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The Photographs of Dorothea Lange Lesson PlanThe Photographs of Dorothea Lange Lesson Plan
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The Photographs of Dorothea Lange

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Students research social-documentary photography using Dorothea Lange’s documentary projects. In this photography analysis lesson plan, students analyze examples of photographs by Dorothea Lange and research one or more of Dorothea Lange’s social-documentary projects. Students research a subject of importance or special interest to them.

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photograph analysis, the great depression

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dorothea lange photography, photography analysis, the great depression, Visual Arts, english language arts
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7th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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