World History
- The Mercator Map And Africa
At the beginning of the year most world history teachers need to teach the different types of maps. But this video above is the one I like students to see the impact of the Mercator map which was developed for sailors in the 1500s - not to show what...
- West Wing's Mercator Map Snippet
I know none of our students now know about the West Wing, but I love to show this short clip to my students each year to compare the Peters Projection map with the Mercator projection. Most of our students think Mercator is correct and this video...
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Mercator Map Puzzle
Every year one of the projections we have to teach in the Mercator Map. But it is one to explain that as one moves north or south the continents get bigger. It is another thing all together to drag continental piece, as you can do here, up...
- Complete World History Course
Are you a new teacher looking for everything you need to teach this year. Well look no further than "World History for All of Us" which has worksheets, maps as well as all the readings you will need for a course. This is one of the reasons...
World History
Map Projections
This is why I like this blog. I received it from a reader of it and now get to share this video with you and with my students tomorrow. Above is a three minute clip from the West Wing that explains why the Mercator is not as good a map as Peterson's and why we do not need to have Europe dead in the center. It is entertaining and will change the way students look at maps and help you teach map projections.
- The Mercator Map And Africa
At the beginning of the year most world history teachers need to teach the different types of maps. But this video above is the one I like students to see the impact of the Mercator map which was developed for sailors in the 1500s - not to show what...
- West Wing's Mercator Map Snippet
I know none of our students now know about the West Wing, but I love to show this short clip to my students each year to compare the Peters Projection map with the Mercator projection. Most of our students think Mercator is correct and this video...
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Mercator Map Puzzle
Every year one of the projections we have to teach in the Mercator Map. But it is one to explain that as one moves north or south the continents get bigger. It is another thing all together to drag continental piece, as you can do here, up...
- Complete World History Course
Are you a new teacher looking for everything you need to teach this year. Well look no further than "World History for All of Us" which has worksheets, maps as well as all the readings you will need for a course. This is one of the reasons...