The Nystrom Desk Atlas 2016

This sophisticated reference and teaching tool enables students to visualize the world’s lands and peoples, compare continents, and understand environmental, economic, and cultural issues through thematic maps. Sections addressing the world and its continents each include three full-sized, shaded-relief reference maps—political relief, land cover, and sculptural relief (elevation)—plus regional maps, thematic maps (climate, precipitation, land use, population, energy resources, and region-specific issues), cross-section elevation profiles, infographics (such as climographs, population growth, ethnic composition, and balance of trade), captioned photographs, and “Issues Today” articles. Additional tables of world facts, a glossary, two indexes (of places and themes), and articles on “Understanding Map Projections” and “How to Use This Atlas.” Also available is a 112-page student activity book with photocopy masters that provide 50 activity handouts (one for every two-page spread in the atlas), thus extending geographic skills, content knowledge, critical thinking skills, and social studies literacy. Fifteen additional literacy lessons build skills that contribute to reading and understanding complex informational texts. The lessons come in two with or without correlations to Common Core State Standards (CCSS). 8½" x 11". 224 pages. 2016 updated edition.