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Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan for Online Use
Lesson Plan for Offline Use
Lesson Plan for Online Use
Objectives
To know where the Vikings came from andduring what period in history the Vikings lived. |
National Curriculum
Key Stage 2 History: 4a, 4b and 9 |
Resources
Large sheet of paper
Notebooks/ pencils
List of questions
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Teaching Activities
Introduction:
- Previous Knowledge - children could have discussed why people move around and away from where they were born.
- Teacher lead discussion by giving a personal example such as moving for employment, going to college or retirement
- Children could then discuss in pairs places they have lived in and why.
- Using a large map, children show the class where they have lived and why
- List on the board under headings such as move house, emigrate and employment.
Group Activities:
Introduce the idea of the Vikings - people who invaded this country a long time ago.
What might we want to find out about them? Brainstorm questions on large paper or board.
- Reduce the questions down to those they will be able to answer by looking at the web site such as:
When did they live?
When did they invade?
Where were they from?
What did they do here?
- Explain to children that they will use website to find the answers to the questions.
- Whilst they are looking can they find any other useful pieces of information? Are there any difficult words? What materials are rare? What clues are there about clothes? Homes?
- Get class together. Can we answer the questions now? Go through answers; write up onto large paper.
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Plenary
Share as class or in pairs a new piece of information they found out today about the Vikings. Questions and answers could be typed up for a display.
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Homework
Make an illustration for the class timeline or invent some riddles to share. |
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Lesson Plan for Offline Use
Objectives
To describe how the Vikings travelled around and
where the Vikings travelled to in Europe.
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National Curriculum
Key Stage 2 History: 2a, 4a, 5c, 9 |
Resources
Enlarged copies of pictures and text from the following pages:
Viking Invasion Map
Viking Longboat
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Teaching Activities
Introduction:
Previous knowledge - children should know who the Vikings were and where they came from.
Individual Activities:
- As a class look at enlarged copy of the map showing where Vikings travelled to.
- Look at the key. Which country did the Vikings come from?
- Look at the drawing of the Long boat Why do we have no photographs of it? Why did the longboats sail so well?
- Read through text and ask class: How did the Vikings find their way when sailing? Why do they think the Vikings were good boat builders? What would they decorate their boat with?
- Children to imagine they are Viking sailors. Write about their voyage to new land (use map). Use knowledge from lesson - talk about boats, where they were going and why etc.
Their writing could include:
Where they set sail from?
Where were they going to and why?
What were they taking with them?
How were they feeling?
What was their job on the longboat?
- Model first two lines of writing with class. For example:
"This morning will set sail from home on a long journey to a new and strange land. I am full of excitement and fear. What will my new home be like?"
Extension Work:
- Draw a picture of their boat, play Viking Explorer Game.
- Have children been to any places Vikings invaded in Europe? Have the children seen any evidence of Viking settlements e.g. at York
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Plenary
Children share around class what they have written. |
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