The Vikings
Investigating the Invaders and Settlers of the Dark Ages.
Who were the Vikings and where did they come from?
What was their legacy and why are they important to us today?
Up to 60 children at a time
A day with the Vikings will include some or all of the following:
Battle Drill
Learn why the Vikings
were so succesful -
and so feared!
Long Hall Building
The children construct thier own
Viking Long Hall to keep in their classroom.
Follow-up projects may include
making furniture - or even people!
Amulet Making
Most Vikings liked to wear jewellery - often as tokens of good luck.
Everyone goes home with a pewter pendant that they have crafted themselves.
Viking Ship Burial
What happens when a popular
and powerful leader dies?
We re-enact a Dark Age ship burial.
Later on in the day we will
re-visit this burial site for
a live excavation, guided by
our expert archaeologists..
Viking women preparing
items for the afterlife
Dark Age Settlement
The children try their hands at various crafts, typical of those you find in a
Viking Settlement. Includes Runes, weaving, woodwork.
Dark Age Feast
After a hard day of battle, burials and building, what better way to relax than
with a Dark Age Feast? Permission slips for food-tasting can be downloaded from this website.
The History Detectives
Explore different historical sources and their interpretations as part of this
lively history game.
Available as either a whole or half day workshop. We provide all costumes, materials and the Dark Age Feast.
The Vikings Sample Day Plan
- 09.00-09.20 Class have registration/assembly as normal
- 09.20-09.40 Who were the Vikings and where did they
- come from? Interactive maps and pictures.
- 09.40-09.50 When? Human Timeline
- 09.50-10.30 Viking Burial re-enactment
- 10.30-10.45 Playtime
- 10.45-11.00 How do we know this?
- 11.00-11.15 Runes
- 11.00-12.15 Dark Age Settlement - weaving, bread making,
- woodwork, amulet engraving,
- 12.15-13.15 Lunchtime
- 13.20-14.00 Armour demonstration. Battle drill.
- 14.15-14.30 The Thing. Dark Age Feast. Introduction to traditional story-telling.
- 14.30-15.15 History Detectives
- 15.15 End
This is intended as a guide only - the schedule can be changed to suit your school's needs.
The one day Vikings workshop is designed to cover the following areas of the curriculum:
*Invaders and settlers - why people move away from where they were born
and why it is important
* Different historical sources and interpretation
*Archaeology
*Chronological order
* Speaking and Listening
* Drama and empathy
Prices
Whole Day £250
Half DAy £150
Each workshop goes out with 2 members of staff and can be fitted around the normal school timetable.
- We bring costumes for everyone (sorry teachers - that doesn't include you!)
We cater for up to 60 children at a time
£250 for a whole day/£150 for a half day workshop
£1 per child for materials
£1 per child for the Dark Age Feast
Please contact us for a travel quote
- We carry Public liability insurance and all of our members hold enhanced CRB checks.
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