Submitted by Darrel Blake on Thursday 11th June 2020
Published on Wednesday 19th August 2020
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 19th February 2021
Signatures: 47
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Africa ~ Black ~ Blacks ~ National Curriculum ~ Peter ~ Peters ~ Schools ~ The National
Amend the curriculum to require schools to use the Gall-Peters Projection map
The Government should amend the national curriculum so that schools are required to teach using the Gall-Peters Projection map, which accurately reflects Africa and other countries with a majority black population, to their correct sizes, unlike other maps that are still in use.
In 1569, a map was created by a Flemish cartographer ‘Gerardus Mercator’. His map was used as a navigation instrument for sailors to plot distances on an arced surface. Slave Traders found this map helpful when following a course with parallel alignment and triangle rules. This map is still being used today.
An alternative to Mercator’s map is ‘Gall-Peters Projection’, which proportionately reflects Africa and other countries with a majority black population, to their correct sizes.
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