VICIOUS VIKINGS!
CONTENTS
♥ Who were the Vikings?
♥ The Viking Homes!
♥ Viking adventures!
♥ Ruthless raiders!
♥ Viking food
♥Viking fashion
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VIKING ADVENTURES!
The Vikings loved adventures - so they sailed away on
risky voyages, over stormy seas. Viking explorers
hoped to become famous, take over new land and get
rich.
The Vikings had no maps but used clouds and stars to
guide them. They sailed in fast war ships , powered by
men rowing and by the wind trapped in big, cloth sails.
The Vikings sailed west and reached Iceland,
Greenland and America. Viking traders travelled east
through Russia. Sometimes they had to drag there
ships behind them over frozen rivers. They travelled
over land and mighty rivers to reach middle eastern
lands.
WHO WERE THE VIKINGS?
The Vikings came from three countries of
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The name 'Viking' comes from a language
called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'.
People who went off raiding in ships were
said to be 'going Viking'.
The Viking age in European history was
about AD 700 to 1100. During this period of
time many Vikings left Scandinavia and
travelled to other countries, such as Britain
and Ireland. Some went to fight and steal
treasure. Others settled in new lands as
farmers, craftsmen or traders.
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VIKING HOMES!
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Viking homes were usually made of wood. Most had just one
BIG room . Viking homes had a
smoky fire in the middle of
the floor and had low sleeping platforms around the walls.
In the evenings the Viking Families listened to sagas (stories)
around the fire. Viking women were in charge of the home.
They cooked, cared for the children, wove cloth and made
clothes.
Ruthless raiders!
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Viking meant pirate! The first Viking raiders sailed from their
homelands to make surprise attacks on trading centres and
monasteries close to the sea. Later viking pirates built camps in
their new lands.
The vikings spent summer time raiding and fighting, in the
winter they went back to their homes or rested in camps. During a
viking raid the viking attacked people in churches, monasteries,
towns, villages and on farms. A Viking raider stole Gold and silver
and captured people to sell as slaves -They grabbed all they could,
set fire to the rest then, hurried away.
Kings in England and France paid money to the vikings to stop
them from raiding. This was called Danegeld. (Danish money). If
the King refused to pay the vikings KILLED them!
Old Danish
money
Modern Danish money
Hey ho lets go!!!
Viking food
The vikings grew a lot of their own food. Farm workers ploughed fields
to grow vegetables, such as cabbages and peas (YUCK!) for eating in
soups and stews. Viking farmers also grew oats and barley to make
bread and beer. Viking farmers kept sheep, goats and cows. They ate
their meat, made cheese from their milk and used their skins to make
leather. Vikings also ate wild food. Using bows and arrows they hunted
for deer, including reindeer, wild boar (pigs), hares, ducks, small birds
and even bears!!!
Viking sailors caught seals, walrus and many kinds of fish. Viking boys
climbed cliffs to trap sea birds and collect their eggs. Girls collected sea
weed for food.
Viking fashion
Vikings liked to look good! They chose bright colours for
their clothes and trimmed them with fur, braid and
embroidery. Both men and women styled their hair and
wore homemade make-up.
Viking men wore tunics and trousers, and women wore
long dresses, pinafores and shoals. To keep warm they
wore hats, boots and cloaks.
Beautiful brooches, made of gold, silver or cheap metals,
were used to fasten clothes. Vikings also wore bead
necklaces, bracelets and rings.
The vikings kept clean in saunas. They heated rocks on a
fire, then poured on water to create piles of steam. They sat
in the steam and sweated to clean away the dirt.
Time for...
QUIZ TIME!
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Yes!
Get in!
Lets get started!
QUESTION NO.1!!!
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What three countries did Vikings come from?
A. England,
France and Germany
B. Denmark, Norway and Sweden
C. Egypt, Kenya and Ghana
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Can u do better in question number 2?
That's Wrong!!
Lets go to Question number 2!
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QUESTION NO. 2!!
Who was in charge of a Viking household ?
A.
The men
B.
The Children
C.
The women
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Can u do better in question number 3?
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Lets go to Question number 3!
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QUESTION NO. 3!
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What does Viking mean?
A. Ballerina
B. Pirate
C. Fairy
godmother
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Can u do better in question number4?
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Lets go to Question number 4!
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QUESTION NO.4
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True or False
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Vikings liked to look good!
Yooouuuu wuuunn
SORRY.........
That's right!!
TOO BAD....
Youuuu looosssttttttt!!!!!
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TIME TO SAY GOODBYE FOR NOW.........
Rosie & Ella
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