Crusades Project pt 4

So today, Futaba, Eddie, and I stayed at school till around five working on our projects. We each wrote a mini-script for our prospective crusades and directed and acted. So for this project we all became writers, directors, and actors. What a group of multitaskers, huh?

Here's the link for Crusade #2, the one I was in charge of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMuZRB4ceU&context=C374cc30ADOEgsToPDskLtKJhVPIJUTA5D1fZozYhY

... and my bibliography:

• "Section 15: Medieval Christianity and the Crusades." Mark Daneman. USU 1320: History and Civilization. Utah State University. n.d. web. 11 January, 2012.
• Gasvoigne, Bamber. "History of The Crusades" History World. From 2001, ongoing. web. 11 January, 2012.
• "Perspectives and Religion in the Crusades:Muslim Perspective on the Crusades." Austin Cline. About.com.Agnosticism/Atheism. About.com. n.d. web. 11 January, 2012.

(Sorry the formating for the citations isn't exactly correct. I'm having difficulties setting them up on Blogger.)

I had fun with this project. At first it was confusing and a bit scary having no set boundaries or directions. It was wierd, being told to do something, without being told how. However, once I decided how I wanted to do this and set about doing it, it was really fun. And strangely enough, despite working with my friends, I actually felt like I learned a lot about the first three crusades. Who would've thought?

I believe, despite the obvious silliness, that our project is actually quite informative on the muslim point of view on the crusades.

Crusade Project pt.3

My partners and I decided to divide up what crusades we each study and then we teach each other about our individual crusade before we start filming. I am in charge of the second crusade.

I have used dogpile.com, a search engine themed with a little dog, it's actually really cute. I'm finding information on the crusade itself pretty easily. The second crusade was basically a failure, led by France and Germany in an attempt to regain the successes of the first crusade. I'm having trouble finding information from the muslim point of view. Going back to google helped, but in an attempt to not use basic google, I went to google.com.br. Why? Because I can understand the language. I found some things on the muslim perspective but not much. If anyone could help, I'd really appreciate it.

Crusade Project pt 2

For this project I will be collaborating with Eddie Gelhberg, http://eddiesdrwhoarriffictimeadventure.blogspot.com/, and Futaba Shioda, http://venturingthroughtimecrevices.blogspot.com/. We will be reanacting the crusades from the muslim point of view. We will still be doing Crusades 1,2, and 3. I need to start doing my research...

Crusade Project Pt. 1: Choosing the Crusades

I'm really picking the crusades at random here. I feel like aside from the basic information already given, I can only start my research once I've decided which crusades I would want to do.

So... I'll pick the First Crusade (1096), the Second Crusade (1147-1148) and the Third Crusade (1182-1192). That way, successful-ish crusades are represented as well as unsuccessful crusades. I also wanna do the "Children's Crusade" because I just find it hysterical. My focus though will be on the three.