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Loc: Teachers: Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband, Spies

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With this lesson, a collection of primary texts, including diaries, letters, and photographs help young scholars understand how women were affected by the Civil War. Students will explore, through reading a collection of documents, the perspectives of a variety of women including slaves, plantation mistresses, female spies and Union women.

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Concepts
civil war, women's history month
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)