Featured Project: Global Awareness

Five students joined forces with OSPIRG to explore how much the SOU community knows about national and international issues. They painted a large map of the world on a piece of plywood. The map was displayed in the SOU Student Union for several days. As people approached this map, they were given a small square of paper with a question that related to a particular country. Once an answer was written on their paper, the person would then nail it to the appropriate location on the map. Would their answers be correct? Would they know the location of their country? A second map displayed with accurate data and facts allows the participant to gauge their global literacy. With a few changes, this project could be easily applied to elementary and secondary curriculum.