Norse Myths Teacher Resources
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Norse Mythology
Are your mythology students fans of Marvel Comics or the movies, Thor and The Avengers? Planning a unit on Norse Mythology? The Eddas, Asgard, Yggdrasil, and all the gods and goddesses of the Norse tradition are included in this...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Third Grade Skills Unit 6: Gods, Giants, and Dwarves
The halfway mark of a series offers final skills practice in spelling patterns, suffixes, and building sentences with conjunctions in preparation for assessments that gauge proficiency. Remediation and enrichment follow the test results...
Crash Course
The Norse Pantheon: Crash Course World Mythology #10
Frost giants, golden boars, and rainbow bridges ... what's not to love? Learners dive in to the world of Norse mythology as they explore the 10th installment of the 41-part Crash Course World Mythology series. Viewers investigate the...
TED-Ed
The Myth of Loki and the Master Builder
Loki, the tricky trickster from Norse mythology, offers to build the gods of Asgard a massive wall to protect them against attacking giants and trolls. Loki's price was the hand of the goddess Freya in marriage and the sun and moon in...
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Reading Comprehension: Thor and Sif
Expose your readers to the fascinating legends of Norse Gods Thor and Sif. They read a brief introduction about traditional stories and myths then read several paragraphs on these figures, marking unknown words as they go. Learners look...
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Norse Challenge
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are related to the Norse gods and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
TED-Ed
The Myth of Thor's Journey to the Land of Giants
Why are there tides? What caused the world to shift? Why are there valleys surrounded by mountains? The explanations for these phenomena are all found in the Norse myth of Thor's journey to Utgard.
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GODS OF THUNDER: Myths and Mythical Characters
Students explore the myths and legends of the Ancient Greek and Romans in the ten lessons of this unit. Students compare and contrast the myths and the cultures that created them. Norse myths are included in this unit.
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Mythological Word Origins
No wonder the ship was called the Titanic. An investigation of Norse, Roman, and Greek Mythology provides insight into mythological characters and corresponding words in the English language. A close look at roots, prefixes, and suffixes...
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Battle of The Pantheons
Students will investigate the Greek Mythology of gods and goddesses. This is a large unit and a mind map will be developed. An essential question will be answered to encourage students to develop higher thinking skills.
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Mythology Study Guide
After exploring the wonderful world of mythology, give your high schoolers this multiple choice quiz to assess their ability to recall pertinent information. There are 15 questions posed, and users can press "submit" to receive immediate...
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The Vikings of Scandinavia
Students become familiar with who the Vikings were and what they accomplished. In this Vikings lesson, students locate the Scandinavian countries. Students will record information about the Vikings in a Viking notebook. Students will...
Prestwick House
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology
Where is the Oracle? Who brought fire from Olympus? What creature is half bird, half horse? Review details from famous Greek myths with a crossword puzzle that focuses on Edith Hamilton's Mythology.
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Be a Viking!
Students research the history and culture of the Vikings. Students complete a variety of lessons in which they use maps, discussion, lecture, vocabulary lists, worksheets and quizzes to investigate the culture and traditions of the Vikings.
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Rainbow Science
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read five paragraphs about the science of rainbows. Students then answer several questions about the reading.
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Aurora Borealis
Students read background information about the Aurora Borealis and complete a science experiment based on the lights. In this Aurora Borealis lesson, students read information about the formation and background of the Aurora Borealis....
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Mythology Study Guide
For this literature worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer and essay questions about noteworthy myths. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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History Trivia For Kids
There are 40 history trivia questions and answers. Students have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question. The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Norse Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on Norse Mythology including, key words, Norse history and background, Norse literature, Norse poetry (old and modern), Norse gods and creatures, assignments, quizzes, diary entries, and an final assessment...
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Godchecker: Norse Mythology a Z
Complete list with description of the gods and goddesses of Norse mythology contains 331 Norse diety names.
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Hurstwic: Norse Mythology
Great place for information on Norse mythology! These articles "Provide a brief introduction to some of the Norse gods and goddesses, as well as a summary of a few of the stories," and pictures depicting the events.
University of Pittsburgh
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas: Thor, the Viking Thunder God
Four myths about the Norse god, Thor, are available here, as well as other information about the worship of Thor in old Scandinavia.
BBC
Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Norse Gods the Great Myths of Pagan Europe
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the Norse Gods and Mythology. Experts discuss their origins and impact on Norse life. Listening requires RealPlayer.
Crash Course
Crash Course World Mythology #10: The Norse Pantheon
This video focuses on the Norse Pantheon including the geneology of the gods and goddesses from each of the two groups of gods, Vanir and Aesir. Thor, the god of Thunder from Aesir, is the most powerful and well known god. He briefly...