7/31/2019 Medieval Cool History for Littles Sample

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COOLHISTORYFORLITTLESBiblioPlan,Year2,Week8:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

READINGSUGGESTIONSFORTHELITTLESFROMTHECOMPANION:

ThreeNorthEuropeanPeninsulas: Scandinavia,FennoScandiaandJutland,TheVikings(parentalchoice),TheVikingRaidon

Lindisfarne,VikingWeaponry,VikingLonghouses,NorseMythology(parentalchoice),NamingtheDaysoftheWeek,Runestones,

Hnefatafl,VikingNavigation,ErictheRed,LeifEricsson,ChurchHistoryinBrief,WhytheVikingColoniesinVinlandandGreenland

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QUESTIONSFROMTHEREADINGS

1. WhydidtheearlyVikingschooseChristianmonasteriesastargetsfortheirraids?

2. WhattypesofweaponsdidVikingwarriorsuse?

3. WhatkindofbedsdidVikinglonghouseshaveinsidethem?

4. HowoldwereVikinggirlswhentheymarried?HowoldwereVikingboys?

5. GiveanothernameforVikinglongships.

6. NameThorsthreemagicalpossessions.

7. WhichdaysoftheweekwerenamedforNorsegods?

8.What

game

replaced

Hnefatafl?

9. WheredidEricsnicknameTheRedprobablycomefrom?

10.AftertheEastWestSchism,whatwastheEasternchurchcalled?WhatwastheWesternchurchcalled?

COLORINGPAGE:VikingShip

GIANTSOFTHEFAITH:None

COOLHANDSONACTIVITY:Findahandsizedstoneandusepainttomakeitintoarunestone.

GLOBEFUN

1. Reviewthesevencontinentsandthefiveoceans.

2. ReviewthelocationsofFrance,England,IrelandandScotland.

3.Review

the

definition

of

apeninsula

(an

area

of

land

that

has

wateronthreesides)andlocatetheScandinavian,Fenno

ScandiaandJutland(Denmark)peninsulas.

4. Identifythebodiesofwaterthatsurroundthesepeninsulas.

Reviewtheotherpeninsulasstudiedthisyear:Balkan,Arabian

andSinai.

5. TracethetrailoftheVikingstoNorthAmericathroughIceland,

GreenlandandNewfoundland.