This family-oriented activity gets parents and children involved in discovering more about the world through the power of the news media at home. Families attend a one-hour workshop to learn about geography and this program. Each family receives a National Geographic Society wall map of the world.
Families hang their world map at home in a prominent place.
Once a week for six weeks families read a newspaper or news magazine or watch the evening news together. Parents and children use the world map to locate events in the news. Family members talk about what they have read or seen, where events are taking place and how geography helps in interpreting world events. Families keep a log of the dates on which they work on the Challenge and return their completed logs for an inflatable globe and certificate. Parents who want to help their children explore the world through current events.