Crusades Project!

Finally finished the project and here is the link to the showme:
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=cCh3h7A

(Warning: it is long...like 7 minutes...there wasn't a time limit specified in the directions soo....)
In order for this to work, you need to have the showme app. It should work if you use the link anyways  though, but if that fails, here is plan B:
1. Go to the showme site on the internet (google showme...it's showme.com)
2. log in (make an account if you don't have one)
3. you have two options:
        a. search my name (Sam Hovasse) then click on crusades project
        b. search crusades project and click the one that is by Sam Hovasse
and that would be plan B, but the link should work so don't worry.

My scipt and bibliography are below:

the script:

Hey, this is Sam…Sam Hovasse if you’re wondering and for this project I’m going to be explaining the Third Crusade, the Fourth Crusade, and the Children’s Crusade, along with picture that I think would represent the Muslims reactions to each of the crusades.

So let’s start with the Third Crusade shall we?

The Third Crusade was from 1182 and lasted until 1192. The Muslims were in control of Jerusalem at the start with Saladin as their leader. There three other guys that wanted to take over Jerusalem. There was Barbarossa from Germany, Philip Augustus from France, and Richard the Lionheart from England. Does Philip and Richard the Lionheart’s name sound familiar? Well Robin Hood was loosely based off of this crusade…not really, but they have the same people! Anyways, they all wanted Jerusalem and started heading for it. But sadly, Barbarossa was crossing a river and he fell from his horse and drowned and his men all went back to Germany. How sad. Germany was taken down by a river. Then Philip, well Philip hates Richard and so Philip backs out to take over England and Richard goes on. Richard and Saladin fight for a while and when it’s clear that the fighting is useless they draw up a treaty that allows Christians to go into Jerusalem without paying a tribute.

Muslim reactions:

Not too Happy, they have to share.

 

Now we move to the Fourth Crusade. Ok, so this crusade is a bit different. Instead of kings there is a pope in charge of this one. And that pope is Pope Innocent the III. He wanted the crusaders to rid the land of infidels…aka the Muslims. So the Crusaders go south and discover that they needed boats. They go to Venice for help. They say “Sure, if you go take out our competitor you can have all the boats that you want!.” So the crusaders take out the city of Zara…which was a Christian city…Upon hearing this, the pope is furious and excommunicates them. But the Crusaders don’t really care…they use their boats to go to Constantinople and sack the city. The pope is pleased by this act and takes them back in.

Muslims reaction:

What.

Whatever dude

Insert smug face

And the last crusade I will be talking about is the Children’s Crusade. As you can guess, this crusade involves children. It happened in 1212 and according to my sources, they were kids from France, one of them was a boy named Stephan and he was proclaimed “leader”. There were a lot of other kids that decided to follow with him to try and take Jerusalem, but along the way, many of them decided to either stop or go back. Those that moved on had some trouble finding a boat when they stopped in Brindisi, and when they did they found that they were tricked seeing as the boat landed in Africa and the kids were sold into slavery. And that was the end of that Crusade.

Muslim Reactions:

Seriously?

What kind of people are you?!?

 

The bibliogrpahy:

 

Textbook:

Bentley, Jerry H. and Ziegler, Herbert F. Traditions and Encounters: A Global  Perspective on the Past. 3^rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2006. Print.

 

The Third Crusade:

Middle Ages: The Third Crusade. 1/10/13. Web. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-third-crusade.htm

 

The Fourth Crusade:

Middle Ages: The Fourth Crusade. 1/10/13. Web. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-fourth-crusade.htm

 

The Children’s Crusade:

Kreis, Steven. The History Guide. A History of the Crusades (Cambridge, 1951), Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades, pp.139-144. 2/28/06. 1/10/13. Web. http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/children.html

 

The worksheet Mr. Whitten gave us:

Mr. Whitten. Google docs. 1/7/13. 1/10.13. Web.

https://docs.google.com/a/bps121.org/document/d/1trLgX-JR0X3lhuHQV6yK8WHtMlm3ONXsNEyIUwgC6Zc/edit

 

I included URLs just because two of my sites didn’t give me the information I needed to make a proper citation.