fortified means to provide a place with defenses, such as walls, to protect it against attack

expansion often means becoming more permanent and larger in size

seafaring means regularly travelling by sea

a saga is a story of achievements or events in the history in Old Norse or Old Icelandic

Seafaring Vikings

History

Early Viking raids

The Great Heathen Army

Aethelred, Alfred the Great and Wessex

The Anglo-Saxon fightback

Why the Vikings came to Britain

In ‘The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?’ pupils learn about how and why the Vikings began to settle in Britain. In ‘The Great War: how did the Great War affect my local area?’ pupils momentarily leave their study of Viking Age Britain to consider the impact of the First World War on their local area at an appropriate time in the school year.

In 'The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?' pupils learnt about Anglo Saxon culture and society in more detail, and the evidence base for the claims that historians make about this period. In 'The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?' pupils learn about another wave of migration to Britain: the Vikings.

n this unit, pupils learn about the period in which Viking invaders first came to Britain. They learn about the Vikings themselves and the conflict that emerged between them and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. Pupils also learn about the roles of Aethelred and Alfred the Great in this period.

The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Complete the sentence: The correct word for a place with defences, such as walls, to protect it against attack is {{ }}.

The Vikings established a fortified camp in Dublin.

Order the events of Viking expansion, starting with the earliest.

Where does evidence of Viking expansion often come from?

Vikings only raided places and then left and moved on.

Vikings would often settle in places where they had raided.

Vikings only explored new places by land.

Vikings often explored new places by sea.

Which statements about the Vikings expansion are correct?

What is the name given to the accounts about the Vikings early settlement in Iceland, written 200 years later?

Match the dates to the correct description of events in the expansion of the Vikings.

Complete the sentence.  A {{ }} is a rapid, surprise attack which normally involves stealing something.

What is a building lived in by a community who follow religious vows called?

What is the correct historical name for a book or document written by hand?

In what year did the Vikings raid Lindisfarne Priory?


What was the name given to the boats that Vikings used to raid the priories? 

Vikings raided religious sites for the valuable objects.

Vikings started to raid sites across the British Isles.

Vikings raided religious sites as they wanted to kill monks.

Which statements are correct about where and why Viking raids happened?

Seafaring Vikings

Lesson outcome

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