Materials

• Textbook
• Preferred teacher resources
• Teacher-selected quotation about Vikings (see #2, below)
• Overhead maps of Viking raids and settlements
• Notes on Viking history
• Teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other activity

Instructional Activities

1. Review content from the previous assignment.
   
   
2. Display a quotation about the Vikings by someone from the time period. Ideally, it should describe a Viking attack but not mention Vikings by name, rather referring to them as “pagans” or barbarians.” Ask students to guess who is being described in the passage.
   
   
3. Use a map from the text or other source to show the Viking homeland and invasion routes throughout Europe. The map may also include invasion routes of the Muslims and Magyars, as they all were active during the Age of Invasions 800-1000 a.d. Explain that the Vikings were different from other invaders primarily because they came by ship and were difficult to defend against.
   
   
4. Discuss notes on Viking history.
   
   
5. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity.