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...gives his students blank grids and tells them to draw their versions of the globe. These are revealing documents. One student skipped Europe altogether. Another put Antarctica at the North Pole. A third had Asia due north of Europe, while a fourth placed England squarely in Africa. "My first map was a complete disgrace," admits Adrian Nivola. Recalls Tao Nguyen: "I drew a big blob...
Never mind. One in 7 Americans cannot find the U.S. on a blank world map, and 1 in 4 cannot locate the Pacific Ocean, according to a 1988-89 Gallup survey commissioned by the National Geographic Society. In the same poll, American students ages 18 to 24 came in dead last among ten countries tested in geography. Half did not know that the Panama Canal cuts sailing time between New York City and San Francisco...
Just before the end of the school year, Smith gives his students blank, 17- in. by 27-in. map boards and tells them to try again. They have about 14 hours of class time over several weeks to complete the job from memory. No tracing or reference material is allowed. The results are breathtaking. The class produces richly colored maps, complete with longitude and latitude and close to 150 countries accurately identified and located. Most are in proper scale. Many maps include capitals, mountains and rivers. Some are festooned with whimsical touches. Ethel Weld drew a school of fish, blowing...
...need a road map for the future," Gorbachev told one guest. Nice to say, muttered a businessman, but tough to draw up. As the cabernet sauvignon flowed, other Soviets at the dinner declared themselves "looking for answers" to almost everything...
...South Africans begin efforts to redraw their political map, even Buthelezi's critics must acknowledge that he is a force to be reckoned with. His power and the ruthlessness of many of his supporters are more apparent than ever in the three-year-old civil war between Inkatha, the Zulu-based mass political and cultural movement, and the A.N.C., which has turned the green hills of Natal province into South Africa's worst killing field. Since Mandela's release in February, Buthelezi's supporters have repeatedly invaded A.N.C. strongholds with shotguns and pangas. The upsurge in violence has left some...