Nearly three decades ago, on a clear October morning, my third-grade teacher asked us to line up so that we might make the world: Our bodies representing countries and bodies of water. “Single file,” ...

My third-grade geography class contained a section on studying deserts. I was fascinated by what I then thought was a lifeless Sahara, a massive stretch of land with nomadic inhabitants that was ...

Geography teachers tend to put their students to sleep. And no wonder. Until you’ve been there, who cares where the Rhine River runs? Or what kind of winters they have in North Korea? Or which ocean ...