Here are some other interesting facts they learned about the vikings:
- The Vikings were people from Scandinavia. Today, these countries are known as Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Around 400 AD, they began to make frequent raids by boat into Europe, even going into the Mediterranean Sea and raiding Sicily and southern Italy.
- The Vikings were very good sailors. They built boats that were very long and narrow. They were called longships or dragonships, because they had giant wood carvings of dragons that were displayed at the front of the boat. The dragon was used so that people would be frightened. Each longboat could carry over 100 people.
- Many people think of the Vikings as always wearing big helmets with horns. Actually, there was one Viking helmet found in Norway, and it didn’t have any horns..
- Leif Erickson was one of the important Viking leaders. He was the one that led the Viking sailors over to the land now known as America
Third Class created the beautiful longboats below after hearing about the exciting journeys the vikings made all over the world! The boats involved a few steps:
- First, they painted the sea background using a blue, green and white colours! Sponges were used to create the effect of the sea.
- Secondly, they created their boats using paper and colouring pencils. They ships have a distinctive shape which we see below. The children also drew circles to create the shields the viking warriors attached to the sides of their boats.
- The final stage involved sticking the boats together! We hope you like them!
