1. Section 2

Mathematics 20-3 Module 5

Section 2: Perspective and Scale

 

Section 2 Introduction

 

This is an image of a 1927 postage stamp commemorating the Confederation of Canada and showing a map of Canada.

Library and Archives Canada; Copyright: Canada Post Corporation, 1927.. Reproduced with permission.

 

This commemorative stamp was issued in 1927 at the 60th anniversary of Canada's Confederation. It's amazing to be able to fit Canada, which stretches more than 9300 km from the Atlantic to the Pacific, on one small 12-cent stamp! The map, of course, is rather small in scale.

 

In Lesson 1 you will explore one-point perspective drawings of three-dimensional objects. The concept of scale in drawings, maps, and models will be discussed in Lessons 2 through 4. In the Module 5 Project you will create a scale model of a three-dimensional object.