The Traveller's Recovered Field Notes, Exit Ticket
Legacy of the Crusades
Section VIII, Exit Ticket
Your job is to prove mastery. Use the recovered notes from the previous entries in The Traveller's Recovered Field Notes to explain cause and effect, continuity and change, and the mixed legacy of the Crusades. Strong answers name specific evidence, not general opinions.
Goal for this page: Build a short argument that explains one major change and one major continuity caused by the Crusades, using at least two pieces of evidence.
Exit Ticket Tasks
Argument and evidence
Prompt
Write one well-organized paragraph (8 to 10 sentences). Your paragraph must do all of the following:
- One major change caused by the Crusades (economic, cultural, or political)
- One major continuity (something that stayed the same, even as other things changed)
- At least two specific pieces of evidence from the recovered notes
- A concluding sentence explaining the Crusades’ overall legacy as mixed (both connection and conflict)
Quick rubric
- 4: Clear claim, strong change and continuity, 2 or more precise evidence points, explains mixed legacy
- 3: Clear claim, includes change and continuity, 2 evidence points but may be general
- 2: Missing change or continuity, weak evidence, summary without argument
- 1: Off-topic or no evidence
Select evidence you used
Tip: A “specific piece of evidence” includes a detail like “translations and instruments” or “taxation and organized armies,” not a vague phrase like “things changed.”