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Vikings unit study

Yes, I know.  The long awaited pictures have not been posted.  I'm going to try to take a little snooze after I post this unit study and then maybe later today I'll get the pictures posted.

Remember, that I'm making this unit extremely easy.  This is because I'll have had the csection (Aug 18th) a few weeks before and will still be sore and sleep deprived.  We will be taking alot of pictures during our study and making a little scrapbook.  We will be adding vocabulary and I will have them write a little description everyday.  I found some really cute Viking notebooking pages at currclick.com for $3 that we will probably use.

Vikings Unit Study for Grades 1, 2, 6

Books to use:

The Vikings by Jane Shuter

Edupress Hands on Heritage-Vikings

You wouldn’t want to be a Viking Explorer

Lesson 1

Read Pages 4-7 in The Vikings

Discuss Vocabulary:

        Raided      thing         jaris          slaves       fjords

Using a blank map (page 5 in Hands on Heritage books), locate Norwary, Iceland, and Greenland.  Locate the compass rose and discuss directional terms north, south, east, and west.  What direction would you be traveling to get from Iceland to Greenland and Norway to Iceland.

Using a world map or globe-discuss latitude, longitude, equator, and prime meridian.

Activity:  Work on vocabulary lists

Lesson 2-Religion

Read pages 10-11 in The Vikings

Vocabulary:

        Pagans              dwarfs

Discuss the different Gods that the Vikings believed in.  Why do you think they believed in so many Gods?  Do we believe in many Gods?

Activity:

Page 26 in Hands on Heritage book-Draw a rainbow bridge from Asgard to Earth and one of the Gods on Asgard.

Lesson 3-Storytelling and Writing

Read pages 28-29

Vocabulary: 

        Runes       saga

Discuss the differences in the way the Vikings passed stories down and how we pass stories down now. 

Activity:

Page 9 in Heritage book-Look at the runic alphabel.  Can you write your name?  Why or why not?  How many letters are in our alphabet?  How many are in theirs?

Page 29-30  Discuss jelling stones and the purpose of them.  Color jelling stones

Lesson 4-Families

Read pages 24-25 and 26-27

Discuss how the Vikings families lived.  Is it the same as today?  Why or why not?  Discuss the type of jewelry that the Vikings wore.  Did men and women wear jewelry?

Vocabulary:

        Raiding

Activity:  Work on making a jewelry project

Lesson 5–Clothes

Read pages 26-27 clothes

Vocabulary:       tunic

Activity:     Finish jewelry designs

                Make clothes from Heritage activity book

Lesson 6-Armor

Read War pages 8-9

Discuss the different types of armor used by the Vikings.  Do you think it helped them in their raiding? 

Activity:  Make a sword and some armor

Lesson 7-Ships, expansion, and trade

Read pages 12-17

Label parts of a Viking ship page 36 Heritage book

Why did the Vikings carve dragon’s heads on their shops?   Discuss the Viking ship parts, how they traded and expanded their kingdom.  Why did they raid other parts of the world? 

Get a map out and trace some of their routes to see where they went

Read pages 5-13 in You Wouldn’t Want to be a Viking Explorer

Discuss the differences between a country and continent

Activity:  Finish Armor

Lesson 8-Towns and Houses

Read pages 18-21

Vocabulary:       thatched            turf

Why didn’t they have windows?  What were the different types of houses made of?  What was a smokehole?  (read pages 14-19 in heritage book)

Read pages 14-19 in You Wouldn’t want to be a Viking Explorer

Activity:     Make house

Lesson 9-Food and Farming

Read page 22

Vocabulary:       harvesting         roasted

Read pages 20-29 in You Wouldn’t Want to be a Viking Explorer

Activity:

Label different foods page 44 Heritage book

Make different foods page 46 Heritage book

How is their food different from the food we eat?  Why do they have different types of food?  Do you like their food?  What is your favorite food?

Lesson 10

Read Erik the Red and Leif the Lucky

Leif discovers a new land and calls it Vinland.  What continent is it that he discovers?  Find America on a map.  Is it north or south of Greenland.

Pull out a map and review where the Vikings went.  Identify the five oceans and 7 continents.

Lesson 11-Finish up (two days)

Trey-Write a report on the Vikings

Hallie and Courtnee-Pretend that you discovered a new land.  Write a description of what you find there and draw a picture.

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3:36 PM, Aug. 3, 2009 .. Posted by 4sweetums

It looks like a great unit! Wow! It is almost time for your little bundle. I look forward to the pictures of the unit.
Blessings,
Dawn

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9:45 AM, Aug. 4, 2009 .. Posted by Arby

I don't see "slaughtering the local villagers" anywhere in this unit!

Summer time bedtimes...the longer the sun is up the harder it is to get the kiddies to sleep. I long for the dark days of winter!