Draw World Map On Wall

Appendix

How to draw your grid on walls

These instructions are for mapmakers who are drawing their maps on unsquared walls or irregular pieces of hanging canvas. Don't be put off by the number of steps. They simply tell you how to make a grid box with perpendicular sides using a simple plumb line.

Materials:

yardstick/meter stick(s)

long straightedge

pencils

simple plumb line

To make:

Attach a long string to a small flat weight, such as a washer or rock. The string should be longer than the height of your map. The weight should be about the size and shape of a half-dollar. It should also be smooth and flat on one side.

Steps:

1. Roughly center your map on your background surface. You can find the center point of your map by drawing a big X corner-to-corner across an area of background that is roughly the same size as your map. The center of the X is the center point of your map's grid.

2. Draw the left edge of your grid box:

a. From your center point, measure left 1/2 the length of your map. Let this be Point L.

b. Hang your plumb line through Point L. Tape the top of the string to the wall so that the plumb line crosses directly over Point L. Your plumb line should lie directly against the wall or cloth. When it is still, make marks on the background surface every foot (half-meter) or so down along the string.

c. Connect these marks with a pencil and straightedge to make the left edge of your grid.

3. Draw the bottom of your grid box:

a. Decide where you want the bottom of your map to be. Measure up from the floor this distance and make a series of marks the length of your map.

b. Connect these marks with a pencil and straightedge to make your bottom line.

Figure 10: Grid Box Left Edge and Bottom Line

4. Draw the right edge of your grid box. Repeat steps 2a-c on the right side of your map. (Let R be the right edge point and B be the point of intersection between the bottom line and the right edge line.)

5. Draw the top of your grid box:

a. Mark the height of your map on both the left and right sides of your grid box. Do this by measuring up from Points A and B the same distance. Let the top left point be Point C and the top right point be Point D.

b. Draw a line connecting these two top marks (Points C and D). This top line should be parallel with the bottom line. If you don't have a very long straightedge, first make top points.

Figure 11: Grid Box Right Edge and Top Line

6. Now that you have your grid box, (go to Make sure your box is squared or go to Draw your grid lines ) and continue the process from there.

How to draw your grid on floors, playgrounds and other flat surfaces

These instructions are for mapmakers who are drawing their maps on an unsquared horizontal surface like a part of a floor or a playground. You can also follow these instructions if you are working flat with an irregular piece of canvas.

Materials:

pencil or chalk

string measuring tape or stick

long straightedge

carpenter's square (two rulers joined in an L shape)

Steps:

1. Use the measuring tape and chalk to draw the bottom line of the grid.

2. Draw the left line of the grid. The trick here is to make sure that the left line is perpendicular to the right line. To do this, take advantage of the Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c². For example, 3² + 4² = 5² because 9 + 16 = 25.

a. First, cut a string 16 feet long and lay it along the bottom line.

b. Cut another string 9 feet long and lay it along the left side of the bottom line.

c. Cut the third string 25 feet long. This string is the hypotenuse, so lay it in position. While keeping the bottom line string along the bottom line, move just the left line string until all the points match up. This produces a triangle where the bottom line is perpendicular to the left line. Draw the left line along the string.

Note: When laying the string for steps 2a-c, do not pull the string so tight that it stretches.

3. To make the rest of the grid, measure up from the bottom line and over from the left line.

Figure 12

How to make a tissue paper world map

Colored tissue paper makes beautiful, textured maps. Glued to lightweight paper, these maps have an illuminated quality when taped to windows. They are also involve less clean-up than painted maps.

Materials:

copies of map section sheets,

"butcher block" paper or pre-gridded flip-chart paper (available through business supply stores)

tissue paper in a variety of colors

glue sticks

black markers

Steps:

To make a tissue paper map, draw your grid on lightweight sheets of paper taped together. Some mapmakers have simplified the process by purchasing large sheets of pre-gridded paper. Hand draw your map information block-by-block as usual. (Note: If necessary, you can cut your paper map into workable sections during the project and reassemble it at the end.)

