peerless resources are supported by the Oxford Atlas Workbook and the Oxford Atlas iPad app. The extra resources have been purpose built to promote deep student understanding of geographic themes and the development of geospatial skills and concepts.

The Oxford Atlas suite showcases the very latest high-impact imagery with maps and data to engage students as they explore global case studies, local issues and build geography skills. All the resources of the Oxford Atlas series – including the Oxford Atlas print edition, the Oxford Atlas obook, the Oxford Atlas Workbook and the Oxford Atlas iPad app – are elegantly designed and draw students into discovering and understanding the world around them. The entire Oxford Atlas suite is designed to deepen geographic understanding in Australian classrooms.

The Oxford Atlas provides the most comprehensive topic coverage of any school atlas. Twenty-six geotheme topics, including disasters, plate tectonics and history, ensure the Oxford Atlas provides deep and relevant learning. The Oxford Atlas obook brings these themed topics to life with the added depth of interactive learning modules, while the Oxford Atlas Workbook enables students to consolidate their learning.

The Oxford Atlas is available in a print edition or the fully interactive obook version, where every map is interactive and students and teachers can engage in interactive learning modules and virtual fieldwork activities. It is also available in various pack configurations to suit your school’s needs.

Title overview (PDF)

Why the Oxford Atlas is ideal for your school

Skills: the extensive skills sequence builds students’ abilities
Land cover base: Oxford’s intuitive map base makes maps easier to read
Topicality: the most up-to-date local and international content
Teaching resources: answers, interactive modules, activities and presentations
obook: includes all the content of the print edition plus interactive learning modules, virtual fieldwork, interactive maps and integrated activities in digital form
Suitability: the Oxford Atlas suite is suitable for all levels of secondary schooling, including the senior years
Tailored: available in a range of packaged options to match your school’s needs and budget
Coverage: the Oxford Atlas suite will support your students from Year 7 through to Year 12

Features

• Durable hardback
• Oxford’s signature land cover base mapping style to aid student comprehension
• The most comprehensive topic coverage of any school atlas
• Engaging satellite imagery and modelling
• Latest major incidents from around the world
• Geoskills spreads focus on the foundations of geography skills
• Each geoskills spread includes geoactivities to build deeper understanding of each skill
• Geographic skills and concepts are carefully developed throughout the print and obook editions
• Oxford Atlas Workbook activities integrate perfectly with all skills and theme spreads
• Extensive teacher support materials

Atlas facts

• 336 pages
• 296 maps, including land cover/use, topographic and political
• 199 satellite images
• Hundreds of captivating photographs and illustrations
• 10 850 locations
• 14 double-page skills spreads
• Geotheme spreads mirror broadsheet format
• Consistent placement of key on all maps
• Unique land cover base
• 76 pages of Australian maps
• Over 100 pages of world content, including maps and case studies

Geoskills

Through geographers’ eyes
Satellite images
What is a map?
Different types of maps
Direction
Grid references
Latitude and longitude
Using scale
Differing scales
Interpreting height on maps
Using topographic maps
Distribution patterns
Comparing spatial patterns
Changing patterns  


Australia

Australia: Environments
Australia: Physical
Australia: Political
Australia: Weather and climate
Australia: Natural hazards
Australia: Environmental hot spots
Australia: Threatened species
Australia: Introduced species
Australia: History
Australia: Population
Australia: Indigenous population
Australia: Water availability and use
Australia: Murray–Darling Basin
Australia: Agriculture
Australia: Minerals and energy
Australia: Tourism
Australia: Aid
Western Australia
Perth
Shark Bay
Northern Territory
Yuendumu
South Australia
Adelaide
Coober Pedy
Queensland
Brisbane
Innisfail
New South Wales
Sydney
Leeton
Australian Capital Territory and Canberra
Victoria
Melbourne
Kinglake bushfire
Tasmania
Hobart
Woolnorth Wind Farm


World regions

Pacific
Pacific Islands
Bora Bora
Papua New Guinea
Kokoda Track
New Zealand
Southern Alps
Asia: Environments
Asia: Physical
Asia: Political
Indonesia and Malaysia
Bali
East Timor
Banda Aceh tsunami
Indochina and the Philippines
Mount Pinatubo eruption
East Asia
Wolong Panda Reserve
Japan and Korea
Tokyo
South Asia
Himalayas
Middle East
Irrigated farms at Buraida
Europe: Environments
Europe: Physical
Europe: Political
Northern Europe
Zeeland
Southern Europe
Mount Vesuvius
Russia and central Asia
Chernobyl’
Africa: Environments
Africa: Physical
Africa: Political
Northern Africa
Cairo and the pyramids
Southern Africa
Kibera shantytown
North America: Environments
North America: Physical
North America: Political
Canada and Greenland
Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
United States of America
Illegal immigration into the USA
Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti
South America: Environments
South America: Physical
South America: Political
Northern South America
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Southern South America
Antarctica: Environments
Antarctica: Physical
Antarctica: Political
Mawson Station, Antarctica
Arctic
Arctic Circle 


World geothemes

Landforms
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Oceans and coasts
River environments
Vegetation
Desert environments
Rainforest environments
Climate Disasters
Environmental hot spots
Threatened species
World Heritage sites
Countries
Early history
Age of discovery
The world at war
Population
Urbanisation
Indigenous people
Religion
Economic activity
Energy use
Access to water
Contrasts in living conditions
Tourism


World statistics

Gazetteer index
Subject index

The Oxford Atlas suite is supported with extensive teacher support resources. Oxford’s Teacher Resources enable you to do what you do best - teach.

Interactive learning modules in the Oxford Atlas obook include introductory presentation sequences for all topics, starter questions and definitions. These presentation sequences are ideal for teachers new or unfamiliar with geography as a discipline.

• Activities are incorporated into all elements of the Oxford Atlas suite
• Oxford Atlas Workbook simplifies teacher preparation time and accommodates advanced learners
• Broadsheet-styled theme spreads in the print and obook editions reduce teacher preparation time
• Free professional learning workshops for teachers to build skills and confidence when using Oxford resources

Online teacher resources include:

• Teaching plans for all topics
• Answers to all activities

All online teacher resources are free and are password protected. Adopting schools can obtain their password from their local Oxford Representative.

Click here to view sample spreads from the Oxford Atlas:

Oxford Atlas 1e chapter

Or contact your local Oxford Representative for an inspection copy.