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Website
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Who Were the Vikings?

For Students 2nd - 6th
Find out who the Viking were and where they came from. Learn where the Vikings settled in Britain and what life was like in the Danelaw.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Anglo Saxon England

For Students 9th - 10th
In the fifth century C.E., people from tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their homelands in northern Europe to look for a new home. They knew that the Romans had recently left the green land of Britain unguarded, so they sailed...
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Article
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Earliest World History in English

For Students 9th - 10th
This article considers what we can learn from the Old English Orosius about the Anglo-Saxons and their relationship to the wider world.
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Primary
University of Alberta

University of Alberta: Canon of John Lydgate Project: Vikings and King Edmund

For Students 9th - 10th
Two brief excerpts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the Parker version, in both English and Old English) that relate the Viking incursion into East Anglia and the slaying of King Edmund, later venerated as a saint and martyr.
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Activity
Other

Wiwhc: Documenting Women's Lives Anglo Saxon England

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting activity using excerpts from a variety of primary sources to have students draw conclusions about the lives of women in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Anglo Saxons of England

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the origins of the English people and monarchy on this site that contains information about the Anglo-Saxons during the Middle Ages and Medieval times.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Anglo Saxons in the Middle Ages

For Students 3rd - 8th
A history quiz over the Anglo-Saxons during the Middle Ages.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
History of the famous 14th Century English poet and bureucrat, Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote the well known, Canterbury Tales. Includes teacher resources.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Edward the Confessor

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids presents a history of Edward the Confessor, an Anglo-Saxon King of England, stepson of Canute the Great, and the last king from the House of Wessex. Site includes resources for teachers.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Edward the Black Prince

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids presents an overview of the life and rule of Edward of Woodstock, also known to history as the Black Prince, who is famous for his military might and his victories over the French during th Middle Ages. Links to teacher...
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Alfred the Great

For Students 3rd - 7th
History of Alfred the Great, who was an Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex in England, reigning from 871-899 AD. Site includes links to activities, worksheets and quizzes.
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Handout
Britain Express

Britian Express: Anglo Saxon Life Kinship and Lordship

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the Anglo-Saxon's social obligation, the King's powers, the King and religion, Wergilds, and the women's role.