Lesson 2: The Vikings

L'Anse aux Meadows

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC, ch. 1.3
CS, ch. 1
C&C Lesson 2.
KBCE: Vikings in Canada
Story of Canada (S of C): p. 24-26, "Intro"
Canadian History for Dummies: p. 33 "First Contact," p. 36-37, "The Diffusionists are Coming." (optional)

Video: Episode 1: When the World Began: Into the Unknown, A Continent of Nations.

2) Map: from The Story of the World, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages, Activity Book. Ch. 14 p. 56 or use this one. Interesting perspective from the top of the world.

3) Activity--Colouring page from "Exploration of North America," Dover Publications.
Free Viking Bingo game from another homeschooling mom to print out. Based on Lief the Lucky by the d'Aulaires
or make a Viking ship from paper! (Fairly complex, but amazing.)

4) Time line image or figure: PG Tea Tips Cards
placement: 1,000 AD.

5) Supplemental Readings:

Non-Fiction
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historical Site web site
and
Is Vinland L'anse aux Meadows?

The Vikings by Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith Gr. 4+

Fiction:
Librivox: The Saga of Eric the Red by Anonymous.

The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas by M. B. Synge from The Book of Discovery

(some of these may be out of print):
A Door To the North by Elizabeth Coatsworth
The Dream Carvers by Joan Clark Gr. 9+
Lief Erikson The Lucky by Malcolm C. Jenson Gr. 3+
Lief Eriksson-First Voyager to America by Katherine B. Shippen Gr. 4+
Lief the Lucky by Ingri & Edgar D'Aulaire Gr. 3+
Leif the Lucky, Discoverer of America by Erick Berry Gr. 2-6
Snori and the Strangers by Nathaniel Benchley Gr. 1-3
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow Allen French Gr. 5+
Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla Gr. 2+
The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway Gr. 3+
Viking Quest by Tom Henighan

Procedure:
See Side bar.