World History
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 the world really looked like. Here is a great short article on how African gets the short end of the stick on the Mercator. I found the article from a tweet from Bill Gross who is a tech guru.
- The True Size Of Africa
Unfortunately we just did map distortions a week ago, but this is a great way to show students the problem the Mercator map which still dominates most of our classroom walls. Here is a short Economist article on the topic. Thanks to a Tweet...
- How Europe's Borders Changed Over 2000 Years
This is a great, and very quick video, to perhaps show at the beginning and end of your course to show your students how country borders have changed so much. I found it from a Tweet from FC Tymrak. ...
- Map Of Africa
Here is a map of Africa that shows how big it really is compared to the Mercator map. I found it at Collective-Evolution. ...
- 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...
- 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...
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 the world really looked like. Here is a great short article on how African gets the short end of the stick on the Mercator. I found the article from a tweet from Bill Gross who is a tech guru.
- The True Size Of Africa
Unfortunately we just did map distortions a week ago, but this is a great way to show students the problem the Mercator map which still dominates most of our classroom walls. Here is a short Economist article on the topic. Thanks to a Tweet...
- How Europe's Borders Changed Over 2000 Years
This is a great, and very quick video, to perhaps show at the beginning and end of your course to show your students how country borders have changed so much. I found it from a Tweet from FC Tymrak. ...
- Map Of Africa
Here is a map of Africa that shows how big it really is compared to the Mercator map. I found it at Collective-Evolution. ...
- 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...
- 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...