For my learning project, my goal was to learn every country in the world–where they are on the map plus learn a little bit about every country, like their flag.
What was the most helpful resource?
I would say the most helpful resource was the first one I did, where you just name all the countries that you can, as it fills out the map. That is what did the bulk of the work, especially in the beginning. It was the backbone of this whole project. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to do this.
The funnest (I know, that’s not a word) resource was the global game. I still play it from time to time. I have gotten really good at it. I always beat my friends at it.
What I wish I did differently :
I wish I stayed more consistent. Some weeks I strayed and I got really overwhelmed with my classes. As I’ve mentioned about 100 times already, I am taking 3 classes this semester. It has really taken a toll on me and I didn’t progress as I would’ve liked to.
I also wish I spent more time on the flags and the facts abut every country. However I’ve learned that it is more of a long term goal to learn that. It is a really good goal, but a but too large for only 7 weeks
Am I happy with my progress?
I am very happy with my progress. It has been 7 weeks since I have started and I still retained most of my knowledge. I even feel the impacts of this learning project in my daily life, listening to the news and having conversations with people from around the world. I love hearing names of certain countries and knowing exactly where they are, especially when they are small countries that I did not know before.
I am happy to say that I can now name every single country in the world and point them all (well, almost all) of them out on a map.
Drawing the map from scratch
This map kind of looks like a fail. Do not look at the horrible scale. I know its so off. Ive tried multiple times, but its surprisingly hard drawing a world map, just because you don’t actually realize how much space you need when you start drawing. I DEFINITElY did not get the borders correct. However, I got the placement of the countries correct (for the most part)!! Woohoo! If you look at the Americas, you will find it to be pretty accurate, if I do say so myself.
Doing GeoGuessr
I got ⅔ of the countries correct on my Geoguessr game. I would like to say that this is due to the knowledge I gained from the GeographyNow Youtube channel resource, but no, I doubt it. I probably would’ve gotten those correct before.
Will I continue?
I know that I know continue my learning in this area, because it is something that genuinely really interests me. This will be a life-long skill. I bought a large world map for my room. I will continue to read it and look at it fondly. I told my great-grandmother about this learning project. We bought the map together. We were so excited, because we were both looking for large maps. It was a good memory that will stay with me for ever. Because now, at the end of this learning project journey, my great-grandmother is no longer with us. She passed away last week. So every time I look at a map and continue this life-long learning project, I will think of her <3
