The causes and effects of the Great Depression were studied through the eyes of artists Dorothea Lange, John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, a political cartoonist of the era and Langston Hughes. Children created a one-page written and visual response based on one of Lange’s photographs making connections to its historical context by creating. They listened to excerpts from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. They listened to the music and analyzed the lyrics of Woody Guthrie’s songs: Dust Bowl Blues and Tom Joad and studied the poetry of Langston Hughes. Before comparing New Deal programs such as Social Security Act, Workers Progress Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corp students analyzed a famous political cartoon of the time: Dr. New Deal.