This is a copy of a web quest that I created for students to learn information about the Vikings. This is a copy of the Google Document that was sent to students.
Name:
Follow the directions exactly as they are found on this document.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/
1. Before exploring anything from the website, list one fact from the discussion we had about the Vikings.
Now, take a look at the website. There is a timeline above the yellow banner. Each yellow diamond represents an important event in Viking history.
2. Write the event that occurred in the year AD 793.
3. How many years after the time that King Alfred defeated the Vikings did the Vikings establish rule over the north of Scotland?
Click on the blue link that says Who were the Vikings?
4. What does 'Viking' mean in the 'Old Norse'?
5. In AD 787, three Viking ships landed in southern England. What's another name for this kind of ship?
6. Why were monasteries easy raiding targets for Vikings? Use complete sentences.
7. How far west did the Vikings explore? How far east did the Vikings explore?
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Then click on Family life.
8. If you were a Viking boy named Mark and your father was named Erik, what would your full name be?
9. In Viking society, which coin would hold more value: a gold coin that weighed 12 ounces or a silver one that weighed 16 ounces? Explain why in complete sentences.
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
10. Under which link would you be most likely to find out information about Norse gods and
goddesses?
Click on Vikings at sea
11. Why do you think that people on dragon-ships would get nauseous often?
12. Why would the Vikings want to sail as close to the coast as possible?
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Click on Vikings at home
13. Would you be more likely to find a Viking in an urban or rural area? Explain why.
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Click on Trade and exploration
14. Explain why the country known as Greenland could have been called Iceland using complete sentences.
15. What was the name of the Iceland Viking who traveled to Greenland? What kind of people did he hope would go to Iceland with him?
16. In 1001, Leif Ericsson sailed west to find a new land. Who was he, what land was he trying to discover, and was he the first Viking to land there?
17. List three similarities between Christopher Columbus and the Vikings.
1.
2.
3.
The above web quest demonstrates that I have fulfilled domain B5 by communicating effectively using a media communication technique while teaching. Instead of having students hear me lecture on the Vikings, instead, I communicated information on the Vikings through the technology of a Google Document. While the directions were given technologically in the document, I also verbally gave instructions about the quest and how to complete it.
Name:
Follow the directions exactly as they are found on this document.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/
1. Before exploring anything from the website, list one fact from the discussion we had about the Vikings.
Now, take a look at the website. There is a timeline above the yellow banner. Each yellow diamond represents an important event in Viking history.
2. Write the event that occurred in the year AD 793.
3. How many years after the time that King Alfred defeated the Vikings did the Vikings establish rule over the north of Scotland?
Click on the blue link that says Who were the Vikings?
4. What does 'Viking' mean in the 'Old Norse'?
5. In AD 787, three Viking ships landed in southern England. What's another name for this kind of ship?
6. Why were monasteries easy raiding targets for Vikings? Use complete sentences.
7. How far west did the Vikings explore? How far east did the Vikings explore?
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Then click on Family life.
8. If you were a Viking boy named Mark and your father was named Erik, what would your full name be?
9. In Viking society, which coin would hold more value: a gold coin that weighed 12 ounces or a silver one that weighed 16 ounces? Explain why in complete sentences.
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
10. Under which link would you be most likely to find out information about Norse gods and
goddesses?
Click on Vikings at sea
11. Why do you think that people on dragon-ships would get nauseous often?
12. Why would the Vikings want to sail as close to the coast as possible?
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Click on Vikings at home
13. Would you be more likely to find a Viking in an urban or rural area? Explain why.
Click on the back browser or on the blue link that says Vikings index.
Click on Trade and exploration
14. Explain why the country known as Greenland could have been called Iceland using complete sentences.
15. What was the name of the Iceland Viking who traveled to Greenland? What kind of people did he hope would go to Iceland with him?
16. In 1001, Leif Ericsson sailed west to find a new land. Who was he, what land was he trying to discover, and was he the first Viking to land there?
17. List three similarities between Christopher Columbus and the Vikings.
1.
2.
3.
The above web quest demonstrates that I have fulfilled domain B5 by communicating effectively using a media communication technique while teaching. Instead of having students hear me lecture on the Vikings, instead, I communicated information on the Vikings through the technology of a Google Document. While the directions were given technologically in the document, I also verbally gave instructions about the quest and how to complete it.
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