The Vikings settled

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Invaders and Settlers: Vikings Viking Way of Life

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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 the success of the Viking invasion.
They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

PSHE

To understand how groups of people live and work together.

English

To adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role.
To become more familiar with and confident in using language in a variety of situations and for a variety of role play situations.

Lesson Planning

Take part in a Viking family role-play and learn about how the Vikings worked together and made decisions.

Teaching Outcomes:

To recreate a typical Viking family scenario in relation to developing a new settlement and develop empathy with people of the Viking period.
To work together in groups to make decisions, explain reasoning and listen to others.

Children can:

Understand the Viking hierarchical system.
Show empathy with Viking freemen/woman and how decisions are made.
Investigate reasons Vikings moved to new settlements.

Planning

Provided Resources

Discussion resource

Unit Resources

You Will Need

DK Eyewitness book – Viking
100 Viking Facts - Kings and People book
Plastic/wood/metal rod for leading The Thing
Viking hierarchy resource (see weblink 3)

Weblinks

The THING from bbc.co.uk
Viking society from google.com