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Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages Study GuideCrusades and Culture in the Middle Ages Study Guide
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Cave Creek Unified School District
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9th - 12th
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Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages

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The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by lesson, highlight important key words and ask relevant comprehension questions as progress checks.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the crusades, european countries, european history, christianity, world religions, the bubonic plague, catholicism, the roman catholic church, the holy roman empire, the byzantine empire, islam, jerusalem, constantinople, feudalism, the hundred years war

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Flip your classroom by assigning the study guides as homework
  • Differentiate for English learners by providing fill-in-the-blank answers

Classroom Considerations

  • The topic may become sensitive to some learners because it covers tension between two different religions

Pros

  • Explains concepts in a simple and easily digestible way
  • Warms up the mind before reading with essential questions to ponder
  • Provides vocabulary at the beginning of each section 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.5 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.5

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