TEXT BOOK: 525-531
OLS: Unit 12 Lesson 6
When they went to other places,
what did the Vikings often
attack?
A. Castles
B. Young Pop Artists
C. Country manors
D. Monasteries
Student Expectations…
Here’s what I expect you to do as a part of this class.
When we all do these things we’ll have an awesome class!
I will respond when my name is called.
I will respond to polling prompts.
I will ask and answer questions.
I will complete class work, take notes, submit exit tickets.
I will collaborate in groups if placed into breakout rooms.
I will demonstrate respect for my classmates and teachers.
Marking yourself “away” means you are not in class and
will miss important parts of the lesson.
EVERYONE needs a working mic. Call 1-866-K12-care if it’s not working. Let’s get it fixed!
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Students will recognize
characteristics of Norse
culture and its legacy.
Students will identify Erik the
Red and Leif Erikson and their
major achievements.
8.4.7. C. Differentiate how continuity and change
have impacted world history.
Introduction
Like many cultures around the world, the
Vikings were polytheists'.
What does polytheism mean?
A. Belief in one god.
B. Belief in many gods
• Father of the gods
• Spear-wielding god of
battle
• Creator of heaven
and earth.
• God of Thunder
• Rode heaven in a goatdrawn chariot. Vikings
thought that thunder was
caused by the wheels of his
chariot rolling across the sky.
• Thor was a bringer of good
luck. Many Vikings carried
charms in the shape of
hammers.
• The most mild-mannered
of the three main gods.
• God of fruitfulness and
fertility.
• People sacrificed to Frey
during times of
celebrating a wedding.
Four of our days on a calendar are
named after Norse Gods?
Do you know which ones?!
Viking Leaders:
Eric the Red
Leif Erikson
• Childhood home was
Iceland
• Kicked out of Iceland for
his bad temper and for
murder
• Set sail and founded a
colony..
Greenland!
• Around the year 1,000 Leif set
sail from Greenland and into
the pages of history.
• Landed in a place he called
Vineland (Vin-land) because of
the wild grapes that grew
there.
• Vikings did reach North
America (Newfoundland
Canada) but there are no
grapes there. So where did he
go? That is one of histories
greatest mysteries.
HAPPY LEIF ERIKSON DAY!
Let’s end with a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7
UwQa7-8Zk
L’anse aux meadows (lass-oxmeadows)
Only known Viking settlement in the
New World!
• complete OLS
• Read pages 533 – 538
in the textbook
• Tomorrow! PSSA
OFFICE HOURS
• Have an awesome
day!!!