Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to understand content and feature usage to drive site improvements over time. To learn more, review our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Skip Navigation
OER Logo

Transformation of Manchester

Page 1 of 3
Checkmark Alert Banner
Did you know? You can access an editable version of this activity: Google Doc or Word Doc
WORLD HISTORY AP/ LESSON 5.3ACTIVITYTRANSFORMATION OF MANCHESTERUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Transformation of Manchester”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeCompare two images of Manchester, England—one from 1820, before industrialization took full effect, and one from 1857—and analyze the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. Analyzing the images will help you understand how industrialization reshapedlandscapes, environments, and societies.Process1.Examine the images of Manchester, England. Image 1 is from 1820, and Image 2 is from 1857.Image 1View from Kersal Moor, Salford, by Sebastian Pether, 1820, public domain.
WORLD HISTORY AP/ LESSON 5.3ACTIVITY TRANSFORMATION OF MANCHESTER2Image 2Manchester fromKersal Moor, byWilliam Wyld, 1857, public domain.2.Describe the natural environment (for example, the trees and landscape) in each of the images.
WORLD HISTORY AP/ LESSON 5.3ACTIVITY TRANSFORMATION OF MANCHESTER33.What changes in buildings or structures do you notice?4.How does the sky differ in the two images? What might this indicate?5.What might these changes suggest about how people living in this area thought about the impact of industrialization?