Geography – Unit 3 Mapping Part 1
STUDENT MATERIALSSTUDENT MATERIALSS-1GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 1WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750 / LESSON 3.0 ACTIVITYPreparation• Access the following maps:• 1750 Political Map• 1871 Blank Map• 1871 Political MapPurposeThe Industrial Revolution is associated with a lot of changes. One of the most important of these is urbanization—the movement of people into cities. Why does urbanization matter? When people move into cities, amazing changes occur in their daily lives, the food they eat, their health, their work, their ideas about the world. In this mapping exercise, you will identify some of the biggest changes in the size of cities during the period of the first Industrial Revolution—from about 1750 to 1871—and make some predictions about what this tells us about where industrialization happened first.ProcessYou’ll begin this activity by identifying some large cities on the 1750 Political Map. Then you will compare keys for the 1750 and 1871 Political Maps. In the third step, you will identify where large urbanization has taken place since 1750 using the 1871 Political Map. Finally, you will make some prediction as to where we will see evidence of industrialization during the period studied.Step 1With your teacher, you will look at the map legend for the 1750 Political Map and identify the symbols for different sizes of cities. Then you’ll use the chart to identify six of the largest cities in the world in 1750. What patterns do you see?Step 2With your teacher, you will compare changes in city sizes by examining the keys for the 1750 and 1871 Political Maps. In terms of population size, what has changed? You should note some general trends.Then, individually or in groups, you will locate every city on the map with over 1,000,000 people and record these locations on the 1871 Blank Map. Step 3Finally, you will use the 1871 Blank Map to predict where you think industrialization occurred between 1750 and 1871. You will shade in at least two areas where you think industry emerged in this period.
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-2GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 1WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750 / LESSON 3.0 ACTIVITYStep 1Directions: Your teacher will show you the Key for the 1750 Political Map and discuss how the size of cities is represented.Then, using the 1750 Political Map, you will identify at least six cities with populations over 200,000—the largest size of city in 1750, according to this map. Enter them into the table below.Cities with populations over 200,00 in 1750 include:
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-3GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 1WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750 / LESSON 3.0 ACTIVITYStep 2Directions: Now take a look at the legend for the 1871 Political Map. Notice the symbols designating the size of cities, and also the numbers of people associated with each city. In broad terms, what has changed in terms of the size of cities between 1750 and 1871?Now locate all of the cities with populations larger than 1,0000,000 people on the 1871 Political Map and label these cities on the 1871 Blank Map.Step 3Directions: Examine the map you have created. Remember that urbanization is associated with industrialization. Based on the locations of the three largest cities in the world, now identify two places where you think industry had emerged in this period. Shade those regions on the map.
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-4GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 1WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750 / LESSON 3.0 ACTIVITY