You are about to explore the world of the Vikings through a web scavenger hunt. You will visit an extensive website with lots of information about Vikings and learn what their world was like.
Please visit the first two websites in order. After that you can explore. Make sure you go through all of them, however.
Click on the links below and get any needed information to fill out your packets.
(photo credit here)
1. The Beginning of the
Viking Age
(Packet pages "Where is the Viking Homeland?" "Comprehension
Questions", and "Backbone Puzzle")
2.
Who Were the Vikings?
(Packet pages "Who Were
the Vikings?")
3. Viking Runes
(No packet page, but copy your
name in runes, using one of the links at the bottom of the page.)
4. Viking Ships - Make sure you visit all three pages
- "The Longship," "The Cargo Ship," and "Navigating."
(Packet pages "Viking Ship:Fact or Myth?" and "Parts
of a Knarr." The
page called "Comparing a Drakkar and a Knarr" is extra
credit.
5. Viking Warriors
(Packet pages "Viking Warriors Dressed
to Kill," and "Viking Warriors Backbone Puzzle."
"Label a Viking Warrior"
is extra credit.)
6. Viking Clothing
(No packet pages, but you should sketch a Viking
woman in Viking clothes and label each piece.)
7. Famous Vikings
(Packet Page "Leif Eriksson.")
8. The Life of Viking
Women
(No packet page, but please write two journal
entries as a Viking woman going about her daily duties.)