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Images of the Industrial Revolution

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WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 5.2ACTIVITYIMAGES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Images of the Industrial Revolution”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeIn this activity, you will examine images from before and after the Industrial Revolution, which should give you a sense of how quickly change accelerated once the Industrial Revolution began. Seeing these changes through image analysis will also help reinforce the specific impacts on communities, networks, and production and distribution.Key information:Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédiewas published from 1751 to 1772 and is famous for representing the philosophy of the Enlightenment. Diderot’s goal was to create an encyclopedia of knowledge that included intellectual topics as well as everyday themes, such as the tools people used in their work. In addition, he wanted to influence the way people thought. Manyof the entries on politics and religion were revolutionary.Process1.Start by looking at the images from Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie(Images 1–5)and completingthe table below.Image #What do you notice?What do you think this picture represents?123
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 5.2ACTIVITYIMAGES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION2Image #What do you notice?What do you think this picture represents?452.Now, look at the images from after the Industrial Revolution(Images6–10) and completethe table below.Image #What do you notice?What do you think this picture represents?678910
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 5.2ACTIVITYIMAGES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION33.Look at the images side by side,comparing pre-and postindustrialization. After you’ve looked at the pictures, answer thisquestion:When examining these images, what kinds of changes do you see happening rather quickly to communities, networks, and production and distribution as a result of industrialization?4.Do youthinkindustrialization changedone frame more than the others, or werechangessimilar across all three?