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"Portraits of an Era" - Dorthea Lange Activity
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Question 1
1.
Put these events in the order in which they occurred (top = first, bottom = last)
The U.S. stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression.
The Great Depression largely ended after 10 years of hardship.
Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to implement New Deal programs, which helped bring jobs and relief.
Lange took a photo of Florence Owens Thompson at a pea pickers’ camp.
Question 2
2.
Which would be the best
subheading
for the first three paragraphs of the article?
A Symbol of Human Resilience
The Frost That Killed the Crop
Desperation in a Drought
Seven Pictures
Question 3
3.
What does plight mean in this sentence?
“The photographer had been on the road for weeks without a break, capturing the
plight
of struggling farmers with her camera.”
candid pose
difficult situation
family dynamic
farming technique
Question 4
4.
Which of these is Dorothea Lange
most
famous for documenting?
the New Deal
the Great Depression
the stock market
the Great Plains
Question 5
5.
According to the sidebar "A Decade of Struggle", about what percentage of Americans were unemployed by 1933?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Question 6
6.
Which of these events happened first?
Lange met Florence Owens Thompson.
Migrant Mother became one of the most famous photographs ever taken.
Lange began working for the federal government.
The U.S. stock market collapsed.
Question 7
7.
What event in her childhood did Lange say was the most important thing that happened to her?
moving to San Francisco
being drawn to photography
contracting polio
taking portraits of wealthy clients
Question 8
8.
Which detail best shows Lange’s determination to photograph real people during real crises?
“Plus, Lange used a large, bulky portrait camera called a Graflex.”
“Her small size, and her limp, made it hard to carry.”
“Yet Lange kept conquering her unease to get back on the street”
“[Paul Taylor] took Lange with him as a photographer.”
Question 9
9.
Which of these was
NOT
a factor in Lange’s ability to make her subjects feel comfortable?
paying them
emphasizing her limp
talking to them
showing empathy
Question 10
10.
What was an effect of Lange’s visit to the pea-picking camp in Nipomo, California?
Lange left her job with the government.
The state rushed food to the stranded migrants at the camp.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal.
The Great Depression ended.
Question 11
11.
Which statement is an opinion?
Migrant Mother is a more powerful work of art than the Mona Lisa.
Migrant Mother is one of the most reproduced photos of all time.
Migrant Mother was one of seven photos taken of Thompson and her children.
Migrant Mother highlights the emotions of a mother during the Great Depression.