KS3 History: The Medieval Crusades - The Key Events and Individuals Lessons

Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson contains a variety of activities and tasks which will allow students to understand the key events of each crusade as well as some of the individuals involved. This pack includes:
1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (colour free for photocopying)
1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (in colour if required)
2 x A4 Worksheets about the events covering key terms, sources and an analysis of the events. (including challenge questions)
1 x Main Power Point Presentation:
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the main events and key people of the crusades
Slide 2: Animated, clear and engaging background information giving a brief background to the crusades
Slide 3: An overview of Pope Urban II’s speech which called for the First Crusade
Slide 4: My own designed map of the main routes and areas of the crusades
Slide 5: Why there was more than one crusade
Slide 6: An overview of the main fact sheet needed for the lesson
Slide 7: A table based activity for students to pick out facts such as dates, people and events from each event along with an analysis of if the crusaders were successful or not
Slide 8-9: A recap quiz with answers revealed for students to self assess (mainly based on key individuals and places).

UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.