BBC Teachers - The Beauty of MapsWorksheet: Digital maps

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BBC Teachers - The Beauty of MapsWorksheet: Digital maps

BBC Teachers BBC©2010bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers

Place the maps in chronological order.

Make a list of similarities between all the maps. Decide which map maker used the most direct observational information.

1.

2.

3.

Activities

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Biblical Belief, Medieval mythReports from travellers Some sense of geography

Used reports from sailorsReports from visitors to other parts of the world who had written down specific detailUsed stories and myths told about unexplored places

Pre-existing mapsWritten accountsDrawings of the cityGot some facts wrong

The Roman observer Ptolemy’s Astronomical observationsMyths of the starsReligious beliefs that the sun moved around the earthRenaissance works of art

Pre-existing mapsThe outline of Europe is accurateModern artistic representations of the countries. It is a cartoon and meant to bend the truth

Research scientist’s data from Tel Aviv UniversityComputer designHumans entered the shape and colours as they wanted to make it look artistic

Produced by Scientists at NASA’s jet propulsion lab Computer designHumans entered the shape and colours as they wanted to make it look artistic

1260

1550

1576

1660

1877

2007

2009

Psatler map

Descelier’s world map

Constantinople

Cellarius star map

Serio-Comic map

Digital map of the internet

Dark side of the moon

BBC Teachers - The Beauty of MapsWorksheet: Digital maps

BBC Teachers BBC©2010bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers

BBC Teachers - The Beauty of MapsWorksheet: Digital maps

BBC Teachers BBC©2010bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers

Place the maps in chronological order.

Make a list of similarities between all the maps. Decide which map maker used the most direct observational information.

1.

2.

3.

Activities

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Activities Date Sources

Biblical Belief, Medieval mythReports from travellers Some sense of geography

Used reports from sailorsReports from visitors to other parts of the world who had written down specific detailUsed stories and myths told about unexplored places

Pre-existing mapsWritten accountsDrawings of the cityGot some facts wrong

The Roman observer Ptolemy’s Astronomical observationsMyths of the starsReligious beliefs that the sun moved around the earthRenaissance works of art

Pre-existing mapsThe outline of Europe is accurateModern artistic representations of the countries. It is a cartoon and meant to bend the truth

Research scientist’s data from Tel Aviv UniversityComputer designHumans entered the shape and colours as they wanted to make it look artistic

Produced by Scientists at NASA’s jet propulsion lab Computer designHumans entered the shape and colours as they wanted to make it look artistic

1260

1550

1576

1660

1877

2007

2009

Psatler map

Descelier’s world map

Constantinople

Cellarius star map

Serio-Comic map

Digital map of the internet

Dark side of the moon