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How did the Vikings construct the longships?

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Invaders and Settlers: Vikings Viking Raiders

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Objectives

History

  • Understand how knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Ask historically valid questions.
  • Learn about the impact of the Vikings on early design techniques.

Design and Technology

  • Investigate and analyse boat designs.
  • Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world

Lesson Planning

Investigate the design of Viking longships and the building methods techniques used by the Vikings. Draw design plans for your own longship.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand how we can investigate the design and build of the Viking longship.
  • To analyse the building techniques used by the Vikings.

Children can:

  • Investigate the key features of the Viking longship.
  • Plan a design for a longship.
  • Evaluate through discussion how own design could be improved.

You Will Need

  • DK Eyewitness book – Viking
  • 100 Viking Facts book
  • Viking longships PowerPoint (session 2)
  • PDF Viking longships resource – see weblinks
  • Strips of card or balsa wood and template for demonstrating

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