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THE GEOGRAPHER (De geograaf)
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1668-1669
oil on canvas,
20 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main
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Vermeer’s
geographer lived in a time when charting the world still gave possibility for
the unexpected. The 17th century was a time of expanding global
trade (can you see evidence of this in the painting?) when curiosity of foreign
lands enticed scholars, artists and merchants alike. This was an age of growing
knowledge and the desire to document the physical world was expanding to meet
the increasing curiosity.
Today we live
in a world of instant information. I can ask you to pull out your cell phone
and you can immediately gather facts about the coastal region of Macao, the
distance between Lisbon and Manila or the worth of gold bullion on the world
market. We rarely have the need to understand our physical surroundings much
less what the natural features of the world might be. The purpose of this
assignment is to familiarize you with the physical geography of the world in
preparation for the course.
The first theme
of AP World History is “Interaction between humans and the environment.” This
interaction takes place in many forms whether it is extracting natural
resources from the earth (like mining, or oil drilling) or settlement in
certain places as a result of climate or obstacles preventing further movement.
Regardless of the affects the environment has on humans and humans have on the
environment, it is important to get an understanding of the environment itself
in order to get a better understanding of how that interaction takes place. *
Toward this end you will create a monumental map. It will show the
geographic (natural) features of the world. You are free to use any medium that
you like (paint, cloth, collage, chalk drawing, photo-mosaic, sand sculpture,
noodle montage or any other way you want!). Here’s the hitch:
1.
Your map must measure 4 feet by 6 feet (you are welcome to talk to me about a
72” diameter globe if you want). Why so big? I want you to completely engage
with this map; make a creation that is monumental and unique. Think about the
many times you have filled in black line masters in other social studies
classes. Do you remember what you colored in? Most of us don’t. But in order
for us to understand the relationship between the environment and people we
have to understand what the natural world was like before we as a human force
started changing it. This requires some big thinking and doing. Hence the
monumental map.
2.
You must add in all the natural features listed below. It’s a long list but we
will talk about each of these areas in the course of this year. We will explore
the relationship between the natural features of our globe and how humans have
interacted with them. This will require you to look at other maps to help
create your map. While you are being an artistic cartographer, look at the
names of the places you are portraying. Who do you think gave them their names?
In our exploration of the last 10,000 years we will consider this question for
every region.
3.
Your map will be due on the first day of school. If you need to bring it in
earlier, let me know and I will be there. I am making arrangements for our maps
to have a public showing in the lobby (perhaps the Urban Curve) for the first
month of school. If you are making a map that cannot be transported (think a
sand mandala type map) then let me know. I will come to your home, grade it and
photo document it for the show. If you want me to do this, you must complete
your map prior to August 10, 2016.
* Parts of this project
are adapted from work created by Rob Plunket, Anna Dettbarn & Ricky Eyerly
of McLean High School, Fairfax County Public Schools.
Monumental Map : Jillian 2012
Detail: Jillian, 2012
Monumental Map: Lydia, 2012
Detail: Lydia 2012
Monumental Map: Richard, 2013
Detail: Richard, 2013
Monumental Map: Henry 2013
Detail: Henry 2013
Monumental Map: Dulcinea 2013
Detail: Dulcinea, 2013
Monumental Map: Carolina 2013
Detail: Carolina, 2013
Monumental Map: M. Andreadis, 2012
Detail: M. Andreadis, 2012
AFRICA
Bodies
of Water
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Mozambique Channel
African Great Lakes
a.
Lake Victoria
b.
Lake Tanganyika
c.
Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
Nile River
White Nile River
Blue Nile River
Niger River
Congo River
Zambezi River
Orange River
Land
Forms
Sahara Desert
Kalahari Desert
Namib Desert
Cape of Good Hope
Atlas Mountains
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Great Rift Valley
ASIA
Bodies
of Water
Amur River
Arabian Sea
Aral Sea
Arctic Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Dead Sea
East China Sea
Euphrates River
Ganges River
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Oman
Huang He (Yellow) River
Indian Ocean
Indus River
Lake Baikal
Mediterranean Sea
Mekong River
Pacific Ocean
Persian Gulf
Philippine Sea
Red Sea
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Malacca
Tigris River
Yangtze River
Yellow Sea
Land
Forms
Borneo
Caucasus Mountains
Gobi Desert
Himalayan Mountains
Hindu Kush
Honshu (Island), Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Java
New Guinea
Russian Steppes
Sumatra
Taklimakan Desert
Thar Desert
Tien Shan
Mt. Everest
Ural Mountains
AUSTRALASIA/ OCEANIA
Bodies
of Water
Bass Strait
Coral Sea
Great Australian Bight
Gulf of Carpentaria
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea
Timor Sea
Torres Strait
Land
Forms
Asia
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
Bismarck Archipelago
Great Barrier Reef
Great Dividing Range
Great Sandy Desert
Great Victoria Desert
New Guinea
New Caledonia (FrenchTerritory) North Island, NZ
South Island, NZ
Southern Alps
Tasmania (part of Australia)
EUROPE
Bodies
of Water
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Aral Sea
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Bay of Biscay
Black Sea
Bosporus Strait
Caspian Sea
Danube River
English Channel
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Rhine River
Seine River
Strait of Gibraltar
Volga River
Land
Forms
Alps Mountains
Apennine Mountains
Balkan Peninsula
Caucasus Mountains
Corsica
Crete
Cyprus
Iberian Peninsula
Mt. Blanc
Peloponnesus
Pyrenees Mountains
Sardinia
Scandinavian Peninsula
Sicily
Ural Mountains
THE AMERICAS
Bodies
of Water
Amazon River
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Bering Sea
Caribbean Sea
Colorado River
Columbia River
Drake Passage
Great Bear
Lake
Great Salt
Lake
Great Slave
Lake
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of
California
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Hudson Bay
Hudson River
Labrador Sea
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Titicaca
Lake Winnipeg
Five Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
Pacific Ocean
Panama Isthmus
Rio Grande River
Strait of Magellan
St. Lawrence River
Straits of Florida
Yukon River
Land
Forms
Aleutian Islands
Andes Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Atacama Desert
Baffin Island
Baja California
Cape Horn
Falkland Islands
Galapagos Islands
Greater Antilles (4 Large Islands)
Hispaniola
Lesser Antilles
Mojave Desert
Denali (Mt. McKinley)
Newfoundland
Rocky Mountains
Sonoran Desert
Tierra del Fuego
Vancouver Island
Yucatan Peninsula
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