B301 The Crusades

This course on the crusades used two modern accounts of the crusades (one each from the Western and Middle Eastern perspective) and many primary sources. The course goal was for students to learn how to sift through evidence from the past, weigh it, and then create their own historical accounts. Students worked in permanent learning groups in which they discussed historical problems, did in-class assignments, and wrote two papers. Students also wrote one individual paper. For the joint papers, students were given time to plan in class, and developed their papers using the Wiki tool of Oncourse.