Curated OER
Vikings In America
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the "Vikings Of America" and conduct research using a variety of resources. They view the video to create the context for the lesson. Students use the video as an opportunity for class...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The First Europeans
The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is solid evidence -- were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985. In 1001 his son Leif is...
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Vikings
This site, a companion to the NOVA program on PBS, examines the Vikings and whether or not their reputation as "barbarians" is founded. Content includes a look at a Viking Village, the Norse people, Viking ships, the Viking alphabet, and...
PBS
Pbs: The Vikings Explore a Viking Village
This PBS website has information and video clips of a reconstructed Viking Village that you can tour online.
Other
University of Victoria: Where Is Vinland? Norse Profiling
This WebQuest is a critical thinking challenge for students, ages 11-14. The task will require students to help anthropologists interpret a piece of Viking writing carved on a rock. Studying documents related to Norse culture, politics,...
Other
United States Naval Academy: Kings and Kingdoms of England and France
This comprehensive resource covers all the highlights of history (wars, kings, famine) in England and France between 973-1350. Organized by dates, this site includes links to primary source documents, maps, and artwork from this time...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center
Tour this Smithsonian site and learn about the cultures of the North Pacific Rim and arctic wildlife in this site. This site provides virtual tours, videos, and music!
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:the Middle Ages:the Beginning and an End:the Norman Invasion
This lesson from a Middle Ages Literature unit focuses on the Norman Invasion of 1066 and the impact it had on the English language. It discusses the events leading up to the changes from the Anglo-Saxon Old English to Middle English...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Middle Ages: Chivalry and Courtly Love
This lesson focuses on Chivalry and Courtly Love in the literary works of the Middle Ages. It includes a list of the vows of chivalry and the rules of courtly love. It features links to information about Medieval Europe, the Vikings, the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Viking Ship Design Challenge
In this design challenge, students learn about the Vikings from an engineering point-of-view. While investigating the history and anatomy of Viking ships, they learn how engineering solutions are shaped by the surrounding environment and...
PBS
Pbs: The Vikings Secrets of Norse Ships
This PBS website describes and explains how the Vikings built and designed their ships so that they could sail long distances.
Other
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark
Set sail with the Vikings. Tour the Danish Viking Ship Museum site for ships, maritime crafts and learn about ship reconstruction.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
This interactive site explores Viking history. It shares who the Vikings were, their archaeology, and literature. Students can use their mouse to travel Viking routes and learn about places the Vikings went. Also, students can listen to...
Other
Viking Network: The Viking Age in Ireland
Excellent resource for finding information on the Viking Age in Ireland. By clicking on a title, you can read articles on various subjects all relating to Vikings.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Education: Viking Ships
The Mariners' Museum provides a history of Viking ships, explorers and their discoveries.
Other
Replicas of Nordic Ships
This website has information about Nordic ships and replicas. There are descriptions, photos and drawings aplenty at this site.
Other
American Journeys: The Children of Eric the Red Explore the West [Pdf]
A lengthy lesson plan about the Norse encounters with indigenous people of North America by examining two sets of stories handed down through history by Vikings. [pdf]
BBC
Bbc: History: Vikings
Who doesn't love to learn about Vikings? Learn the truth about their warrior side as well as their need to farm and settle. Information on their religion, food, weapons, warfare, money, and family life. For fun, see if Viking blood flows...
Sacred Text Archive
The Norse Discovery of America
Collections of bits and pieces of lore and fact relating to the exploration of Nova Scotia and North America. Author promises "Bone-chilling stories," of Vikings!
Sacred Text Archive
Sacred Texts: Old Norse Poems
A collection of Old Norse non-Skaldic poems, not included in the poetic Edda, which flourished in the Scandinavian North around the time before and after Christ.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Explorers: The Vikings
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery people, the Vikings.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Vikings: L'anse Aux Meadows
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery place, the Vikings'...
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Viking Mystery Solved
Archeologists discovered a sunstone used by Vikings to navigate the seas. This article explains what a sunstone is and how it works.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Vikings
Wikipedia, a free open-source encyclopedia, offers a detailed article on Vikings. Content includes Viking etymology.