PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two Word Documents that examines the causes and outcome of the First Crusade.
Activities include
- Starter activity in which students match definitions to different types of conflict.
- Discussion of an annotated image of central Jerusalem to identify why the city was fought over.
- Source analysis activity to determine how Pope Urban II motivated people to go on crusade with judgments made on whether these motivations were selfish or selfless.
- A reading and comprehension exercise to identify reasons the first crusade was successful.
- Ranking exercise to identify the relative importance of key factors.
- Plenary discussion on whether the First Crusade took place for selfish reasons in the light of the events that occurred.
- Extension map analysis of the Middle East after the First Crusade to determine whether the crusader states were in a strong or weak position.
Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the Medieval World.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.
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