Medieval Europe - Frederick II

The Crusades by Timothy Levi Biel

Discussion:
Wars with popes/other entities
Centralization of government; efficient state bureaucracy
Crusade accomplishments through diplomacy

Activity:
History journal

Medieval Europe and Medieval Middle East - The Crusades - Effects of the Crusades on Muslim and Christian States

The Crusades by Timothy Levi Biel

Discussion:
Financial difficulties of European states and citizens
Attitudes of Muslims towards Christians and vice versa
Exchange of information and culture, East and West
Trade routes, rise of trading cities, mercantilism

Activity:
History journal
Map study - trade routes, trading cities

Medieval Europe - Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire

The Crusades by Timothy Levi Biel

Discussion:
Investiture Controversy - weakening of German influence and power
Italian campaigns
"Holy" Roman Empire established
Third Crusade and death

Activity:
History journal
Map study
Picture study - Cologne Cathedral, reliquary of the three kings, Bust of Frederick

Medieval Middle East - The Crusades - Third Crusade and Richard the Lionheart

Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley [Warning: This book is woefully one-sided]
The Crusades by Timothy Levi Biel

Discussion:
Call to the Third Crusade
Saladin's siege of Acre against Guy
Richard's campaigns against Saladin

Activity:
History journal
Map study

Medieval Middle East - Saladin and the Ayyubids

Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley [Warning: this book is woefully one-sided]

Discussion:
Establishment of the Ayyubid dynasty
Saladin's early conquests
Recapture of Jerusalem
*special* evaluating source material for bias

Activity:
History journal
Map study

Medieval Europe and Medieval Middle East - The Second Crusade

The Crusades by Timothy Levi Biel

Discussion:
Zengi and Baldwin III - Muslim re-conquests
Call to the Second Crusade - Bernard of Clairvaux
Failure of the Second Crusade

Activity:
History journal
Map study

Medieval Middle East, Africa, and Europe - Transmission of Learning and Culture

Averroes by Richard Taylor
Maimonides by Charles Manekin
Science and Technology in the Middle Ages by Joanne Findon
The Foundations of Science in the Middle Ages by Edward Grant

Discussion:
Spain during the Reconquista - mix of cultures and religions
Translating Aristotle and other thinkers - reintroduction to Europe
Movement of culture from Middle East to Europe via the Crusades

Activity:
History journal
Map study

Medieval Middle East and Europe - Knights Templar

The Crusades by Timothy Biel

Discussion:
Founding of the Order
Major locations
Banking and economics

Activity:
History journal
Map study

Medieval Europe, Middle East, World - First Crusade - Battles

Documents relating to battles from The First Crusade by Edward Peters
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
The Crusades by Timothy Biel

Discussion:
Nicea
Antioch
Jerusalem

Activity:
History journal
Map study
Recreate Siege of Jerusalem with Playmobil people

Medieval Europe and Medieval Middle East - The First Crusade - Journey to the Middle East

Documents relating to Pope Urban II from The First Crusade by Edward Peters
The Crusades by Timothy Biel

Discussion:
Justifications for the Crusade
Waves of the First Crusade - Peter the Hermit, Frankish (French nobles), official contingents
Journey and arrival

Activity:
History journal
Map study - origins of Crusaders, their routes, destinations