The Vikings
By Hannah Robinson
Who were the Vikings?
• The Vikings were people who lived thousands of
years ago.
• They came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
• These three countries were commonly known as
Scandinavia.
• Some of the Vikings would go to different
countries to raid, some to settle.
• Most Vikings moved because the farming land
they had was not in very good condition.
Homeland
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Clothes
• Like most people in Europe at the time, the Vikings used
wool more than anything else for making clothes.
• The Vikings brought sheep with them to the islands they
settled in the North Atlantic for wool and meat.
• Clothes were spun and woven by the women.
• They also dyed their clothes with mineral and vegetable
dyes of red, green, yellow, brown or blue.
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Men and Women
• Most Viking men were all-round handymen.
• But some had special skills like building boats, potters
and leather-workers.
• The women baked bread and made the clothes for the
family.
• They also made the two meals and milked the cows on
the farm.
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Children
• The babies of the family would have been given a little
Thor’s-hammer charm to protect them from evil.
• A boy would have taken his fathers name as his last
name. So Eric, son of Karl, became Eric Karlsson.
• A girl also would have taken her mother or
grandmother’s name.
• Viking children did not go to school. They helped their
parents at work, and learned Viking history, religion and
law from spoken stories and songs, not from books.
• By 15 or 16 they were adult. It was common for a girl's
father to choose her husband.
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Food and drink
• The Viking’s main foods were meat of farm and wild
animals, nuts and berries.
• They cooked the meat in a big stew pot.
• Fish and meat were dried out so they could be
preserved.
• At a feast everyone drank ale or mead.
• This strong drink made of honey was drank out of
wooden cups.
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Weapons
• The Vikings were wildly feared for their strength
and skill in battle and war.
• They used a vast majority of weapons and
armour: swords, axes and spears were their main
weapons.
• But some also used bows and daggers.
• Armour consisted of helmets, shields, and chain
mail or leather tunics.
• They fought mostly on foot and used their ships
mainly as a transport to the scene of battle.
Gods
• The Vikings called their gods Ases.
• The home of the Ases was a kind of heaven called
Asgard.
• There was a a big house called Valhal and that is where
the dead soldiers would meet.
• The enemies of Ases lived in Udgard.
Websites I used
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http://www.um.dk/um_files/denmark/kids/denmarkKids154.htm
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/launch_vt_viking_farm.s
html
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www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/vikings_at_home/
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Evaluation
I started off by looking for information on the Vikings. My choice of text
suited the topic I was doing and also stood out. I didn’t have very many
images but the images I used were appropriate for the slides. There weren’t
many sounds in my powerpoint, but I did record myself speaking. I used lots
of moving images because I thought it would make it more interesting.
Bullet points I used the most. I used them because if you did a big long
passage no one would want to read it. I was looking for primary 5-7 to watch
my powerpoint.
I was very happy with my final piece. I do feel I covered the topic as best I
could because I had lots of slides that gave good information.
I received positive feedback but the teacher told me I could have added
more images and sounds.
If I was to go back and start again I defiantly would of put more sound and
images in.
I might have put in more slides also, like Viking games, lifestyle, and a
typical day.
Thank you