Not sure whether I've mentioned this before, but something I read reminded me. One thing we did to try to instill a sense of perspective on our children, was to display maps that are radically different. An example (still on the wall in my office) is an upside-down map. When Europe is barely visible, the US is pushed to the bottom, and Africa becomes front and center, the world suddenly seems a little different. Same world, of course, but we suddenly seem less important.
I saw something like this the other day, too, Steve. It certainly does give a different perspective on a LOT of things! One thing that I notice is that Jerusalem really IS the center of the world, isn't it?
We have been working on maps/geography. I will have to put our map up upside down this week. Another way to give perspective is to consider population in terms of location and density. I had my girls look up various Nations on a list of populations, then find a state in the USA that was comparable in size. We then discussed the ratios of people per area between the US state and the given country.
"Look at Greenland. Now look at Africa. Would it blow your mind if I told you that Africa is in reality 14 times larger?" "Yes." :lol: Great clip.
Kind wondering if the term 'North Pole' is really supposed to be a misnomer? Don't think so, somehow...
I kind of have a hard job thinking of the South Pole as the North Pole, anyway... Would be a hard notion to teach, I reckon...
