Lesson
13
1.
Read pages 14-15 in Who Were the Vikings.
2.
Discuss the following. What was Viking food like? Is it similar
to what you eat? Did Vikings have refrigerators? How did they
preserve their food?
3.
Vikings liked to have parties. Let's start planning your Viking
party.
4.
Make invitations to your Viking party. (We will have a Viking
party at the end of the unit.) Draw Viking pictures on your
invitations.
5.
Make decorations if desired for your Viking party.
6.
Write directions to your house for the party. Draw a map to
your house. Include a map title, symbols, a compass rose,
and a legend.
7.
Copy the recipe on page 15 on to a notecard and have your
mom or dad save it with their favorite recipes. (You will
need this recipe for your Viking party.)
Lesson
14
1.
Read pages 16-17 in Who Were the Vikings.
2.
Discuss the following. What did the Vikings do for fun? What
do you like to do for fun? Is it similar to what the Vikings
did?
3.
What is a saga? A saga is a story telling the adventures of
a hero or a family. Write your own saga. Make sure to include
a title and a cover page with pictures from your story.
4.
Discuss Viking games and celebrations.
5.
Invent your own Viking game. Use a chess board or checker
board or draw your own game board. Make up your own rules
for hnefatl. You can use the game pieces provided or make
your own.
Lesson
15
1.
Read pages 18-19 in Who Were the Vikings.
2.
Vikings did not have books, but they did have picture stones.
They would use an iron chisel or mallet and cut letters into
stone or wood. The Viking writing was made up of 16 letters
called runes.
3.
Write your name in ruins. Use modeling clay and a wooden toothpick
to carve your name in runes.
4.
Remember back to your story Leif the Lucky. Draw a short comic
strip depicting Leif's adventures.
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