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THE VIKING CHALLENGE BY 296TH BIRMINGHAM (ST. MICHAEL’S) BROWNIES THE RESOURCE PACK Please note all links were correct and working at the time of making the resource pack, if they have expired we apologise you have reached the end your challenge You have sailed the seas, found treasure and traded your way across the world! You have You have met battled your the Gods and way through goddesses, becoming a explored the strong shield nine worlds, maiden! odin would be proud YOu have looked after your home, made useful and beautiful items The gods are proud and invite you to feast with them in valhalla among the greatest of warriors! Hands off!! Hands off!! This Hoard belongs to: This Hoard belongs to: Printable bag labels SECTION 1 THE VIKINGS RESOURCES General good information link with videos and easy explanations http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/ztyr9j6 Useful Information/worksheets http://www.longship.co.uk/downloads.htm Viking Map Board Game Follow the link below for instructions and a printable to play a viking trading board game. http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/ geographymaps-games/documents/vikingvoyages_color.pdf Interactive Viking Training School game http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/play/discover-the-vikings/vikings- training-school Get the warrior... ... to his longboat!! 296th Birmingham Brownies - Viking Challenge Viking Quiz!! 1. Name the type of ship Vikings used to travel. _______________________________________________________________ 2. What is the Vikings alphabet wrote in? _______________________________________________________________ 3. Which 3 (modern) countries are associated with vikings? _______________________________________________________________ 4.What is Thor the God of? _______________________________________________________________ 5. Name the most important God to the vikings. _______________________________________________________________ 6. What would you expect to find in a viking hoard? _______________________________________________________________ 7. where do brave warriors who die in battle go? _______________________________________________________________ 8. name three things vikings would trade. _______________________________________________________________ 9. What connects all 9 worlds world in viking myth? _______________________________________________________________ 10. name the mythical drink that transoms you into a scholar or poet _______________________________________________________________ 11. What would you find in the middle of a viking longhouse? _______________________________________________________________ 12. what year did the viking era in europe start? _______________________________________________________________ 13. Where in britain did a famous viking invasion happen? _______________________________________________________________ 14. Who lived in the world known as midgard? _______________________________________________________________ 15. NAme 3 things a viking would have worn in battle. _______________________________________________________________ Viking Quiz Answers 1. LONGBOAT _______________________________________________________________ 2. RUNES _______________________________________________________________ 3. NORWAY, SWEDEN AND FINLAND _______________________________________________________________ 4.GOD OF WAR _______________________________________________________________ 5. ODIN _______________________________________________________________ 6. TREASURE, GOLD, JEWELS, MONEY ETC _______________________________________________________________ 7. VALAHALLA _______________________________________________________________ 8. silver, silk, spices, jewellery, wine, glass, potery etc _______________________________________________________________ 9. A TREE _______________________________________________________________ 10. MEAD OF POETRY _______________________________________________________________ 11.A LARGE FIRE _______________________________________________________________ 12. 700AD _______________________________________________________________ 13. lindisfarne/nothumbria _______________________________________________________________ 14. Humans _______________________________________________________________ 15. sword, axe, shield, helmet, _______________________________________________________________ 296th Birmingham Brownies - Viking Challenge Viking Codes! Crack the viking code! 296th Birmingham Brownies - Viking Challenge Interactive Rune Writing! