My goal for this learning project is to learn every country in the world. For the purposes of this project, that will entail learning every country’s geographical location on the world map, as well as learning some facts about each country (national flag, capital cities, demographics [dominant ethnicity, religion and language] and some very basic landscape and political knowledge.
By the end of this project, I should be able to draw an accurate world map and label each country. That’s what will tell me if I have succeeded in my goal to learn every country in the world.
Of course, there is much more to every country than just these very basic aspects that I have mentioned here. I definitely wont be able to do an in-depth study of each country of the world. This will be a good base-knowledge that I can use to further any in-depth study in the future of individual countries.
I switched my learning project topic from cooking Middle-Eastern food to this, because it was getting a bit pricey for me to buy such niche ingredients that I would not use again for a long time. I am happy that this topic is completely free, plus I think it will be much more beneficial for me!
What made me choose this for my learning project? Well, I have always been interested in geography, languages, cultures and travel. However what really made me seriously consider this goal was this tiktok, believe it or not. It’s a video of a little girl drawing a world map from memory, with all the countries borders. I thought it was so amazing and if a 6 year old could learn to do that, so could I!
I’m also interested in an app called GeoGuessr and YouTubers who play it, like Rainbolt. I have always been fascinated by their level of knowledge of geography and landscapes. I hope that my Learning Project plan will help me to become a GeoGuessr pro… or at least pretty good.
I also really enjoy travelling and meeting new people. I meet people from all over the world and I would like to have some basic knowledge that could help me connect with others. I don’t want to fulfil the stereotype of the typical ignorant Westerner.
How will I achieve my goal? I have devised a week-to-week plan and pre-planned all my sources. I have split this Learning Project up into 4 parts:
PART I: Learn the names of every country
PART II: Learn where they are on a map
PART III: learn the flags of every country
PART IV: learn facts about them
- Demographics (race, religion, language)
- Landscape
- Politics
Here is my weekly break-down:
Learning projects due:
- May 12
- May 19 Part 1:Countries of the World Quiz
- May 26 Part 2: https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3069
- June 2 Part 2: https://globle-game.com/practice
- Week 5 Part 3: https://www.playgeography.com/games/flags-of-the-world/
- Week 6 Part 3-4 Geography Now YouTube channel
- Week 7 testing my knowledge: Geoguesser and drawing a world map from scratch
I am looking forward to being a geography pro by the end of this class! Check my next blog to see my progress.