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Primary History Vikings Extension Activity - Vikings at Home

For Students 6th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the history of the Vikings at home. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Vikings in Vinland

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the role of archaeology in gaining information about past civilizations. After reading an article, they discover evidence of the Viking settlement of North America. They summarize the information in the article by...
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What's Changed? Determining the Difference between a Viking House and a Contemporary One

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this comparison worksheet, students examine a picture of a house from Viking times. They determine as many differences as they can between a home from that time period with a contemporary one. They write the differences below the...
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Viking Ships At Sunrise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this book response crossword, students solve 8 clues and place their answers in the crossword. There is no word bank, but all words pertain to the book,Viking Ships at Sunrise.
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Viking Ships and Sunrise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literature word search learning exercise, students find 14 words in the puzzle. All pertain to the book Viking Ships at Sunrise. There is a word bank.
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Primary History: Vikings

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Viking information worksheet, students complete several extension activities that help them learn information about the history of Vikings. Students make a timeline and research several topics.
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Explorers Unit

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a unit on early explorers. They develop a timeline, sing a Viking song, watch a video, compile a checklist of supplies needed for an expedition, participate in a scavenger hunt, write a letter from Christopher...
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Vikings In America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that is concerned with the "Vikings Of America" and conduct research using a variety of resources. They view the video to create the context for the lesson. Students use the video as an opportunity for...
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Walk Through History

For Teachers 4th
First the Vikings raided Great Britain, and then they set up camp and moved in. Learners explore Viking times and discuss reasons why groups choose to settle. They construct a class timeline, engage in several online activities, and then...
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The Children of Eric the Red Explore the West: The Norsemen Encounter Indigenous People of North America

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read about Viking exploration and complete activities based on the Indigenous people they encountered. In this Viking exploration lesson plan, students compare and contrast stories, write a character sketch, and more.
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The Barbarian Invasions: The Migration Period in Europe 300-700 CE

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The Vandals, The Goths, and Saxons - sounds like a line-up for a punk show. But it's not! These are some of the Barbarian tribes that moved into Europe at the fall of the Roman Empire. This clear presentation describes several key...
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Simulation: Norse Scratchings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars discover the meaning of a Norse runic message as they study a Vikings unit. In this Norse alphabet lesson plan, students decode a runic message as a part of a study about Vikings. Young scholars earn the letters to decode...
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Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars search interactive sites to discover the history of exploration. They inspect an explorers' timeline and read about them. They participate in a Viking quest game and a multimedia recreation of Marco Polo's explorations.
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Early Exploration of North America

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders "travel" from Europe to North America as Columbus did. They organize the information into chronoglogical order.
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Space Exploration

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore the significance of the four space programs: Sputnik, Apollo, Viking, and Voyager. In this space exploration instructional activity, students view a space exploration slideshow and complete an included chart of space...
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Early Medieval Art

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
The early Medieval period began around the 6th century and went until about the year 1100. This image-driven presentation covers those years in terms of art and architecture. From churches to the Book of Kells, this functional,...
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Who Discovered America? The Great Debate

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Was it Christopher Columbus, the Native Americans, or the Vikings? Get ready for a lively debate with this question!
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My Museum

For Students 4th - 6th
In this creative scenario worksheet, learners pretend they are in charge of a local museum. Students view four objects from Viking times and justify which two they plan on putting on display.
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The Vikings: Woodquay, Dublin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view the progamme that leads them through the process of researching an historical site. They are given the deifinition of an archaeologist. Students watch as two ten year olds are given the task of finding out as much as they...
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Unscramble the Words: Viking Ships at Sunrise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this word scramble worksheet, students decipher 12 words. All are from the book Viking Ships at Sunrise. There is no word bank.
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Dig Magazine Quiz: Vikings

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig magazine worksheet, students complete a 4 question quiz that complements the November 2006 issue of the magazine.
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe and assess circumstances surrounding a major historical event from the ancient world by using Internet (and other) resources to research its location, people, and repercussions, & write a newsletter that summarizes...
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How To Train Your Dragon: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Heroes appear in unexpected places. This is true about Hiccup, a character in How to Train Your Dragon. Scholars use a novel study to learn how a useless and weak dragon reveals his brilliance. The resource includes 10 new vocabulary...
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Virginia Department of Education

World History and Geography to 1500 A.D.

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Here's a great resource for your curriculum library. The 240-page packet, organized into units by topics, includes sample lesson plans, links to primary and secondary source documents, worksheets, activities, and sample assessments.

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