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Who were the Vikings?

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Invaders and Settlers: Vikings Introduction to the Vikings

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Objectives

History

  • Understand how knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Ask historically valid questions. Learn about Viking raids and invasion.

English

  • Retrieve and record information from non-fiction.
  • Use dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read.

Lesson Planning

Learn about Viking raids and invasion. Discover the chronological place of this key era in the history of Britain. Find out how we know about the Vikings.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To discover when the Vikings began to invade Britain and begin to understand how we know about the Vikings.
  • Understand and complete a quiz on information from non-fiction texts.

Children will:

  • Understand that the Vikings invaded Britain.
  • Understand when the Vikings invaded in the context of the history of Britain.
  • Know some facts and information about the Vikings.
  • Understand that our knowledge of the Vikings comes from a range of historical sources.

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