Esperanza Rising: Dorothea Lange

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."

                                     ~ Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was an influential photojournalist best known for her extensive collection of photographs taken of migrant workers during the Great Depression. Click the above photograph to watch a YouTube video introducing Dorothea Lange's photography and how it captured the essence of the Great Depression-Era.

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• Lesson Ideas 
• Introduction to the Great Depression  
• The Dust Bowl And The Great Migration To The West
• Hard Times In The Migrant Labor Camps
• Growing Up
• Lesson Adaptation  
• Vocabulary  
• Activities
• Resources  
• Dorothea Lange
• Voices From The Dust Bowl
• Pam Munoz Ryan  
• Immigration: A Voice Thread  
• Collaborative Group Project - Immigration

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