Mr. Carcaud's Social Studies Page

The Vikings

Important Items:

The Norse (A.K.A. the Vikings) were a civilization that specialized in seafaring and existed as early as 400 and as long as 1100 CE (A.D.).
Leif Ericson was the first European to land in North America, nearly five-hundred years before Columbus.
The Norse established major cities such as Oslo, Dublin, and York.

An artist's depiction of a longboat ( http://chromatism.net/current/images/northmen/longboat.jpg )

LINKS:

1. The Vikings - History for Kids! - A good site that focuses on warfare, economics, and geography for the Vikings.

2. KidsKonnect: The Vikings - A great site that provides links to websites for almost all topics - great for warfare, innovations, religion, and geography.

3. The Vikings - Shows the evolution from the Nordic calendar to our own - (ex: Odin's, or Wodin's, day to Wednesday).

4. Viking Raids: 800-900 - Describes the economic and geographic reasons for the war strategy of "bash and runs" the made the Vikings notorious in Europe.

5. Vinland Archaeology - A story of the discovery of the remains of a Viking village in Newfoundland, Canada in 1960 (good for geography & exploration).

6. The Vikings and Money in England - An economic look at how the Angles/Saxons of England and the Norse combined to create modern currency.

7. Vikings in Ireland - Irish? English? German? Your ancestors may well have been Vikings! This site is good for geography, exploration, and most others.

8. Food: Viking Style - A website on how the Vikings achieved a "stable food supply," minus the pillaging, of course.

9. BBC-Primary History-The Vikings - Cartoons and games that teach about the Vikings. Probably for grades 5-6, but provides necessary information.

10. Runic Alphabet- A good website for the Viking Runic alphabet.

Sites recommended by other students:

1. BBC-History: Viking Money - (thanks Andrew) - A great article by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) on how Viking economics worked.

2. The Fate of Greenland's Vikings - (thanks Audra) - A good article on Greenland's Vikings - good for economics, food supply, geography, and exploration.