When you are ready to add color:

1. Select tissue paper appropriate to the countries you are coloring. Tear the paper into strips or patches.

2. Cover your targeted area with glue.

3. Affix the tissue paper strips so that they cover the targeted area in a collage-like way.

4. Don't worry about rough borders between colors. Once the paper is dry, outline the borders with a wide black marker, which will cover any gaps.

5. Label your map.

Bibliography

The following list of publications is provided for your information only. Inclusion or exclusion in no way reflects endorsement or lack of endorsement on the part of Peace Corps or the U.S. Government.

For Teachers:

Cook, Shirley. One Hundred Eighty Days Around the World: Learning about Countries and Cultures Through Research and Thinking-Skills Activities. Nashville: Incentive Publications, 1993.

Demko, George. Why in the World: Adventures in Geography. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Fletcher, James. Exploring Geography Using the Atlas. Skokie, Illinois: Rand McNally, 1986. (grades 58)

Jinkins, Barbara. Pineapples, Pandas, and Pagodas: Travelling Around the World Through Research and Thinking-Skills Activities. Nashville: Incentive Publications, 1993.

Knight, Cheryl S. Five Themes of Geography: Geography Across Curriculum - Teacher's Activity Guide. Boone, North Carolina: Parkway Publishers, 1994.

LaMorte, Kathy and Sharen Lewis. World Social Studies Yellow Pages for Students and Teachers. Nashville: Incentive Publications, 1993.

Makower, Joel, editor. Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It. Second Edition. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Monmonier, Mark. How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Ruckdashel, Candy. A Literary Travel Log Integrating Literature and Global Awareness. Nashville: Incentive Publications, 1993.

Rushdoony, Haig. A Language of Maps: A Maps Skills Program for Grades 4-6. Carthage, Illinois: Fearon Teaching Aids, 1983.

Silver, James F. Geography Skills Activities Kit: Ready-to-Use Projects and Activities. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1988.

Wood, Denis. The Power of Maps. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992.

For Students:

Breisler, L. Earth Facts. Tulsa: EDC Publishing, 1987. (grades 3-7)

Cultures of the World, 6 volumes. North Bellmore, New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1992. (grades 5-10)

Frisch, Carlienne. Destinations: How to Use All Kinds of Maps. New York: Rosen Group, 1993.

Knowlton, Jack. Maps and Globes. New York: HarperCollins, 1986. (grades 2-5)

Lye, Keith. Measuring and Maps: Projects with Geography. New York: Gloucester Press, 1991. (grades 5-8)

People and Places Series. 24 books. Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Burdett, 1989. (grades 4-8)

Taylor, Barbara. Be Your Own Map Expert. New York: Sterling, 1994.

Taylor, Barbara. Maps and Mapping: Geography Facts and Experiments. New York: Kingfisher LKC, 1993.

Williams, Brian. Countries of the World: A Visual Factfinder. New York: Kingfisher LKC, 1993. (grade 5 and up)

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the following individuals and groups for their contributions to this special project:

To Cheryl Bartz and Jennifer Haas of the National Peace Corps Association; the West Cascade (Oregon) Returned Volunteers; and Steve Dorage and the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Atlanta for their commitment to this project.

To Judy Babbits (Peace Corps Fellows), Judy Benjamin (Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange), Tom Burwell (DC RPCVs), Susan Matulaitis (World Wise Schools), and Maureen Wilson-Jarrard (World Wise Schools) for their time and suggestions.

To Tom Ahnemann, Andrew Fontanez, and Brian Lonardo for their support and computer layout.

To the World Wise Schools Educational Reviewers: Margaret (Peggy) Altoff (Caroll County Board of Education), Frederick Czarra (Council of Chief State School Officers), Minnie Dyer (DC Public Schools), Carla Fletcher (Fairfax County Schools), Jayne Osgood (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), and Kurt Waters (Fairfax County Schools) for their critical review and invaluable feedback.

To the National Geographic Society for use of the map of the world.

To the thousands of schoolchildren and Peace Corps Volunteers around the world who have made the map project work, especially Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Jo (B.J.) White for her vision and illustrations. The Map Project is her gift to the world.

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