schoolchild

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Every schoolchild learns how larger European empires, including Russia, divided up the country among themselves in the 18th and 19th centuries, temporarily erasing it from the map.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

Every schoolchild learns the name: Mesopotamia – the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilization.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023

He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

What happened next has become part of historical legend, a tale told to every American schoolchild.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell