1. BELL WORK
1. What do you think the word “crusade” means? 2. Next, write down everything you know about the Crusades during the Middle Ages.

2. Standard & Objective
I can analyze the causes and consequences of the Crusades.
SPI 7.38 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the European Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.

3. The Crusades
The Crusades were a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia.
They were fighting over control over the Holy Land (Palestine).
Europeans wanted control over Palestine because it was the region that Jesus preached, lived, and died.

4. What consequences occurred because of the Crusades?
Predict
What consequences occurred because of the Crusades?

5. The Crusades
In the late 1000s, a group of Turkish Muslims entered and captured Jerusalem.
Pilgrims returning to Europe said that these Turks had attacked them in the Holy Land, which was no safer for Christians.
Before long, the Turks began to raid the Byzantine Empire. The empire feared an attack on Constantinople.
The people asked Pope Urban II of the Roman catholic Church for help. The pope agreed.

6. The Crusades
Pope called on Christians from all over Europe to retake the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks.
He challenged the kings and popes to stop fighting one another and fight against the Muslims.
Thousands began to fight! The flocked to France to prepare for their long journey. They sewed crosses on their clothing and yelled “God wills it” as they went to fight

7. Stop and Write Ready…Go!
Think about everything you just learned about the Crusades.
When I say “write” you will write everything you recall about the Crusades.
Keep writing until I say STOP!
Ready…Go!
We will discuss and review when they are done

8. Stop and Write Ready…Go!
Turn to your seat partner and read what you wrote to them. Take turns.
Ready…Go!
We will discuss and review when they are done

9. Close Reading Read the article about the Crusades
Answer the 10 questions about the Crusades when you finish reading
If we have time we will go over this together on the board