#21 Places That "Don't Exist" According To Internet Memes (Many Based On The Original "Bielefeld Conspiracy")
The popularity of this subreddit and, in turn, alternative maps, illustrates the way Chris Heffernan, a teacher of 20 years, approaches geography. Heffernan, who is a seventh-grade social science and math teacher at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville, Illinois, said he no longer thinks about map quizzes when he thinks about geography class, but rather “human geography,” the study of culture, economy, and politics, which ends up affecting all of us.
"Geography matters more now than ever because students need to know human geography," Heffernan wrote. "They need to understand the relationships that exist between cultures. They need to see not just the differences in cultures, but the similarities."
"Students need to know that the kid sitting in a school in Afghanistan today probably doesn’t speak the same language, practice the same religion or live in a home that looks anything like a student in the United States, but they have a lot of things in common [too]."
"Geography matters now more than ever because of global crises that range from migration to climate change to pandemics," Heffernan continued. "Geography matters because we are all connected. Geography matters because this is our world."
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#28 The First World Map By Anaximander Of Miletus (610bc-546bc), Greece Mathematician And Geographist. Original Map Was Not Saved!
