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Help Is on the Way: Civil War Women and Relief Work Lesson PlanHelp Is on the Way: Civil War Women and Relief Work Lesson Plan
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Middle Tennessee State University
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Help Is on the Way: Civil War Women and Relief Work

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The role women played in the Civil War, especially in relief efforts, is the focus of this seven-page resource. Groups examine primary source materials to determine how this work reflected and expanded the traditional roles women held in society at the time.

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civil war

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social studies

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  • Flip the lesson and have class members examine the primary source materials and complete the worksheet out of class, saving class time for the discussions

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  • The lesson presumes that class members have experience analyzing primary source documents

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Common Core

RI.8.1 SL.8.1.a RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7

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