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Dorothea Lange Photographer of the Great Depression
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) has been called the
greatest American documentary photographer.
She is best known for her chronicles of the Great
Depression and for her photographs of migratory
farm workers. Below are 24 pre-World War II
photographs, taken for the U.S. Farm Security
Administration (FSA), investigating living
conditions of families hired to work in cotton
fields and farms in Arizona and California. Many
of the families had fled the Dust Bowl, the lengthy
drought which devastated millions of acres of
farmland in Midwestern states such as Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Dustbowl
about 1936
As you watch this powerpoint, jot down 4-5
observations about what you see.
Family living in
poverty in Oklahoma
Oklahomans or “Okies” reaching California in
their loaded down jalopy. Young boy helping fix
the tire of a jalopy.
Above- Destitute pea pickers in California.
Mother of seven children. Right - On Arizona
Highway 87, south of Chandler, Arizona.
Grandmother and sick baby of migratory family
camped in a trailer in an open field. They came
from Amarillo, Texas, to pick cotton in Arizona.
Migrant Mother
No school. Starving. Forced to work the fields in
order to help feed the family. Government run
camps tried to establish schools.
The “Promised Land”
Workers waiting to see if they will be able pick
crops and feed their families.
A typical migrant camp in California.
Charged about 2.75 a day to stay.
Oklahoma
farmers
working at a
potato patch
in California
The Migrant Mother: Florence Owens Thompson
Most famous face of the Depression/Dust Bowl
Migrants
Pea Pickers in California
Typical Pea Picker’s Shanty Camp
Abandoned Freight Car Used for Okie Home
Dorothea Lange:
a book
chronicling her
photographic
career
Migrant workers
sought to form
unions to force
large landowners
and companies (like
Dole) to pay a fair
wage. Communism
became a popular
ideology.
You write in response ✦ Look at your 4-5 responses
✦ Now write three sentences that incorporate
those observations (avoiding any first person or
2nd person pronouns).
✦ Now rewrite them. Sentence 1 should use the
name, “Dorothea Lange” in it. Start with a
prepositional phrase. EX: In her book…
✦ Sentences 2 & 3 should develop sentence 1.
One of them must be a complex sentence.
Label it. One a simple sentence. Label.
Underline main verbs in all sentences.
An introductory prepositional phrase with 4
words or more must be separated from the rest of
the sentence by a comma.
Complex Sentence: Dependent Clause +
Independent Clause (in any order. An introductory
dependent clause must be followed by a comma.
EX: Since Oklahomans were uprooted and moved
off of their land, they were forced to depend on the
community of migrants for survival.
Simple Sentence: One main clause but can have
several phrases attached. EX: During the Dust
Bowl, Okies suffered from a variety of diseases.
Do’s and Don’ts of AP Writing
Avoid… •Passive voice
•Inconsistent verb tense
•“being” verbs
•Weak vocabulary
•Vague/boring word choice
(good, bad, society, people)
•Bare, naked quotes
•Plot summary
•Grammatical Errors
•Regurgitating prompt
•Spelling errors
•Clichés
•Rhetorical questions
•Straying off topic
•1st/2nd person pronouns
•Contractions
•No thesis
•Lack of conclusion
•Lack of hook or intro
DO…
•Organize: take a minute or two and pre-write and
organize thoughts
•Write a strong thesis with strong verb.
•Address prompt (include all parts)
•Don’t list devices or even state them
•Write a catchy/spicy intro
•Use an advanced vocabulary (but don’t sound like a
thesaurus! Have control of your words)
•Literary present tense
•3rd person
•Connect and infer
•Originality of thought