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

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

( The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more ...

(Besides Canada, the United States, and Mexico, North America also includes all the sovereign states in the Caribbean and Central America.) ...

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 ...

The state Board of Education is accepting comments on the Tennessee K-12 social studies standards that are being revised. An Oct. 23 guest column by Daniel Feller and Ernest Freeberg rightly argues ...

Video games aren't always pure escapism. There are plenty that take place in the real world, using authentic or alternative history as their setting. Even if these games have stories that embellish or ...

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 ...