Geography used to be one of those subjects everyone was expected to know at least a little bit about. Students learned ...

I was at a trivia night last month when the host asked: "What's the capital of Australia?" I heard half the room confidently whisper, "Sydney." The other half hesitated, second-guessing themselves, ...

This page links BBC Teach geography content to the objectives of the National Curriculum for England at KS1 and KS2.

With respect to Rick Hess’ Jan. 27 opinion blog post, “ Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography? ”, I appreciate his support for the importance of learning basic geography. That said, to reduce ...

U.S. schoolchildren, noses in their smartphones, don't know the lay of the land. Only half of fourth-graders correctly put the following in descending order of size: North America, the U.S., ...