using. the countries are not true to size on the mercator mat. social studies classrooms throughout the boston public school systems are switching to the peters projection map, which shows land areas closer to their true size. superintendent of the boston public schools opportunity and achievement gap tells us why. he says it's time to "decolonize that curriculum." you know what else was eurocentric? a little thing called history. as an of western civilization. a lot of cool things happened between the roman empire and defeating the nazis. the columbian exchange, that was fun. that's why maps look like that.