Title: Why is Geography Important? – LearningPlunge.org
Headings: Why is Geography Important?
Why is Geography Important?
Create Awareness of Place
Develop Non-Fiction Reading Skills
Develop Spatial Awareness
Create a Global Community

Content: It is important to learn map sense and globe-reading skills yet these activities are virtually gone from education today. Could your students point north if you asked them? Could they look at a map and identify the location of our continents and oceans without the help of technology? Would your students know how to find their way home or to the next state without a GPS? By studying geography and mapping skills, we foster the development of spatial awareness and also create the link to understanding the effectiveness of key spatial geographic systems such as GPS. How will we improve on these technologies without another generation of students who understand how our world is structured? Create a Global Community
Studying geography creates a global citizen. Those who know geography better understand the interdependence of our world and how we are connected through location, place, movement, region, and human-environment interactions. Think about it. As we develop our understanding of the important themes of geography, we also help build awareness for cultural diversity –how and why people live the way they do.