The+Vikings

**Vikings the North Atlantic Saga **

Visit the following site: [|www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/index2.html]

View **THE EXHIBIT** – take the **Guided Tour** through the eight rooms and see a collection of Viking artefacts.

Briefly describe or summarise what can be found in each room:

1. Oseberg Animal Posts ** - ** Found as part of the wonderful burial treasures of a Viking queen, a carved wooden post has been copied by modern people

2.  Silver drinking horn – the Vikings liked to drink alcohol products this drinking horn was made for the upper classes

3. Ranvaig's Casket - The most famous piece of Viking loot is this copper and enamelled box, Ranvaig owns this.

4. Box Brooch - This gold and silver-plated bronze brooch would have been worn by a woman from Gotland

5. Glass Smoother and Whalebone Ironing Board - The lady of the house who owned this item would have used it, along with the weight made of imported glass, to smooth linen.

6. Jonsbok Manuscript - In the newly created society in Iceland, common law became a necessity.

7. Ringed Pin - This bronze ringed-pin, similar to Viking/Norse pins found throughout the North Atlantic, equally intriguing is this small wooden carving of what appears to be a medieval Norseman wearing a robe with a cross on it.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">8. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Herjolfsnes Hood - This woolen hood had distinctive long “tail” on the end, it was fashionable in Europe around the same time

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Find a picture of a Viking sword and include it on this wiki.



<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Take the **VIKING VOYAGE** – as you guide (navigate) your dragon ship you can stop at various site and learn a lot more about the Vikings

** Write down 5 interesting things you learnt from this website **
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** Visit the following website: ** ** [|www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/invasion/index.shtml] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Describe the clothes worn by the vikings. (Materials, special features etc)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The Viking house. Describe it (eg size, materials used in its construction, number of rooms etc).

** Answer True or false to the following observations on Viking life: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Viking men worked on farms, or as craftsmen or traders <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Viking boys were often sent away to live with a foster family for a few years <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">A girl’s father usually chose her future husband <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Viking children were considered adults at the age of 12 or 14 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Women did all the household jobs, and helped men milk the cows and make cheese. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Children went to school for only three or four years. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">A big feast may be held for weddings, funerals and religious festivals which may last over a week.

** LAW AND ORDER **
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Most Viking countries were ruled by __. E__ __and c__ __were also powerful: some had their own__ and ___. Most farmers and craftsmen were ordinary__ ___. There were also many s____.

** Use a search engine to complete the following tasks: **
 * The battle-axe is often seen as the typical Viking Weapon, although large axes were also used by the Anglo-Saxons in the late Viking Age. Use paint to draw your own version of a typical Viking battle-axe


 * Why do the Vikings consider **Valhalla** so important?