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Item Nr: B 114671 Title: Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Nardo, Don
Length: 64 Prod/Pub: Compass Point Books
Copyright: 2011 Series: CAPTURED HISTORY
Book Type: N Biographee: Lange, Dorothea
Copies: 3 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Explores the events surrounding the capture of a photograph depicting a woman in a migrant workers' camp near Nipomo, California, during the Great Depression. Discusses how the photograph came to symbolize the difficulties faced by many people during this era in American history. From the series Captured History. AR 6.5. RC 6.2. Lexile 900. GR level Y. IL 5-10.

  Subjects:
  58 - AMERICA--HISTORY/AMERICAN
  392 - DEPRESSIONS
  400 - DISASTERS
  413 - DROUGHTS
  1545 - GUIDED READING LEVEL Y
  1464 - HOMELESS PERSONS/HOMELESSNESS
  1679 - LEXILE 900-999
  743 - MIGRANT LABOR
  855 - PHOTOGRAPHY
  885 - POVERTY
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1108 - U.S.--HISTORY
  1122 - U.S.--HISTORY--1919-1933
  1123 - U.S.--HISTORY--1933-1945
  1120 - U.S.--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY