Form 1 Week 1 Lent

Hi Form 1, and welcome back, I trust you had a great holiday.

This week we will commence our study of the Crusades.

WOTD: Crusade - military expedition in the name of Christianity (usually to recover important cities in the Holy Land)

WOTD: Holy Land - area of the Middle East where the main Christian holy sites were located - modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

OTD: January 8 1198 - Innocent III became Pope (he instigated the Fourth Crusade - see his biography here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III)

Here is the link to the British Library's Psalter Map, showing Jerusalem at the centre: http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item99816.html

And here is the Crash Course episode on the Crusades:





Here is the blank map we'll use in class: https://goo.gl/NxbGQE


Timeline of the Crusades: https://goo.gl/Tm88rz


HW: In your books, draw a title page 'The Crusades' - make sure it is coloured in and has some text as well (15 mins)

Read the information on pages 4-5 of your textbooks, and complete the activities on page 5, in full sentences please.

Due:

Group 1A - Wednesday Week 2
Group 1B - Thursday Week 2

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