Welcome to our Viking home!

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 and use them to make connections, analyse trends and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives.

Computing

To appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.

Design and Technology

To use design techniques, consider the aesthetic appearance of an object.

Lesson Planning

Consolidate your learning about everyday life by planning a meal for visitors, dressing up and playing Viking games.

Teaching Outcomes:

To demonstrate empathy and understanding for the Viking way of life.
To create a simple design using weaving techniques.

Children can:

Understand Viking way of life.
Investigate the produce grown in Viking times.
Evaluate their learning and understanding.

Planning

Provided Resources

Simple Viking costume
Board game Hnefatafl
Taste test
Viking or not game
Weaving instructions resource or craft looms
Feedback and evaluation resource

Unit Resources

You Will Need

DK Eyewitness book – Viking p. 50-51 Games, Music and Stories
100 Viking Facts book- p. 34-35 Games, Music and Sport
Usborne Who Were the Vikings? book – p. 16-17 What did the Vikings do for fun?
Wool

Weblinks

Raid or Trade game from bbc.co.uk
Useful rules of the game from hnefatafl.net