1. The Viking People
Day 1: History and Culture

2. The Vikings(?)
What do you see?

3. Do these people look familiar to you?

4. How about these
people?

5. Please Take out a piece of notebook paper and a pen/pencil:
What do you know?
What do you want to know?

6. Our Goals for the day:
By the end of our class today, we will be able t0:
1. Classify multiple characteristics of Viking civilization
so we can also
2. Compare/Contrast the popular myths and misconceptions of the Viking people with the facts we have learned
in order to
3. Identify and Extinguish popular myths surrounding the Viking People

7. The Viking Age AD
The era known as the Viking age lasted for more than 300 years, from the late 8th century to the late 11th century.
The Viking age is generally accepted to have lasted from the first Viking raid on the Lindisfarne monastery in Northern England in 793 to the decisive Battle of Hastings in 1066.

8. Viking Culture: Art Styles
The Vikings were very artistic
They created beautiful works of art
The Vikings are best known for their 6 art styles

9. *I will have a slide like this one for each art style
Oseberg- 800 AD
1. Oseberg: This style was used during the first three-quarters of the 9th century. The "gripping beast" motif, first seen in pre-Norse art, is fully developed, and the designs are arranged in a carpet-pattern manner. The sketch to the right shows a detail from a carving on the Oseberg ship.
*I will have a slide like this one for each art style

10. Religion of The Viking People

11. Viking Artifacts!
Weapons

12. Tools and Grooming Kits
Viking Artifacts!
Tools and Grooming Kits

13. Viking Myths: Facts vs. Fiction
-Countless misconceptions of the Vikings exist and continue to be perpetuated today.
-Here are some of the more well-known Viking myths that have no grounding in historical fact.
-Vikings did not wear horned helmets. There is no evidence to suggest that they ever did, apart from in some ritual ceremonies.
-Having horned helmets would seriously impede your ability to fight effectively in close combat.
-Viking helmets were in fact conical, made from hard leather with wood and metallic reinforcement, or made in iron with a mask and chain mail.
-The idea of Vikings wearing horned helmets arose during the 19th century when romanticized and nationalistic views of the Viking people became popular.
-Vikings were not simply savage brutes.
-Images of wild-haired, wild-eyed raiders are but a myth. I
-In fact, the Anglo-Danes occupying parts of Great Britain were described as excessively clean by their Anglo-Saxon neighbors, as they insisted on bathing at least once a week and kept their hair well-groomed.