This is a collection of four video lessons about Dorothea Lange, an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work, and her works. Teaching materials are included.

This media gallery explores the government-issued Japanese American internment that occurred during World War II using two videos from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Dorothea Lange, a documentary...

View Dorothea Lange's pictures of the Japanese Interment. View children getting an education, fathers with their sons, and many more great pictures.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how photographer Dorothea Lange and author John Steinbeck portrayed life in California in the late 1930's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...

A ten-image photo gallery from Columbia University displaying Depression Era photographs by the American master photographer Dorthea Lange.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The Resettlement Administration was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's agencies that helped people from the Dust Bowl. This agency hired photographer Dorothea Lange to take pictures that would build...

The Oakland Museum of California presents an in-depth article on the life and work of photographer Dorothea Lange. Clicking on the slide show option results in an enlargeable series of photographs.

This page has a series of photographs of migratory farm labor that Dorothea Lange made in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. "Migrant Mother" is one of these photos. Background information is provided about the pictures.

This page contains the image of Dorothea Lange's famous photograph "Migrant Mother; Nipomo, California," which was taken in 1936.

This website reports on the life of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965 CE). The photographs are engaging. They illustrate the power of the Great Depression.

Here is a "scavenger hunt" that you can share with your class to learn about and see the work of the photographer Dorothea Lange.

The Dust Bowl and resulting western migration that occurred in the 1930s is explored in this video [5:44] segment from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. The agricultural devastation and ensuing migration...

This video [4:15] segment from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning provides a documentary photographer's perspective of the severe economic despair and difficult living conditions that characterized the...

A Library of Congress Exhibition launching the book, "When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress". Very famous and thoughtful photographs with prose by Robert Coles.

A close examination of the work of Dorothea Lange, especially as it relates to her ability to tell a story well.

This page contains the image of Dorothea Lange's famous photograph "Migrant Mother; Nipomo, California," which was taken in 1936.

These images walk a fine line between documentary photography and propaganda. Nonetheless, they tell a story of a dark period in American history.

A fascinating look at American life from 1939 to 1943 through photographs. The buildings, cars, clothing, and stores are very different from today. This is an excellent way to get a feel for the turn of the decade -- from the Depression...

Roy E. Stryker sent out photographers, employed by the Farm Security Administration, to take pictures of American life, primarily rural, between 1935 and 1944. Find hundreds of these photographs on this Library of Congress site.

Mexicans coming to the United States through an El Paso, Texas immigration station. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938.

This site includes a unit about the Great Depression. Students will create a creative writing based on Dorothea Lange's 1936 "Migrant Mother" photograph. They will also write a position paper on the United States' current welfare issue....

Great introduction to Dorothea Lange, one of the greatest photographers of the U.S. Great Depression. This site includes some of her most famous images with background information as to their significance.