National Geographic Launches Children's Magazine

By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo

Washington

For more than 100 years, armchair adventurers have learned about ancient civilizations, exotic cultures, and the mysteries of the wild through the vividly illustrated pages of National Geographic magazine.

Now, elementary school teachers can lead their students on similar expeditions in the classroom with new curriculum materials that tap the National Geographic Society's vast archives of photographs, maps, graphics, and narratives.

Reading Expeditions and Windows on Literacy , two series of thematic booklets unveiled recently, and National Geographic for Kids magazine, which will hit classrooms in the fall, are designed to help teachers meet state standards in language arts,...