Welcome to My Wonderful World

A coalition led by National Geographic is coordinating a public engagement campaign designed to give students tools to become more informed global citizens. The goal of the five-year, multimedia campaign — My Wonderful World — is to improve the geographic literacy of young people ages 8-17 by motivating parents and educators to expand geographic learning in school, at home and in their communities. Specifically, the campaign aims to:

• Show parents how to help their children learn about the world.
• Increase geographic offerings in schools and the resources available to them.
• Increase the number of students who take geography-related courses and engage in related activities in school.
• Increase the number of community organizations that engage young people in geography-related activities.

The campaign Web site, MyWonderfulWorld.org, provides resources such as suggestions for family activities and ways that parents can work to get more geography into the classroom, links to geography games and online adventures for kids and teens, classroom materials for educators, and ways for young and old to test their global IQs. The site also provides tools for communicating to policymakers and education leaders the importance of geographic literacy.

Join the Campaign:

1. Order a Family Geography Night Kit from KGA
2. log on to mywonderfulworld.org
3. encourage your students to log on to mywonderfulworld.org
4. share mywonderfulworld.org with your faculty and staff (esp, the librarian) at your school
5. share mywonderfulworld.org with every parent and grandparent you meet

National Geography Standards