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What made the Vikings successful?

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 the success of the Viking invasion.

English

  • Discuss and record ideas.
  • Create a non-narrative information poster using simple organisational devices such as headings, sub-headings and labelling.

Lesson Planning

Discover what made the Vikings successful. Consider the experience of a Viking raid from the Anglo-Saxon perspective. Design posters and write letters based on your knowledge.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To discover what made the Viking invasion successful.
  • To organise information into a poster to warn of the invasion and describe a Viking raid from an Anglo-Saxon perspective.

Children will:

  • Discover the beliefs of Viking warriors.
  • Explore the Viking invasion from the Anglo-Saxon/monks point of view.
  • Design newspaper reports of the Viking invasion or design posters warning of attack.

Provided Resources

  • Viking weapons
  • Viking beliefs and culture
  • Written accounts of the 793 CE attack

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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