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The only thing your high schoolers may know about Vikings is that they wore horns on their helmets—and according to a Crash Course World History video, that's not even true! Watch a short description of Vikings as tradesmen rather than pillagers of villages, and how modern Scandinavia and Iceland was formed by their voyages.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have class members watch the video independently before a discussion on the Vikings
- Encourage pupils to write a research paper that further debunks popular myths about Vikings and Leif Erikson
- Prompt small groups to write their own sagas, either fictional or nonfiction, and present them to the class in a dramatic retelling
Classroom Considerations
- Contains a few off-color jokes that high schoolers will likely find hilarious but may possibly derail a class lesson
- Animation shows Vikings slaughtering monks
- Comment section contains language that may not be appropriate for the classroom
- This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
- Beginning of the video contains a fun reference to Thor that learners will enjoy
- Addresses the historical nature of the tenth and eleventh century Viking sagas—or lack thereof
- Examines what historians know about the religion of Vikings, as well as the similarities between Greco-Roman mythology and Norse mythology
Cons
- None