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Crusader castles printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for ages 7 to 11, ages 11 to 14, families, history fans and visitors.
Crusader Castles Junior Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
Meet Crac des Chevaliers, label a Crusader castle, how a castle kept attackers out, before-or-after-1291 sorting cards, put-it-in-order date cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, an eight-pointed cross to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Crusader Castles History Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
When did the Knights of St John leave Rhodes, and why do the sources give different dates? Six short sources with their provenance, an evidence table, a dates task, questions the sources answer differently, what happened to the castles after the Crusades, and a judgement task, with full answers
Crusader Castles Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a castle maze, spot-the-difference, design your own castle, Useless the Eraser’s Crusader castle jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Crusader Castles Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and travellers
How to read a Crusader castle, ridge, spur and harbour sites, walls, towers and the way in, the military orders who built them, 12 places with what the people who look after or describe them say, a timeline, open questions and a checklist
Crusader Castles Visit Journal
Visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for outside and inside a castle, six sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Crusader Castles Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from 1080 to 2006, a Crusader castle, three kinds of castle site, the way in through the gates, the eight-pointed cross of the Order of St John, and Crusader castles in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Crusader Castles Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.