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	Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their '''[[Longship\|Longships]]'''. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by oars and their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.		Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their '''[[Viking Longship\|Longships]]'''. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by oars and their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.


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	Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: '''[[Viking Longhouse\|Longhouses]]''', '''[[Longship\|Longships]]''', Jewellery, '''[[Hnefetafi Game\|Board Games]]''' and '''[[Weaving]]'''.		Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: '''[[Viking Longhouse\|Longhouses]]''', '''[[Viking Longship\|Longships]]''', Jewellery, '''[[Hnefetafi Game\|Board Games]]''' and '''[[Weaving]]'''.

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	Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their '''[[Longship\|Longships]]'''. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.		Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their '''[[Longship\|Longships]]'''. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by oars and their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.

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	Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their ~~longships~~. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.		Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their '''[[Longship\|Longships]]'''. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.


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	Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: Longships~~, Longhouses~~, Jewellery, Board Games and Weaving.		Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: '''[[Viking Longhouse\|Longhouses]]''', '''[[Longship\|Longships]]''', Jewellery, '''[[Hnefetafi Game\|Board Games]]''' and '''[[Weaving]]'''.

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	Initially they raided and pillaged areas around them and returned home with their 'spoils' but later they settled and built colonies in the lands they conquered - attacking York ''(aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York '''Jorvik'''])'' for example, on November 1st 866. At the beginning of the 10th century the French king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple Charles III], gave them land in the hope they would stop attacking France. This we now know as Normandy and is from where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans '''Normans'''], who were descendants of the Vikings, invaded England in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England '''1066'''].		Initially they raided and pillaged areas around them and returned home with their 'spoils' but later they settled and built colonies in the lands they conquered - attacking York ''(aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York '''Jorvik'''])'' for example, on November 1st 866. By the 9th century they ruled over most of northern and eastern England whilst the south and west was under the control of the Saxon kIng [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great '''Alfred the Great''']. The treaties, which established peace between the two kingdoms, later became known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw '''Danelaw'''].


			At the beginning of the 10th century the French king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple Charles III], gave them land in the hope they would stop attacking France. This we now know as Normandy and is from where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans '''Normans'''], who were descendants of the Vikings, invaded England in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England '''1066'''].

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	Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: Longships, Longhouses, Jewellery, Board Games and Weaving.		Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: Longships, Longhouses, Jewellery, Board Games and Weaving.

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	[[File:Viking Expansion.svg\|right\|500px\|Viking Expansion]]		[[File:Viking Expansion.svg\|right\|500px\|Viking Expansion]]
	[[File:Drakkar (Larousse - detail - nave 02) A Brun.jpg\|right\|500px\|Drakkar (Larousse - detail - nave 02) A Brun]]		[[File:Drakkar (Larousse - detail - nave 02) A Brun.jpg\|right\|500px\|Drakkar (Larousse - detail - nave 02) A Brun]]
	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings '''Vikings'''] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen '''Norsemen'''], meaning ''‘people from the North’'', a [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples#Migration_Period Germanic] tribe originating in Asia who conquered and occupied the Scandinavian countries we now know as Norway, Sweden and Denmark.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings '''Vikings'''] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen '''Norsemen'''], meaning ''‘people from the North’'', a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples#Migration_Period Germanic] tribe originating in Asia who conquered and occupied the Scandinavian countries we now know as Norway, Sweden and Denmark.


	Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their longships. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.		Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their longships. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.


	Initially they raided and pillaged areas around them and returned home with their 'spoils' but later they settled and built colonies in the lands they conquered - attacking York ''(aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York '''Jorvik'''])'' for example, on November 1st 866. At the beginning of the 10th century the French king, [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple Charles III], gave them land in the hope they would stop attacking France. This we now know as Normandy and is from where the [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans '''Normans'''], who were descendants of the Vikings, invaded England in [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England '''1066'''].		Initially they raided and pillaged areas around them and returned home with their 'spoils' but later they settled and built colonies in the lands they conquered - attacking York ''(aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York '''Jorvik'''])'' for example, on November 1st 866. At the beginning of the 10th century the French king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple Charles III], gave them land in the hope they would stop attacking France. This we now know as Normandy and is from where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans '''Normans'''], who were descendants of the Vikings, invaded England in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England '''1066'''].

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings '''Vikings'''] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen '''Norsemen'''], meaning ''‘people from the North’'', a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples#Migration_Period Germanic] tribe originating in Asia who conquered and occupied the Scandinavian countries we now know as Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their longships. These had a very shallow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull) '''Draft'''] which meant they could be rowed up shallow rivers as well as across the sea, powered by their large square woollen sail. They had travelled as far as Canada some 500 years before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus] 'discovered' America.

Initially they raided and pillaged areas around them and returned home with their 'spoils' but later they settled and built colonies in the lands they conquered - attacking York ''(aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York '''Jorvik'''])'' for example, on November 1st 866. At the beginning of the 10th century the French king, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple Charles III], gave them land in the hope they would stop attacking France. This we now know as Normandy and is from where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans '''Normans'''], who were descendants of the Vikings, invaded England in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England '''1066'''].

But the Vikings were also farmers, fishermen, trappers and traders. Viking craftsmen made beautiful objects out of wood, metal and bone; Viking women were skilful weavers, producing fine, warm textiles.

Viking history provides an excellent context for '''[[Design and Technology]]''' activities including: Longships, Longhouses, Jewellery, Board Games and Weaving.

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