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Topic 8 Discovery and Leif Erickson

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This history topic is about Leif Erickson, Vikings and the early discoveries of the Americas. Scroll down to the schedule below for all of the activities! While studying this topic you will get to:

  • Learn about the Vikings
  • Play a Bingo game
  • Make a Viking boat model
  • Play some interactive computer games

    and of course much more!

    Key:
    Red indicates an item that should be found at many well-stocked libraries

    M next to a title indicates there is a corresponding map assignment in the Map or Globe section of the schedule

    T next to a title indicates there is a corresponding Timeline suggestion in the Timeline section of the schedule.

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    Topic 8 Discovery and Leif Erickson
    Workbook.
    Reading

    The Discovery of the Americas

    (M-1), (T-1)

    Leif the Lucky
    Put cover of book into timeline (1000 A.D.).

    (M-2), (T-2)

    This Country of Ours Selection 1
    1. How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands
    *This is an optional read-aloud from a free online text

    History Pockets.
    Video

    Vikings in America

    Iceland and Greenland (M-2)

    Map or Globe

    (M)

    1. Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Strait of Magellan, Philippine Islands, New Foundland, Canada, Cape of Good Hope

    2. Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia: (Norway, Sweden, Denmark)

    3. Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, England, Normandy, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hedeby, Russia, Iceland, Faroes Islands, Vinland (Newfoundland), Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Arabia, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Baghdad, etc.

    We played "where is that?". We looked at the map provided on the Viking Treasure Chest poster and then located the places on our globe.

    Timeline (T)

    1. Marco Polo

    1492 Columbus

    Bartolomeu Dias 1488 rounded the Cape of Good Hope

    Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 sailed to India

    King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella of Spain

    John Cabot 1497 sailed to New Foundland, Canada

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Balboa 1513 the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean

    Ferdinand Magellan 1519 left Spain to begin a journey around the Earth

    1522 Magellan’s one surviving ship returns to Spain without him (he died in 1521 in the Philippine islands)

    2. Leif the Lucky

    Notebooking (Language arts, history papers, illustrations, etc.)

    Leif Bingo Game Questions and Answers (goes with Leif the Lucky book)

    Viking Bingo Cards:

    1,  2,  3

    Draw Write Now:

    p.36-27 The East

    Science.
    Cooking.
    Crafts

    Viking boat model (Optional and unecessary if you purchased the Viking Treasure Chest)

    Extras, Alternate Books and Notes

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/activities/index.shtml

    A Viking voyages game to print out

    Write your name or message on a rune stone worksheet

    A day in the life of a Viking (simple writing worksheet)

    Cut and paste a mini-timeline with pictures

    Shockwave activity (Thornkel and the trading voyage)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/games_index.shtml
    Visit a Viking longhouse and click on what does NOT belong

    Wee Sing: Marine’s Hymn

    Viking Treasure Chest (M-3)

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