Have you ever considered giving world globes as presents to the younger people in your life? It is a great idea and the benefits that the child will receive from a gift like this are great.
When you give a child globes, you are literally giving him or her the world itself. It is true that these are fairly low-tech gifts, but the amount of knowledge and learning they can take from one of these is staggering. Not only can they learn the names and locations of various places on the planet, but they can also learn about the people of the planet as well. If a child asks you where Darfur is, you can actually show him or her on the map and then explain to them why this place is in the news currently. If a child is reading a religious story, you can show them the places that are mentioned in their story and explain to them why things are the way they are. Seeing something on globes and having it explained to them is one of the best ways to get a child to understand and appreciate a particular subject.
If you had globes of any kind when you were a kid, you probably remember the hours that you spent looking at it. There is a true sense of accomplishment when you go...