Class on 9/15

Today in class we discussed the difference of maps and how maps don't really show what earth actually looks like. Mr. Schick has two different types of maps in his room. One of the maps is a Peters World map. This map is more recent and is actually more accurate. The other kind of map that Mr. Schick has in his room is a Mercator map. Both of these maps however, distort what the world actually looks like. The Mercator map, is the older of these two maps. This map has its proportions all wrong. The size of Greenland is the same as Africa on this map! This is definitely not correct! This is why the Peters map was created. It better shows the world but everything is still not correct. By the larger size of continents and countries it made them seem like they had more importance, which is incorrect. These maps still don't perfectly show the world but over the years have gotten much better.