The Vikings

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The Vikings
By Lauren Murray 1.2
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Where did the Vikings come from ??

• Well at first we really want to know where the
  Vikings came from. They came from Scandinavia but
  you and I would probably know Scandinavia as
  Sweden, Norway and Denmark. To your right is a
  map of Scandinavia with the following countries
  in it Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Great Britain
  is in the blue just below the Norway sign.

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Who were the Vikings ??

• The Vikings were farmers. When the farmer died
  the farm was passed to the oldest son in the
  family.
• The Vikings had a lot of children! This meant
  that there were a lot of people which had to
  choose between being workers on their brother's
  farm or going over the seas in search of fame,
  fortune or new land. Stories about how easy it
  was to get rich on such expeditions spread like
  wild fire over Scandinavia.
• Some quotes that the Vikings from Norway and
  Sweden had said were
• Norway-There's not enough room on the farm for
  all of us. Let's sail westwards and discover some
  new land for ourselves... sharpen the swords.
• Sweden-We're not working for our brother.
• There's new land and riches to the east ...
  let's go and trade there ... it's a better way
  than fighting.

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Viking Houses

• Most people lived in farms. There houses were
  made out of wood, stone or blocks of turf. The
  roofs were either thatched or they were made out
  of turf.
• Jorvik which is also know as York was an
  important town in Viking Britain. Its houses were
  built of wood or wattle, crowded close together
  along narrow streets.
• To your right is a picture of a house that a
  Viking would have lived in.

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Sagas

• The Vikings wrote SAGAS. The SAGAS that they
  wrote were about there heros and there gods.
• In class I wrote a SAGA about the Mighty Thor and
  it was about him trying to lift the giant cat in
  front of the giant but he couldnt do it because
  he was standing on the ice and he was slipping
  all over the place . At the end after Thor had
  tried to lift the mighty cat he would have been
  exhausted and he would probably have felt
  embraced because he always boasted about his
  strength and at that time he couldnt show it .

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Lindisfarne

• In the year 793 the attack took place on
  Lindisfarne. The attack was for the Vikings to
  kill all of the monks or at least the majority of
  them and they did that. It was a terrible thing
  the attack on Lindisfarne because it involved a
  lot of killings and a lot of the monks were taken
  as slaves. The Vikings didnt just kill the monks
  they took all of there belongings and they burned
  the Monastery down. A picture is below to show
  the remains of the Monastery.

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Viking Travel

• When the Vikings were living they didnt have
  cars or motorbikes or anything like what we have
  today so when they were alive they had to travel
  in boats or by foot. The boats were called
  Longships and they had very elegant designs on
  them. To your right are some pictures of
  Longships.

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Longships

• Longships were the boats the Vikings travelled in
  . If you had a lot of money and you could afford
  a large ship it would usually be about 25 metres
  in length . The large ships could hold around
  about 60 warriors and at each side of the ship
  there would be holes in case the wind was going
  in the opposite direction the Vikings were going
  in. If that was the case they would have to row.

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Viking Gods and Goddesses

• Some of the Gods are
• Aegir- God of the seashore or the ocean.
• Balder-God of light.
• Eir-Goddess of healing.
• Jord-Goddess of Earth. Mother of Thor and Frigg.
• Oden- Father of the Gods.
• Thor- Strongest of the Gods.

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Viking Clothes

• Men wore a long woollen shirt and long cloth
  trousers which were held up by a sash or a
  drawstring.
• Ladies wore a long linen dress. It could be
  either plain or pleated. Over the dress they wore
  a long woollen tunic. A tunic is like an apron.

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Now I have reached the end of my presentation I
would like to say thank-you for watching it .
The End