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The end of an era and the Viking legacy

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Invaders and Settlers: Vikings Mythology, Art and Culture

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Objectives

History

  • Understand how knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Ask historically valid questions.
  • Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts in relation to Viking culture and everyday life.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

  • Write in the appropriate style for non-fiction text.

Computing

  • Use search technologies.

Lesson Planning

Appreciate the legacy of the Vikings; Evaluate the topic and create posters.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To appreciate the role of archaeologists in supporting what we know today.
  • To understand that Vikings had an impact on the Britain we know today.
  • To write an information text for a given audience.

Children can:

  • Gain an understanding of how the Vikings communicated.
  • Appreciate the role of archaeologists in discovering what we know today.
  • Inform others of the legacy of the Vikings.

You Will Need

  • DK Eyewitness book – Viking p62-63 The coming of Christianity
  • 100 Viking Facts book – p44-47 The End of the Vikings and Viking survival
  • Atlases or maps of the United Kingdom
  • Computers/tablets
  • A3 paper

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