"Worldviews arise from views of our world"
Compare your drawing to these two different map projections with respect to relative sizes of the continents on a globe:
How does your map diverge from these two projections?
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Equal Areas Projection map from World Resources Institute |
Classical Mercator Projection modified by Solar Power Research Institute |
Where do these maps differ and how do they differ from one another?
List the differences that you detect.
Now consider the impact of these visual representations on your ideas about the world.
Peters equal area projection Miller cylindrical projection
Do you think world problems are influenced by our "picture" of the globe?
Yes, to some extent. | No, not at all. | I do not know? | Now is the first time I ever considered this.
In what two or three ways do you think the image influences your thinking about global problems?
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Now what do you think after viewing this perspective:
South Polar view at top of the screen.
An ancient concept of the world:
Ptolemaic view of the world
Current, contemporary world: 
your view of the world we all share.
