Vikings
There's no need to plunder and pillage the web. We've already captured the loot and we don't mind sharing it. There's information on Viking everyday home life, travel and plenty of Viking artefacts to examine.
Adventure
Visit in a new windowImage from the Viking Quest game. Play the game of 'Viking Quest', which takes you back to AD 793. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize? Your chief has set the challenge, it's up to you to respond.
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BBC Vikings
Visit in a new windowBBC history and the Vikings including Viking women and a section on warfare. Lots of great stuff here. You'll need to adapt lots of this content for your children though.
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British Museum mini-site
Visit in a new windowThese amazing artefacts are just the thing to challenge ideas that Vikings were stupid barbarians. The detailed images of jewellery are truly amazing. Just type "Viking" into the search box to find some cracking images.
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Drawn images of Vikings
Visit in a new windowCould be just what you're looking for, scroll down the page for images.
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Illustrated article about longships
Visit in a new windowAn article about Viking Longships including an interactive illustration of the hull construction. Not particularly fancy but good clear text and illustrations make this worth including. Floats our boat anyway...
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Introductory presentation
Visit in a new windowIntroduce the topic of the Vikings wit this activity. It looks at some of the words associated with the passing of time and Viking life.
CLICK the words 'The Vikings' to enter the activity.
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Place names
Visit in a new windowCollection of items on the Teacher Resource Exchange with maps of place names, lesson outline and more.
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The Vikings
Visit in a new windowLovely clear Viking maps. Information about everyday life and a selection of quizzes. Great for KS2 children.
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The Vikings in Scotland
Visit in a new windowTerrific site from BBC Scotland that includes information about Vikings in general, building a long-ship and building a settlement. There are attractive sketched images and some videos. Plenty to keep you going and it could be used by reasonably able pupils independently.
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Viking life
Visit in a new windowGods and goddesses, travelling, origins and sagas are featured in this wonderful site. Best viewed with internet explorer.
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Viking Recipes
Visit in a new windowA great collection of illustrated Viking recipes, including Raspberry dressing (Hindberige Seaw), Rigen Hlaf (Rye Bread) and baked apples. Delicious!
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Vikings overview
Visit in a new windowYou'll find a great overview of the Vikings on this site. Plenty of text which is suitable for KS2 will save you inventing your own. Topics include invasion, life, belief, travel, trade and exploration. and what happened to the Vikings.
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Village video tour
Visit in a new windowWant to "walk" through a real Viking village? The sequences from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists recently excavated near modern-day Stockholm.
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