Written by Sherry Simpson
Well what a really fascinating webinar, the latest in the Epistemic Insight EES series, delivered by Finley Lawson on Monday 1st February: asking the question ‘What do Maps tell us?’
Through a series of interactive and engaging activities we responded to this bridging question through the disciplines of Geography and English, to consider different ways of knowing and how they interact.
It was great to see interest from primary educators, who were keen to widen the lens to explore how this cross-disciplinary question could be investigated by two distinct disciplines. The session brought out the utility of a map for each discipline. Geography values a map to aid navigation or to identify selected features, characteristics and scale of a place and its relationship with people. Whereas the study of English fiction values maps as a means to enhance the storytelling, immersing the reader in a physically real or imagined place.
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Maps are so interesting. I do an activity with my nephew (Early Years) about birds eye views of favourite objects https://www.aquila.co.uk/earth-resources/
I find it useful for explaining perspectives.
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