Lesson Planning
Research Viking longhouses; write a Viking estate agent description; design and make a group longhouse model.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To make comparisons between the Viking home and our own homes.
- To investigate the reasons why the Viking home was the way it was.
- To use persuasive writing features in describing a Viking house in estate agent’s details.
- To use non-fiction writing features and labels.
- To analyse the way Vikings built their homes and to trial similar ideas in their own designs.
Children can:
- Compare materials used for a Viking Longhouse with modern day materials.
- Observe the key features of a Viking Longhouse.
- Persuade others to want to live in a Viking Longhouse.
- Design and build own longhouse.