Lesson Plan

The Vikings Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Weigh primary sources, bust Viking myths, run a hull lab, and find Norse words in English.

This is the Bigs Edition of The Vikings: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How do we know what we know about the Vikings, and how much of the popular picture is true?

The Week

• Mon: Two Very Different Sources (Reading) • Tue: Sky, Egg, Knife (Writing & Words) • Wed: Longship Hull Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Build a Clinker Hull (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Myth vs. Evidence (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of The Vikings has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Longship Hull Lab
• Sequence cards (The Viking Age in Six Moments) and a cut-and-sort page (Myth or Evidence?)
• Writing page: Raiders, Traders or Farmers?
• Hands-on project: Build a Clinker Hull
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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