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Crusades Mini Unit Study
Between the 11th and 13th century,
Western Europe embarked on a series of military campaigns in the
Middle East and Asia Minor with the aim of reclaiming land that
was holy to Christians and restoring Christian states that had
fallen under Muslim control. The Crusades have enjoyed new popularity
as a subject of historical curiosity with the recent movie Kingdom
of Heaven. With the links provided, students can go beyond the
generalities portrayed by Hollywood and develop a more complete
understanding of the Crusades.
In this mini unit study, you can: read an extremely comprehensive
overview of the Crusades, learn about the two key events via historical
eyewitness accounts, examine a timeline and map of the Crusades,
look at pictures of Crusader sites in Jerusalem, listen to a radio
program where historians imagine an alternative outcome to the
Crusades and take a quiz to test your knowledge of the Crusades.
Reading
A complete online course on the Crusades, written for college-age students, but
easily read by high school students and advanced middle schoolers:
Crusades
comprehensive overview
Primary Sources
Eyewitness Crusade accounts:
Account
#1
Account #2
Maps and Timeline
Map
of First through Third Crusades
Map
of Fourth and later Crusades
Crusades
Timeline
Multimedia
Listen to historians discuss what would have happened had the first Crusaders
failed to capture Jerusalem:
First
Crusade
Activity
Test your knowledge of Crusade events with this fill-in-the-blank quiz:
Crusades
Quiz
Recommended
Resource
Blood Red Horse
Based on the Third Crusade with England's King Richard I and the Muslim leader
Saladin, this novel takes readers from the de Granvilles' Hartslove Castle
to the bloody battlefields of the Middle East.
It is a story of loyalty, honor, and nobility and centers around the lives
of two brothers, Gavin and William; the fair maiden Eleanor whom they leave
behind; and Will's beloved red horse.
Readers are caught up in the bloody battles, with alternating chapters revealing
what is happening on the "home front," and in the Christian and in
the Muslim camps. Tying these stories together is the red horse, Hosanna, who
is the book's most compelling and empathetic character. (School Library Journal)
Book (Paperback)
Authors: K. M. Grant
Amazon Price: $7.95
Read
more about the book on Amazon
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