Choose one of the following activities on the Vikings



Choose one of the following activities on the Vikings. Complete it on the following page.

Ahoy, Vikings!



Imagine that you are Viking! First visit this site to learn all about the exciting voyages of the Vikings, then write a first-person account of a day aboard a Viking ship. Make sure you incorporate all the facts you’ve learned from this site to create a full day’s activities.

Decoding Messages



Runic, the writing of the Vikings comes from a Gothic word meaning “secret”. Left mostly on wood or stone, there are many runic messages found in Sweden. Visit this site and then write 5 messages for other students to translate using the Runic alphabet.

Map the Viking Landings

wgbh/nova/vikings/diaspora.html

Click on the interactive map at this site to see all the locations where Vikings traveled. Then find at least three facts about an area that the Vikings visited or settled in. Have students write the information they learned on separate index cards. Then print a map of the region and label the areas they visited with a symbol. Finally staple your map to your packet.

Word “Route” Poems



Many English words come from the Viking language of Old Norse. Using this site, choose five words. Then draw images of those words and include their word history.

Museum Road Tour

mnh.si.edu/vikings/exhibit1_1_3.html

Visit this site to take a tour of some Viking artifacts. Then create your own "Museum Road Tour." Draw an example of two articles found at the site and write out facts about each artifact.

Dress Like a Viking

stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/v_dress.htm midgard/shoes.htm

Learn about the clothing and shoes of the Vikings at these sites. Then, design a Viking catalogue. Create 3 drawings of full Viking outfits, with each piece of clothing and shoes labeled.

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