Personal Geographies

In conjunction with a 4th grade map study, Paola introduced the children to different elements of map making and to the idea of maps as a form of communication. Combining sensory memory with personal geography classes are working toward a map book with layers. 

As young cartographers, BNS kids can now join the ranks of artists and scientists throughout history who have created maps to communicate "everything from understanding time to ordering the cosmos." Remember the maps from long ago where Pangea's perimeters were filled with groovy-looking sea monsters? If you're interested in learning more about creative mapping you might enjoy Mapping It Out: An Alternative Atlas of Contemporary Cartographies where we are invited to explore the idea that “maps are errors to arrive at truth.” 

Indeed, the individuality expressed by our 4th graders' maps burst with truth: unique to the personal mythologies of each child artist, no one map is even remotely like the others. 

Come see for yourself- these beauties are in the gallery!