It’s Thursday, October 5, 2017, and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
(naturalhistory.si.edu/vikings/start.html)
Age Range: 8-18 (Grades 3-12, with parental supervision)
Explore the saga of the North Atlantic Vikings with this website from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Read the brief introduction and then select either the “View the Exhibit” or “Viking Voyage.” Once on the exhibit page choose the “Guided Tour” link in the upper menu or left sidebar to begin examining 9 artifacts in the collection and discover interesting stories about the pieces. From this page, the Viking Voyage can be selected in the upper menu. Choose either the Enhanced site or the standard site. Both versions present the same information, but the enhanced site automatically begins the audio/video features. Intended to be explored sequentially, use the map to journey to:
- Homelands
- Western Isles
- Iceland
- Greenland
- Markland and Helluland
- Vinland
- Land of Legend
Each page includes textural overviews, archaeological information, images, interesting Viking sagas, and historical facts. There are links to videos and animations, but we found that we were not able to play these. However, don’t let that deter you from visiting this website as there is a lot of other valuable information readily available for your studies.
There are also other educational resources available by selecting the “Learning Center” link. There is an online Teacher’s Guide, a downloadable Family Guide PDF with questions to answer and more, as well as links to other resources such as additional websites, vocabulary, Hnefatafl Board (an old Norse game), a Viking world map, and the Futhark Runic alphabets.
This website will be a nice addition to your list of social studies resources.
