Migration L7 – Why Did the Vikings Migrate?

This lesson contains:
A starter to check previous learning. You can edit this to suit whatever you have previously taught.
A short story to introduce the Vikings during their first visit to Britain as raiders. There are some discussion aspects of the story on the slides afterwards to engage the students. This is followed by a teacher explanation of the Vikings, how they travelled and where they raided and invaded.
An activity to read a historian’s quote about the Vikings and for students to assess, based on the quotation, whether they really were raiders or invaders.
A larger task for students to study a series of shorter quotes from historians about the reasons why the Viking may have chosen to settle in England. Students use this to complete a list of the different reasons, and then identify push and pull reasons.
A plenary to compare the Viking invasion to the Saxon invasion and draw links and contrasts between them. If you haven’t taught the Saxons, you can always amend this to be a recall task.
 
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