Apply the FOUR-PERSPECTIVE CRUSADES PROTOCOL (MG-8) to the Crusades 1095-1291 CE — telling the story from Islamic (Hillenbrand + ibn Munqidh), Western Christian (Tyerman + Fulcher of Chartres + Urban II), Jewish (Chazan + Solomon bar Simson 1096 Rhineland Chronicle), and Eastern Christian/Byzantine (Anna Komnene's Alexiad) perspectives, refusing any single-narrative crusade history
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~15 min hist.g7.f.ex_27

Source Card Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double

MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double-sided laminated card. Front: Seven questions with sentence-frame scaffolds. (1) WHO created this source? (Wineburg sourcing) (2) WHEN was it created and where? (Wineburg contextualization) (3) WHY was it created and for whom? (Wineburg sourcing — purpose + audience) (4) WHAT does it say + show + leave out? (Wineburg close reading) (5) WHAT do OTHER sources say? (Wineburg corroboration) (6) WHOSE living descendants connect to this source today? (NMAI 5th — present-tense protocol) (7) WHOSE GOLDEN AGE does this source name — and whose golden age does it occlude? (NEW G7-Fall 7th — Banks Level-3 transformative move; refuses single-narrative golden-age framing). Back: scaffolded sentence frames for each question.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q5 (corroboration) to FOUR versions of Pope Urban II's Clermont sermon 1095 (Fulcher of Chartres 1101 / Robert the Monk 1107 / Baldric of Dol 1108 / Guibert of Nogent 1108) in 150 words. Identify AGREED FACTS vs POST-HOC EMBELLISHMENT.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type structured response rubric
rubric
AGREED FACTS identified (10 pts); POST-HOC EMBELLISHMENT identified (15 pts); Fulcher of Chartres as eyewitness vs others as later embellishers noted (10 pts); Robert the Monk specifically identified as 1107 lurid version (5 pts). Total 40 pts.
Hints
  1. AGREED FACTS: cross-taking ceremony + crusade indulgence promise + Jerusalem goal + Eastern-Christian aid.
  2. Robert the Monk 1107 is most lurid version.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating all four versions as equally reliable
  • Missing the post-hoc embellishment
Used in lessons