Recently a friend asked about our Viking studies from last fall.  Here are the links I had saved.  I thought I’d pass the collection on to those of you who might be thinking about a Viking study as well.

Movies to include:  Veggie Tales: Lyle the Kindly Viking,  Brave, and How to Train Your Dragon

Interactive History Games  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/

Unit Study and Labook Printables  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/viking_adventure.php

And another Unit Study and Lapbook Printables   http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/middle-ages-to-reform/vikings-lapbook/

Viking Lesson Plans    http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less.htm

Leif Erickson Biography Resources                                                                                      http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Leif_Ericsson/index.htm

paper dolls printables  (this site is interesting, it is written in (perhaps?) Scandinavian so I have very little idea what it says, but wonderful art to browse)  http://www.ungafakta.se/pyssel/klipp/klippdockor/

Arts and Craft Projects    https://www.diys.com/viking-themed-projects/

Timelines and history  http://hubpages.com/search/?s=vikings

Walkthrough type videos  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/

168 page English to Norse dictionary.  (we didn’t spend much time learning this, but it was an interesting list to look over a few times)  http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/English-Old_Norse.pdf

National Museum of Natural History Exhibit  Tour   https://naturalhistory.si.edu/vikings/start.html

And this was our chalkboard wall mural!

betty jo