The Crusades is a supplementary text for key stage 3 of the history national curriculum, written for supplementary study unit category B. It forms a component of the Cambridge History Programme, an investigative course which provides a coherent and progressive programme of history and offers teachers practical guidance on assessment. The Crusades features enquiry-based units which pose key historical questions; a careful balance of investigation and explanation; overview sections to introduce and consolidate themes and concepts; activities ranging in difficulty and an Attainment Target matrix for pupils and teachers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 3 .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction: Spies report strange news; OVERVIEW: CENTURIES OF CRUSADING TO THE EAST: 1. Jerusalem - Holy City; 2. Changes in the East; 3. Changes in the West; 4. Crusading is launched; 5. The First Crusade; 6. The crusader states; 7. The call to crusade; 8. Leaving home; 9. Victims of crusades; 10. The Third Crusade; 11. The Third Crusade seen from different sides; 12. Fact or fiction?; 13. The Hospitallers; 14. The crusades continue; 15. Crusaders - who were they?; 16. Motives for crusading; 17. Historians; 18. The legacy of the crusades; Attainment target grid; Attainment target focus; Index.