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Fig. 17.7 Map puzzle is used in lessons on map projection and deformations
show the pupils how we manage to display the sphere on a plane. Different kinds of
deformations appear (area, linear or angular) because of this transformation. This is
visible in the map game included as a separate part of the Atlas on Geography—a
puzzle or an icosahedron (volumetric map of the world with 20 equal triangular
parts in gnomonic projections). Playing with them is multifunctional in terms of
geographical, cartographical and mathematical aspects (Fig. 17.7 ).
Other new topics that appear in the geographical atlases are related to natural
risks and disasters, natural resources, ecology and others.
Such examples could be seen in Fig. 17.8 . Children and teachers are prompted to
describe and analyze the most affected territories and spots where disasters are
likely to happen or some consequences that have already appeared. On the basis of
such maps some preventive activities could be planned and discussed.
The cartographer's role is to help children, pupils and teachers in their educa-
tional process. Another goal is to direct the pupils' attention to the global and
regional problems and to the ways of improving and saving the environment. The
next task is to find data and represent them in regional atlases at larger scales so as
to help regional geography items too.
17.3.5.2 New Ideas and Maps in the Historical Atlases
The old historical atlases were criticised by teachers mainly in the following
directions: too many represented objects from general geographic base, a lot of
information represented in atlases for young pupils (e.g. the history maps of
Bulgaria for school years 5 and 11 have similar contents), too many symbols in
the legend. The authors tried to avoid these difficulties, and the new historical
atlases are compiled in a different way:
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