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/write- your-name-in-runes.html SECTION 2 NORSE MYTHOLOGY RESOURCES Get to know the Gods and Goddesses! ODIN ODIN Father to all the Norse Gods. He can travel across any of the 9 worlds. Has 2 ravens which tell him everything that’s going on. The God of war, death, wisdom and poetry. Loki Loki Known as the trickster God. He is the fire God. The son of 2 giants Tricked his way into becoming a God Cunning, mischievous and as time went on he became more nasty. Thor Thor The God of War Has a battle chariot pulled by 2 goats. Considered to be one of the most important and famous of the Norse Gods. Wields a hammer and is very strong and when used creates thunder. freya freya Goddess of love and beauty. Plus she is a warrior goddess known for wisdom and magick! She is the twin sider of Freyr. The day Friday (Frejyasdaeg) is names after her. She is a different race within the Gods known as Vanir. frigga frigga Odin’s wife. Mother of all, and protectress to children. It is said she knows the future but will never speak of it. A sky goddess who weaved the clouds. Mother to Bardr and Hodr freyr freyr God of fertility Known as King of the elves (Alfs) She is the twin brother of Freya. His sacred symbol is the boar. Sometimes considered to be God of success. baldr baldr God of light, joy and innocence. He was popular and loved by men and the gods. Son of Odin and Frigga. He was so handsome and cheerful light shone from him. Killed by the trickster God Loki skadi skadi Goddess of winter. She lived high in the mountains where the snow never disappears. Also Goddess of justice, vengeance and righteousness. She delivers Loki’s punishment to the underworld. Heimdallr Heimdallr He lives in the sky cliffs (Himinbjörg) where the Rainbow bridge is (Birfrost), which leads to Asgard. He can see for hundreds of miles during day and night. Can hear everything, even the grass growing. He has horn which he sounds when intruders approach. Get to know the Gods and Goddesses! - Interactive Story Mischievous Loki, Sif and her Golden Hair When reading the story get the girls to say and do the following actions. Have a run through of them before so they know, you can even split into groups and have each group say one thing so itʼs less for them to remember. Thor - Loud angry noises like thunder, e.g shout and stomp feet Hair - “Swish swish” and shake hair slowly from side to side to show it off. Loki - Giggle and mischievously tap fingers together (making triangle shape) Odin - “Father of all” in deep voice Dwarfs - “Clink clinkʼ Make actions as though forging/hitting metal Gold - “Wow” whispered and wiggling fingers in an arch shape. There are many Viking Gods and Goddesses and I shall tell you a story about some them but before I begin I shall introduce them to you. First we have Thor, the God of war! He was a loud and angry God, with his hammer to command the thunder. Now, despite Thorʼs anger and thirst for war he had a soft side, a lovey-dovey side when it came to his wife Sif. She was the goddess of the Harvest and she was very beautiful with long, flowing, golden hair. Another God in this story is Loki, known as the trickster God. He was so full of trickery he tricked his way into becoming a God! FInally last but not least we have Odin. The main God, who knows everything that goes on thanks to his 2 crows who report back to him everyday. They all live in Asgard, the land of the Gods and now that you know who they are I shall begin a story that started on what seemed like any other day... Now, as you know Sifʼs hair was long, her hair almost reached the ground. It took a lot of looking after, it was thick and flowed all around her. She had washed her hair and combed her hair, Sif never had a bad hair day. She lay down on the grass her hair shining brightly in the sun as she waited for it to dry and waited for Thor to come home. Suddenly she began to feel sleepy, her eyes started closing, she couldnʼt stay awake any longer and she fell into a deep sleep. Loki watched... Loki waited... Loki had a mischievous plan! He knew how much Thor loved that golden hair, and how proud Sif was of it, he smiled a wicked smile. This was his chance to cause havoc and take something from Thor, not just anything, but Thorʼs greatest treasure. He creeped slowly up to Sif who was still sleeping, took out his scissors and began to chop, snip and cut at Sifʼs beautiful golden hair. When he had finished Sifʼs head was bare, there was not one tiny single hair! After a while Sif awoke from her slumber. She felt cold but the sun was still shining, she lifted her head.. it felt very light. She panicked. She reached up to feel her hair, but yes, thatʼs right, there was nothing there!! She ran inside and checked to see if it was really true, when she saw she sobbed and sobbed, making it rain in the corn fields and the other Gods wondering what was happening with Sif. Thor had been away from Asgard, he was looking forward to seeing Sif, but when he got home she was not there. He called her, no answer,
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