Long belittled for their ignorance of foreign cultures—not to mention an inability to locate well-known countries on world maps—an increasing number of U.S. high school students are taking courses ...

Most of the world’s people, resources, and economic activity are located not in the Western Hemisphere, but in the other hemisphere, particularly Eurasia. In response to this basic feature of world ...

From the early civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia to our present-day globalized society, readers will learn how humans interacted―and still interact―with the environment around them, as well as the ...

No, Saudi Arabia is not close to Fresno, England is not close to Thailand and Sweden and Switzerland are not the same country ...

To prepare our young people, we owe them a high-quality geography education. When you hold a pencil, you hold the world in your hands. Its raw ingredients make a far-reaching journey around the globe, ...

Ten years ago at a convention in Baltimore, Lydia Lewis, who teaches U.S. history to fifth graders at a private school in Washington, met what she described as a bright, college-educated young woman ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

We all had to learn geography in school. Memorizing capitals, tracing rivers on maps, and trying to remember which mountain ...

The National Geographic World Championship has happened every 2 years since 1993 U.S. teams have won 6 times%2C including 2005 in Budapest%2C Hungary Back at home%2C other U.S. students aren%27t so ...

This science of place, connection, and change enables you to make a difference. With a career in urban design, public health, migration studies, geospatial analytics, environmental stewardship, arctic ...

During the past few days there has been a stream of talking heads offering advice after the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Some want schools to have airport like screening equipment with ...