World
History

Unit 6 The Early Middle Ages
Chapter 20 The Vikings
900 A.D. - 1035 A.D.
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| Topic Introduction to Scandinavia | ||
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Identify the countries that make Scandinavia. Label the countries on a map showing those countries. State that Scandinavia is a part of the European continent. Plot on a map the route taken by Eric the Read to the continent of North America. Plot the overland routes explored by the Vikings on a map of Europe. |
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| Classwork-Homework roads or courses over which people or goods have traveled.
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| Day 2 |
| Topic 20-1 The Land |
| Objective Explain how the Vikings earned their living. Name the 3 main types of ships used by the Vikings and state their purpose. |
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| Classwork-Homework Jarls: military chiefs Ships and Trade Towns, Villages, and Jarls
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| Topic Viking Ships | ||||||
| Objective List the three types of Viking ships. Identify and label the parts of a Viking Longship. |
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| Classwork-Homework Bartering: exchanging one item for another, did not include money Oars Stern Bow Keel Mast Prow: front of the boat which was usually a dragons head or some adornment Strake: boards overlapping on the side of the longship
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| Day 4 |
| Topic Viking Trading |
| Objective Draw the exploration routes of the early Viking on maps of Europe and North America. |
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Viking Trade Activity Outline |
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| Day 5 |
| Topic 20-2 Daily Life |
| Objective Summarize what daily life was like for the Vikings. |
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| Classwork-Homework Berserkers: Viking Warriors Eddas: written poems about the stories of the gods' great deeds Sagas: long tales Runes: letters used to write Viking languages
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| Day 6 |
| Topic Warriors and Weapons |
| Objective Identify clothes and weapons of a Viking warrior. Identify objects in this Viking burial site. |
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| Classwork-Homework 4 worksheets identifying clothes and weapons of a Viking warrior. |
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| Topic Daily Life: Women, Bartering | ||||||||||||
| Objective Relate why Viking women were important to the home. Compare a Viking woman to a modern day woman. |
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| Topic Religion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objective The students will be introduced to Viking gods. Name the greatest of all the Viking gods. |
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| Classwork/ Homework Only put god names in chart. Leave lots of room for characteristics
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| Day 9 |
| Topic Rune Stones and the Viking Alphabet |
| Objective Create a "Rune Stone" using the Viking alphabet, called the "futhark". State the difference between the futhark and the alphabet we use today. |
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| Classwork-Homework Futhark: Viking alphabet Rune Stone: stones with messages and sagas carved into them
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| Day 10 |
| Topic 20-3 Raiders and Adventurers |
| Objective Describe how Viking warriors traded and raided. Explain what role the Danish Vikings played in the histories of England and France. |
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| Day 11 |
| Topic Viking Heroes |
| Objective List the names of the Viking heroes. State why Viking heroes are still famous. Label Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). |
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| Classwork-Homework Erik the Red: Leif Eriksson:first European in North America Vinland:Newfoundland Greenland: named to attract other settlers Skraelings:native Americans List reasons why. 1. Show where Vinland (Newfoundland) and Greenland are. 2. Show how far the Vikings had to sail to get there. From Norway to Newfoundland is 2500 miles. It would have taken about 20 days. 3. Discuss the hardships endured by them. 4. Discuss the reasons the Vikings went exploring. Villages were overcrowded and had food shortages. Caused by limited space and mountains on their peninsula. Acess to the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Punishment. 5. Explain that people still explore today for some of the same reasons. 6. What areas of the world people might explore today. 7. Make a list of these on the board. 8. Label Greenland and Newfoundland on your Scandanavia map. |
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| Day 12 |
| Topic Viking Time Line |
| Objective Create a time line of Viking history. Plot the dates on a timeline as they relate to the Viking era. |
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| Day 14 |
| Topic Viking Foldable Book |
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| Classwork-Homework Section 1 p. 301 Geographic Features of Viking Homeland Section 2 p. 303 Compare: Viking Women & US Women Section 3 p. 308 Key dates in Viking History Assessment p. 309 Viking Culture Before and After the Arrival of Christianity. |
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| ARCHAEOLOGY |
| CLOTHING |
| COLORING PAGES |
| DYES |
| FEUDS |
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| LIEF ERICSON |
| RELIGION |
| RUNE STONES |
| SHIPS |
| TIME LINE |
| TRADE |
| VILLAGE |
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