Wednesday / Thursday October 16/17, 2019
1. Checked student's Middle Eastern maps for completion.
2. Reviewed what they remembered from the Crusades.
3. We read from the textbook about the end of the Crusades and the consequences on Western Europe and completed our note sheet.
4. Went over a timeline of events in regards to Jerusalem's history - to put the Crusades into perspective and make more sense of the movie we are about to watch.
5. Students dissected Pope Urban II's famous speech - looking for words/phrases that were meant to provoke strong emotions in the Crusaders as well as ways in which he described the Muslims.
6. Students were asked to come up with their own slogans - either to; encourage Western Europeans to go on Crusade OR encourage Crusaders to have mercy on the people living in Jerusalem when they conquered it. Students read out their slogans to the class.
7. The movie, "Kingdom of Heaven" was introduced - characters and setting discussed, and then we watched the first hour of it. Students were asked to pick out information that they have already learned about the Middle Ages and Crusades that was being reinforced by the movie.
We will continue watching the movie next day.
