Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the different reasons for migration to Britain.
- Sequence events according to their significance for groups of people.
- Explain where the Vikings came from and why they came to Britain.
- Make inferences from sources.
- Explain how sources can be biased.
- Find evidence within a source to support their reasoning.
- Describe the parts of a longboat.
- Design and creating a longboat.
- Describe what the Vikings traded.
- Identify Viking trading routes.
- Explain whether the Vikings were traders or raiders and providing supporting evidence.
- Identify important events in the Anglo-Saxon and Viking struggle for Britain.
- Explain the meaning of cause and consequence.
- Suggest the cause and consequences of events.
- Make observations and deductions about artefacts.
Suggested prior learning
British history 3: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Who were the Vikings and why did they come to Britain?
Lesson 2: What do we know about the Vikings?
Lesson 3: How did the Vikings travel?
Lesson 4: Were the Vikings raiders or traders?
Lesson 5: What were the consequences of the Anglo-Saxon and Vikings’ struggle for Britain?
Lesson 6: What was Viking life in Britain like?
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- Identifying what
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Key vocabulary
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Assessment – History: LKS2: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or settlers?
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