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4 outdoor lessons for teaching vikings

KS2 Vikings

Take your KS2 class on an action-packed outdoor history adventure exploring Viking invasions, battles, and daily life through hands-on re-enactments and settlement-building. Pupils will develop chronological understanding, strategic thinking, and historical inquiry skills, making learning immersive, engaging, and unforgettable.

Lesson Plans

Describing the Viking invasions

Engage your KS2 class in an exciting outdoor history lesson as they explore the Viking invasions and raids on Britain. Through hands-on activities, pupils will strengthen their chronological understanding and develop historical inquiry skills, making learning both compelling and memorable.

Learning objective:

To describe the Viking invasions and raids on Britain.

Understanding battle tactics

Engage your KS2 class in an exciting outdoor history lesson as they explore how a Viking and Anglo-Saxon battle would have unfolded. Through hands-on re-enactment, pupils will deepen their historical understanding and develop strategic thinking, making learning active, immersive, and unforgettable.

Learning objective:

To describe how a Viking and Anglo-Saxon battle would have taken place.

Identifying why the Viking were successful invaders

Challenge your KS2 class with an exciting outdoor history lesson as they uncover the secrets behind Viking success in their invasions. By building and exploring Viking longboats, pupils will develop historical understanding and sharpen critical thinking about military strategies, making learning hands-on, engaging, and memorable.

Learning objective:

To identify what made the Vikings successful in their invasions.

Exploring Viking life

Lead your KS2 class in an exciting outdoor history lesson, where they actively recreate a Viking settlement and delve into daily life. This hands-on approach builds crucial historical understanding and fosters teamwork, providing a truly compelling and effective learning experience.

Learning objective:

To recreate a Viking settlement and describe Viking life.

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