What made the Viking longship a good mode of transport?

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

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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.

Computing

Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.

English

Use simple organisational devices such as headings and sub-headings evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements

Lesson Planning

Learn about the features of the formidable Viking longships ready to design and make your own.

Teaching Outcomes:

To understand how the design and build of the Viking longship helped with successful invasions.
To locate relevant information and write a fact-file on Viking longships.

Children can:

Discover the key features of Viking longships.
Discover why Viking longships were successful in what they did.
Select relevant information to create a fact file on Viking longships.
Design own fact file in booklet or poster form.

Planning

Provided Resources

Viking ships
Viking longship resource

You Will Need

Small booklets made by the children or in advance
DK Eyewitness book – Viking
Computers, ipads or tablets

Weblinks

Vikings at sea from bbc.co.uk
Fun facts about Viking Longships from fun-facts.org.uk
Facts about viking boats from historyhit.com