Viking school project

Cheap fun. I love it. And when I tally the expenses for this history craft, they're nominal. But the amount of fun that has resulted is priceless. When my oldest son and I read our second book in the "Your Life as ..." series by Thomas Kingsley Troupe, I immediately thought of a great craft extension to our lesson on Vikings. But enough about me. Let me tell you about this amazing book: Your Life as an Explorer on a Viking Ship. Just like our last experience with one of Troupe's storytelling…

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This was a super fun collaborative project I did with the Grade 7 Social Studies teacher at my school. He's a very creative teacher and is always looking for ways to incorporate art projects into his lessons. His students were studying the Vikings and their early exploration in Canada (the famous L'Anse aux Meadows site, dated circa 1000 AD, located in the Province of Newfoundland) L'Anse aux Meadows is the only confirmed Norse site in North America outside Greenland. It represents the…

Vikings for Kids - this is a fun hands on history unit that will help make history come alive including history activities, history crafts, free history printables and more for learning about early explorers #vikings #history #homeschooling

Well, this is the week! We've finally come to the beginning of our history block (or social studies block - whichever label you want to affix to it). We'll be spending approximately 12 weeks studying Norse Mythology and the Vikings, as is common in the Waldorf Education model for year 4 students. If you'd like to read my previous post that I did back when I was starting the planning for this unit, you can find it here. We'll be starting to read The Children of Odin today (well, listening to…

From reading fun books to STEM projects, this Viking Unit gave us a vast insight to where exploration began and helped set the stage for the Age of Exploration.

Viking Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Giveaways