1. LO: To describe the reasons why people went on the Crusades

2. What can we remember? What was England like?
Why was the Church important?
What was England like?
Why did Christianity and Islam clash? 10
What was Arabia like?

3. To understand the reasons why people went on the Crusades
L.O.
To understand the reasons why people went on the Crusades
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to describe at least one of the reasons why people went on Crusades. (3B-3A)
EVEN BETTER IF you can describe all of the main reasons people went on crusades. (4C-4A)
EXCELLENT IF you can explain all of the main reasons people went on crusades in detail. (5C-5B).
CHALLNGE!!! CAN YOU JUDGE THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR GOING ON THE CRUSADES AND SUPPORT THIS JUDGEMENT WITH REASONING? (5A-6B)

4. Key Word
Crusade: A religious journey made to recover the Holy Lands through force 2

5. 3
After the death of Mohamed in 632, Islam spread very quickly Why would this worry Christian England?

6. Jerusalem – important to all… but why?

7. Sacred to Jews because of
The Temple of ….
Solomon

8. Sacred to Christians because
Jesus lived and died there

9. Sacred to Muslims because
Mohamed built a Mosque there
Al-Aqsa Mosque

10. So… reasons for the Crusades: 1
To get Jerusalem back…

11. There were two different types of Christian….
Catholics
The head of the Catholic Church is the Pope in Rome.

12. The head of the Byzantine Church was based in Constantinople
The Byzantines
The head of the Byzantine Church was based in Constantinople

13. Maybe we should help out…
Uh-oh…

14. To stop the Islamic Empire spreading into Europe
Reasons for the Crusades: 2
To stop the Islamic Empire spreading into Europe

15. In 1095, Pope Urban II preached a sermon asking people to go on a crusade. His plan was to take the Holy Land away from the Turks.

16. “All men going there who die, whether on the journey or while fighting the pagans [non-Christians], will immediately be forgiven their sins”
Why would
this make
people want
to fight in the
Crusades?
“Jerusalem is the navel of the world. This royal city is now held captive by her enemies and is enslaved by a people which does not acknowledge God.”

17. The Pope said you would go to heaven if you went on a crusade
Reasons for the Crusades: 3
The Pope said you would go to heaven if you went on a crusade

18. So the three main reasons why people went on Crusades were…
Make an advert, encouraging people to fight in the Crusades!
To take back Jerusalem
To stop Islam spreading into Europe
To fight a Holy War and go to Heaven
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

19. Split into three groups.
Group work
Split into three groups.
You have three minutes to become an expert on one reason and prepare to teach your peers about it.
3 minutes
Now send one of your group members to each of the other groups to teach them what they have learned.
You have ten minutes to teach your peers and learn what they know!
mins total
10 minutes

20. Create an advert to encourage people to join the Crusade!
Either:
Create an advert to encourage people to join the Crusade! OR
Write a speech to encourage people to join the Crusade.
Checklist
Discussed at least three reasons.
Use persuasive language.
Considered which reason is most likely to encourage people to join.
Why did people join the Crusades?
Checklist
Use full paragraph structure.
Discussed at least three reasons.
Explain why each reason led to people joining the Crusade.
Judge which reason was the most persuasive and why.

21. Would you go? Plenary… What might stop you?
Discuss with your partner and explain your decision.