On the Viking farm

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

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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 success of the Viking invasion.

PSHE

To understand how groups of people live and work together.

Computing

To use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.

Design and Technology

To use knowledge of what makes a balanced nutritious meal.

Lesson Planning

Study Viking farming and typical Viking food; taste Viking food and design a nutritional meal using Viking-style produce.

Teaching Outcomes:

To investigate Viking farming and the choices farmers made in the food they produced.
To work together in pairs to make decisions about recipes that could be found on the Internet using Viking produce.

Children can:

Understand Viking farming methods.
Investigate the produce grown in Viking times.
Appreciate that this produce can be and is used today.

Planning

Provided Resources

What did the Vikings eat?
Taste test
Menu template
Menu template resource easier
Viking taste test

You Will Need

DK Eyewitness book – Viking
100 Viking Facts - Farmers, Fishers and Hunters, book p. 20-21 Food and Famine
Usborne Who Were the Vikings? book – p. 14-15 What was Viking food like?

Weblinks

Viking farms - YouTube clip;
Viking Food from bbc.co.uk;
Additional information for adults: What the Vikings Ate from historyonthenet.com;
Additional information for adults: A Viking Daily diet from bbc.co.uk.