What is the Lost Cause narrative? How has it impacted Civil War narratives locally and nationally? Objective I can explain the lost cause and how it impacted Civil War narratives. Background This is the 3rd of 3 lessons that help students learn about the nuances of romanticized myth and incomplete histories in western North Carolina (WNC). This lesson enables high school students to analyze the Lost Cause narrative that rose after the Civil War. Students will use primary and secondary sources to study the foundations of the Lost Cause revisionist history, from racism to regionalism. Students w Duration: 60 Minutes.