12.12.2011

The Vikings are coming!

As you know, the vikings were an ancient people from Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) who travelled over Europe when nobody dares to move from his land or little village.

They were courageus and rude warriors, but intrepid explorers and brave sailors too.

They sailed from coast to coast, sometimes robbering rich monasteries, but many times knowing differents places, trading with a lot of villages, setting up settlements all over Europe, and even beyond...

See this map: over the year 1000, one viking captain, Leif Eriksson, traveled with his men from Groenland to Terranova in North America!! Being by this way the first european that saw America (almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus).

If you want to learn more about this brave and amazing people you can visit this page.
Now, answer the questions. You can look for the needed information in the same page:

1. See the map, what was the name the vikings used for the new territories they discovered in North America?
2. How were the vikings ships? You can read this
3. What can you tell me about the daily life of the vikings? You can find information here
4. The vikings had a pagan and politheist religion, what was it like? You can answer reading this
5. What the vikings left behind? How can we know about them and their adventures? See this

Now, we can find the vikings in cinema














Or even in comics!

One more thing... the vikings never wear HORNS!


14 comments:

  1. 1 The image don´t see very well but is vinland.
    2 Long like a dragon.
    3 The ganadery :animals like chicken, pigs etc the most of the people. lives in the farms the agriculture: vegetables like onions and cabagge etc.
    4 That they prey to a lot of gods.
    5 Viking houses,burial sites,treasure of hoards,carving stones and writing in the runes.Jorvik's last king,King cnut,the norman conquest.

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  2. Hello!

    1 ) The name that the Vikings called to the new territories is Vinland

    2 ) These ships were dragon ships ( the text say that the ships were long like dragons )

    3) Most people lived on farms . Here , the vikings grew onions , beans and cabbages. They use the waste of the animals to keep the soil fertiled.

    4) The old stories told about gods , giants and monsters and all these histories are in the Norse myths.

    5) I don´t understand thsi question...

    Bye!

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  5. Hello!

    1º-The land called Vinland.
    2º-They called longdrakes were as dragon ships. 3º-Lived in farms, lived of the agriculture, ganadery and comercy. And they was a vey good fighters. 4º-Talk about gods, monsters and giants.
    5º-I don't understand the question.

    Bye!

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  6. Hello class!

    1.- The Vikings called Vinland to the new territories that discovered in North America.

    2.- The Vikings ship are called Viking longships, they were larges like a dragon, so they were also dragon-ships.

    3.- Most of the Vikings lived on farms. Farmers used iron tools for facilitate the agriculture, some of the iron tools were sickles and hoes. The Vikings grew vegetables. Their farm animals included pigs, sheep, goats... They used manure to keep the soil fertile. The farmers killed animals to eat in autumn.

    4.- When the Vikings arrived to Britain, they had their own pagan religion. They worshipped many gods.

    5.- The Vikings left behind their houses, burial sites, treasure hoards, carvings on stones and writing carved in runes (Viking alphabet).

    Goog night class!

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  7. Hello class :)
    1- Is Vinland
    2-The Vikings ships are long , they called dragon-ships' or 'longships'.
    3-Most people lived on farms. Farmers used iron tools They grew oats, barley and wheat, and ground the grain to make flour, porridge and ale. Vikings grew vegetables such as onions, beans and cabbages. Their farm animals included pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, geese and chickens.
    4-They worshipped many gods. The old stories they told about gods, giants and monsters are known as Norse myths.
    5-Viking houses,burial sitestreasure hoards, carvings on stones,etc

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  8. Hello

    1-The new territories called Vinland.

    2-Are long and have a dragon head.

    3-Usually lived on farms.

    4-They belived in many gods.

    5-They left behind houses carvings treasures...

    Bye!

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  9. Hi class! :)

    ~ Vinland and Greenland
    ~ The vikings' ships are long and they had a dragon head. They were used to raiding and war, and they were called ''long-ships'' or ''dragon-ships''
    ~ They lived in farms. In their farms, they grew vegetables and they feed and help to their animals, such as cows, pigs, chicken... They collected wood to make the fire. They didn't have many furniture, only they have furniture to sleep and sit. They didn't have bathrooms.
    ~ They were polytheist, so they believed in many gods . They had their own religion.
    ~ They left behind houses, burial sites, hoards... We have lots of things of the vikings, like some words, for example husband, egg...

    Bye, class! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2.012!

    :)

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  10. Hello!

    1- It's Vinland and Greenland.
    2- The ships were big and had an extrange dragon head. They were called "dragon-ships".
    3- They often lived in farms.
    4- They believed in a lot of gods.
    5- They left behind hoards, houses,etc. And we also have vikings words.

    Merry Christmas class!

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  11. Hello!

    1. The news territories called Vinland and Greenland.

    2. The vikings ships were big and had a dragon head, that it´s called dragon-ships or long-ships.

    3. They lived un farms and they feed and help to their animals.

    4. They worshipped many gods. The old stories
    told about gods, giants and monsters.

    5. They left behind hoards, houses, sites... and we have a lots of things taht like a vikings for example egg...

    Happy New Year, class!

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  12. Hello class!

    1• The name of the new territories was Vinland.
    2• The Vikings’ ships can be called ‘long-ships’ or ‘dragon-ships’, because they had a dragon head and they were very long.
    3•They lived in farms. In their farms, they grew vegetables and they feed and help to their animals, such as cows.
    4• They had their own religion. They believed in many gods.
    5• The Vikings left behind their houses and they had their alphabet.

    Goodbye!

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  13. hi class
    1-The new territories was called Vinland.
    2-the viking´s ships were long and have a dragon head.Tere ships were called dragon-ship
    3-they lived on farms.
    4-because they believed in more than one god
    5-They left behind their houses and they have an alphabet

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  14. Hello!

    1. The name of the territories that Vikings discovered was Vinland.

    2.The vikings' ships were big and long, with a dragon head. They were called as "Dragon-ships".

    3.They usually lived in farms.

    4.They worshipped a lot of gods. The stories they told about gigants, monsters and good were called as "Norse myths".

    5. The Vikings left behind their houses: treasure hoards, burial sites...

    Bye!

    PD:Sorry for the late, but I had a problem with the blog ( I couldn't enter in it).

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