The main goal of this research is to determine how necessary is the use of a differentiated instruction in teaching geography in the example of fifth-grade students of the second cycle of education. Based on that, this paper shows the use of this form of teaching when introducing a new material in the classroom. The main task of the research is to determine how much the differentiated instruction is suitable for adoption of new geography curriculum and if there is a need for more detailed elaboration of this topic in order to improve teaching. Another task is related to the implementation of experiments in two classes, control one and experimental one, on the basis of which it has been determined which approach in teaching gives the best results in presenting geographic content in elementary school.