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Exploring Texas Atlas

Clear and comprehensive methods to build geography skills with activities meant to make learning stick!

Discover Texas with the Exploring Texas Atlas Pack

Explore the heart of the Lone Star State with the Exploring Texas Atlas Pack, your all-in-one resource for teaching Texas’s geography, history, and cultural heritage. Featuring the Exploring Texas Atlas, this pack includes interactive learning tools, engaging activities, and vibrant visuals that help students build critical skills while uncovering the stories of Texas. Perfect for classroom or remote learning, the Exploring Texas Atlas Pack gives educators everything they need to bring Texas studies to their classrooms with hands-on, TEKS-aligned materials.

Why Choose the Exploring Texas Atlas?

Exploring Texas atlas Pack

A Complete Set for Classroom-Wide Learning

The Exploring Texas Atlas Pack makes it easy to outfit your entire classroom. This pack includes:

  • 30 copies of the paperback atlas
  • 1 reproducible student activity book
  • 5-year subscription to the e-atlas and interactive activities

Perfect for class-wide projects, group activities, or independent learning, this set is designed to bring Texas studies to life for every student.

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Discover Texas on Every Page

The durable paperback atlas invites students to investigate Texas with full-color maps, rich visuals, and concise content. Ideal for classroom or home study, this physical atlas fosters a tangible connection to Texas’s geography and history.

Features:

  • Detailed, Captioned Maps

  • Rich Visuals and Photography

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Engage Students with Hands-On Activities

Designed to reinforce learning, the reproducible student activity book provides worksheets, questions, and interactive exercises that focus on map skills, geographic literacy, and critical thinking. Perfect for use in classrooms or as take-home activities.

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Bring Texas to the Digital Classroom

The Exploring Texas e-atlas and interactive activities provide a five-year digital subscription for flexible, accessible learning. Featuring:

  • Digital e-book version of the Nystrom Atlas of Texas History
  • Interactive maps, quizzes, and learning activities that make exploring Texas engaging and fun
  • Downloadable student activity book for hands-on reinforcement

This digital option is ideal for remote or hybrid classrooms, offering students an interactive way to explore Texas history, geography, and culture.

Unlock Texas Studies for Your Classroom!

Whether you’re a teacher looking for reliable resources or an administrator focused on enhancing student learning, the Exploring Texas Atlas is built for both flexibility and impact. Combining high-quality print materials with digital tools, this series offers educators and students a multifaceted approach to exploring the uniqueness of Texas.

Download Your Free Sample Lesson from the Exploring Texas Atlas!

Experience the Exploring Texas Atlas in action with this free lesson sample! Dive into the political features of Texas, guiding students through engaging activities like exploring counties, analyzing the three branches of Texas government, and interpreting maps of Texas’s population.

The lesson includes thought-provoking questions and creative tasks, such as making a poster about historical landmarks, helping students develop critical thinking and geographic literacy.

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Elementary

  • Maps: Primary: ELS
  • Maps: Primary: Readiness
  • Maps: Primary: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • U.S. History:1 Native Americans
  • U.S. History:2 Spanish Explorers
  • U.S. History:3 Explorers
  • U.S. History:4 The Great Exchange
  • U.S. History:5 European Settlements
  • U.S. History:6 Thirteen Britishi Colonies
  • U.S. History:7 Slevery In the Americas
  • U.S. History:8 Revolutionary War
  • State Map

Secondary

  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Political Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Cover
  • Maps: Secondary: Scupltural Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Growing Seasons Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Climate Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Tectonic Plates Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Outline World Map
  • State Map

U.S. History

  • Native Americans
  • Spanish Explorers
  • Explorers
  • The Great Exchange
  • European Settlements
  • Thirteen British Colonies
  • Slavery in the Americas
  • Revolutionary War
  • American Expansion
  • Explorations of the West
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Slavery Divides the Nation
  • Slavery and the Economy
  • Union and Confederacy
  • Civil War
  • Conflicts with Indians
  • Railroads Tansform the West
  • Industrial United States
  • Immigrants 1895–1929
  • World War I in Europe
  • Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  • World War II in Europe 1939–1942
  • World War II in the Pacific 1941–1945
  • Great Migration 1940–1970
  • Korean War
  • Cold War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
  • A Shifting Population
  • Immigrants Sinve 1970

World History

  • New Babylonian Empire
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Chinese Dynasties
  • Ancient India
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Alexander’s Empire
  • Roman Empire
  • Barbarians and the Roman Empire
  • Silk Road and Eurasian Trade
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
  • Spread of Islam
  • World of the Crusades
  • China in the Middle Ages
  • Mongol Conquest
  • Rise and Fall of Shogun Japan
  • Exploration
  • Maya, Aztec, and Inca
  • European Exploration and Land Claims
  • African Empires and States
  • Rise of Ottoman Empire
  • Reformation and Counter Reformation
  • European Trading Empires
  • Rise and Fall of Mughal Empires
  • Independence in the Americas
  • Napoleon’s Europe
  • Europe After the Congress of Vienna
  • Africa Under Foreign Rule
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Cold War
  • World Conflicts Since 1991

Texas

  • Spanish Explorers
  • Western Explorations
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Indian Wars
  • Railroads & The West
  • Great Migration
  • population Loss and Growth
  • Native Americans in TX
  • Spanish Settlements
  • Republic of Texas
  • Energy Resources of TX
  • Texas Readiness Map
  • Texas Desk Map
  • Texas State Map