PPT-Year Three have been finding out about Vikings this term.

They had a Viking day where they dressed up in Viking clothes made and played some Viking board games did some sewing baked some oatcakes and had a Viking battle. Vikings were invaders pirate raiders you may call them everyone feared them even them selves. The word Vikings means a pirate raid that comes from a old language called old Norse. People who off went raiding in ships were said to be “going . . The Vikings have a dragon on the front of the ship to keep evil spirits away.. Viking means a pirate raid.. Viking children did not have to go to school but they had to milk the goats cows and pigs, help with the cleaning and pick out the vegetables.. Isaac, Ryan, Sean, . Neerav. , Harish. Origins and Homelands. The Vikings lived in Scandinavia, however they were of north German decent. The Vikings . traveled far and wide via there longboats. . To such places as . Raids. . First Raid was in AD793 near the English border in a monastery. Monks recorded all of the Viking attacks. Raids started small and unorganised, soon thousands of Vikings left their homelands to raid other countries.. By: Katie Marquis 8E. misconceptions. Vikings wore horned helmets. The authentic Viking helmet, does not have horns. No Viking helmets represented horns however there . we. re representations warriors wearing helmets with bird heads or snakes sticking out. The myth about horned helmets worn by Vikings remains unproven.. By: Sebastian Arteaga . I. Introduction. The Vikings were people that lived in communities in Norway; they Vikings earned a reputation of raiders and stealers and didn`t earned the reputation they deserved for sailing to America first then Colon and discovering Greenland, and have written the first parliament. were self-sufficient. . Chapter 13 Section 2. The Inside Story. “Where did they come from?”.  . That question was on the minds of the monks of . Lindisfarne. Monastery on the morning of June 8, 793. Just a few hours before, the monks had been going about their daily business, tending crops, praying and copying manuscripts. Now many of them were dead, killed by the swords and spears of raiders. Those left alive watched as their monastery’s precious treasures were loaded into ships that slipped quietly out to sea. Dazed, the monks wondered exactly what had led to this terrible destruction.. The fierce and unstoppable warriors". By: Daniel Bustamante. Who were they?. The Vikings were a group of seagoing Nordic people who from the 8. th. to 11. th. centuries raided Northern Europe, traded far and wide with Europe and the Middle East, and established numerous colonies throughout the Northern Atlantic.. My . Research. CLOTHES . SHIPS. FOOD. WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CLOTHES. Like most people in Europe at the time, the Vikings used wool more than anything else for making clothes. The Vikings brought sheep with them to the islands they settled in the North Atlantic for wool and meat. ". . an introduction to Sweden for elementary school students. February 23, 2013. Britt Lewis. Pippi Longstocking. Who is Pippi?. Liberator of children. Bold adventurer . Taunter of gender roles. Loyal friend. Origins and Spread of Scandinavian Culture. Vikings did not wear these…. They did not normally use double headed axes but instead mostly spears. Vikings used human skulls as drinking vessels. . There was a phrase saying that the Danes drink . Computing. Vikings!. This term we are learning about the Vikings! . We are looking at how the Vikings impacted the world today, specifically in our local area. We are looking at different sources and assessing how reliably they tell us information about the past. We will be researching all about their life style and where they came from in the world. We will look at where in history the Vikings were and who they were defeated by.. Who were the Vikings? . Vikings . scallywabbed. their . enimies. . beetween. 793AD to 1066 AD when they were defeated by the Normans.. Some . V. ikings were horrible . a. nd some Vikings were friendly settlers.. Starter Sheets. Readings. Year 8 . Hist. – The Vikings – Lesson 1 Reading Activity. Write down the heading. ________________________________________________. Number the . paragraphs.. Circle the metalanguage words : .