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
I’d done my homework here as a schoolchild.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
And insurance companies continue to cover vaccinations for schoolchildren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Of the 1.3 million schoolchildren evacuated from cities to the countryside, Mr. Scott writes, many “resorted to eating grasshoppers, snakes, and stream crabs as well as tooth-cleaning powder, paint, and crayons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said eggs would again be provided to schoolchildren from August.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
When I was young, American schoolchildren were taught that North America had originally been occupied by only about one million Indians.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
