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Women in the Civil War

Grade Level:

8

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Social Studies

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Women in the Civil War

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Students will analyze the the consequences of the war.

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First session: guest lecture on the role of Women in the Civil War. Introduce Clara Barton and other women directly involved. (Guest lecture Rene Sanchez M.A., History Professor and Civil War actor)

Materials:

They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War by
De Anne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook. New York: Vintage, 2003.
Civil War Heroines, Dover Books.
“Women of the American Civil War.” American Civil War.com, http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html.
“Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet.” Duke University Libraries Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture,
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html.
Families Divided, letters, 1861. “Primary Sources: Civil War Effects.” Kentucky Educational Television, http://www.ket.org/civilwar/families.html.

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