Today in human geo class we had 3 more presentations on the group activities we were assigned last week. Carl by far had the best presentation, and he made the entire class laugh without even trying! He made me cry because I was laughing so hard, but on a serious note, all of the presentations were very good, and they each had a lot of information on the population pyramids and the organizations that help end world hunger. Mr. Schick also told us that we have a test on Monday, but I won't be there because I have a showcase soccer tournament in Florida.
Human Geography Class Today in human geography class we talked about maps. The main map almost every school uses is a Mercator map. Mr. Schick showed us a video from a tv show that used to air a couple years ago. The clip we watched was about a group of people that were having a discussion with the president on changing the maps that almost every school uses. They showed the president how inaccurate the Mercator map was. It showed Africa as a small continent, when really it is much larger, and it makes the United States much larger looking than it really is. The group proposed the idea and came up with a solution to the problem. They wanted to replace the maps with a new, more accurate map called the gall-peters map. After the video, Mr. Schick continued to le...
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