Critical Thinking using

Geographic Perspectives

Critical Thinking:

disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded

and informed by evidence

Earth

What do you think when you see this?

These maps look flat to me.

Doesn’t that mean the earth is flat?

Okay, so it should look like this. Right?

23.4 degrees

Mercator’s Projection

Greenland can fit into Africa almost 14 times!

Square MilesGreenland: 836,300 Africa: 11,670,000

Peter’s Projection 1973

Assignment

Mercator’s Peter’sFor additional information: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/maps-cartographycolonialismnortheurocentricglobe.html 

World Map of 2004

Citations http://

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Mercator-projection.jpg http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/images-4/flat-earth.jpg http://blog.lib.umn.edu/walke541/architecture/fuller_1280x640.jpg http://jwhlearning.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/africa_map.jpg http://www.pratham.name/images/mercator.png http://

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection_SW.jpg

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-overlays-comparing-size-2013-12 http://

www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/mercator_projection_color.jpg http://

www.ucutathome.com/store/products/Tim-Holtz-Bigz-Vintage-Globe-cut-at-home-635728-7688a.jpg

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critical+thinking https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/time_95.jpg http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg