New Collins Keystart World Atlas and Keystart UK Atlas

Climate change, food and water security, migration and sustainable development are all issues that are constantly in the news. We keep hearing that our changing world is going to be very different when our children grow up and that we’ll need people with the skills to understand the physical world and how humans interact with it.

So we all know Geography is really important but why does it seem so tricky to integrate into everyday lessons? In case you are running of out of ideas, here are a few suggestions of where to look and find inspiration for getting geography links into your lessons:
• Look at the threats to our environment with new Collins Keystart UK Atlas
• Discover ways to manage sustainable living with Collins Keystart World Atlas

Published today, the Collins Keystart World Atlas, New School edition is a multi-topic atlas of the World. It introduces topics to reflect the Geography, History and Environmental Studies Key Stage 2 requirements of the National Curriculum. The atlas is organised into themes: landscapes, climate, cities, pollution, explorers, global issues etc, with each spread devoted to a single topic. A variety of maps, graphs, text and photographs are used throughout.

Also published today, the Collins Keystart UK Atlas, New School edition is a multi-topic atlas of the UK. Geographical, Historical and environmental themes run through every spread. It is ideal for cross-curricular use at Key Stage 2. The simple clear mapping is supported with illustrations, graphs and text to give a present day, historical and future overview of each topic. The content of this and its companion atlas, Keystart World, have been endorsed by the Geographical Association and the Historical Association.