The Vikings A Journey Through Time

Review What was life like as a Viking? Collect homework assignments (journals/diaries) Share some out loud

Viking Exploration The Vikings travelled to many countries in Europe and Asia They explored and traded with the peoples of these countries They settled in England, Scotland and Ireland

The Viking Quests: The Material of Sagas Vikings often recorded their adventures in long stories known as Sagas These sagas were usually heroic tales of travel, raids and pillaging of foreign villages At the end of class you will be creating your own Viking Raid

A Viking Raid Please take a few minutes to read the Viking Saga on pages 5 to 7 of the text When you have finished we will discuss it, before moving on to play an online game

The Viking Quest Please follow along on the projector as we play this online game about the adventures of a typical Viking Keep in mind your reasons for making certain decisions and what the consequences might be The adventures of our character will be used as the basis of a great Viking saga written be YOU!

The Viking Quest http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml

Creating Your Own Viking Saga Based on both the Viking Quest game as well as the rest of the content we covered in class… You are to create your own Viking Saga