Women in the Civil War
Grade 11 · Social Studies · 45 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can analyze the various roles women played during the Civil War.
Warm-Up Video
Vox · 6:56
How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 1
The intellectual movement that distorted the history of the Civil War and framed the Confederate cause as heroic is called the Lost Cause.
- 2
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) was founded in 1894 to preserve Confederate culture and spread a pro-Southern version of the war.
- 3
The UDC influenced children's understanding of the Civil War by lobbying for textbooks that promoted the Lost Cause and forming an auxiliary group called the Children of the Confederacy.
Practice Questions
9 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Describe two ways the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) influenced the way children learned about the Civil War.”
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