★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #3
The Crusades DBQ
The Crusades: who gained the most?
Knights, merchants, emperors, and sultans all had something to win in the Crusades. Students weigh Christian, Byzantine, and Muslim sources, a trade map, and a data table to decide who really came out ahead.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periods
License: one teacher and their own students.
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (15 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (23 pages): hook, background essay, documents with analysis questions, sourcing organizer, bucketing and outline, writing task, 4-point rubric, teacher guide with answer key and sample essay
- Scaffolded version (11 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key
The documents
- Fulcher of Chartres on Urban II (1095)
- Anna Komnene, The Alexiad
- Ibn al-Athir on the fall of Jerusalem
- Usama ibn Munqidh’s memoirs
- Map of new goods flowing into Europe
- The Crusades at a glance (data)
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 49 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.H.CO.1, 7.G.HI.1, 7.G.HI.2, 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE, 7.I.CC