Who Were the Vikings – And Why Were They So Fierce? (Teach This Topic)

This guide supports a home-educating parent teaching the completed lesson about Viking identity, society, seafaring, warfare, trade, settlement and historical evidence. It highlights the key distinctions learners need in order to understand why the Vikings gained a fierce reputation. It also provides a manageable teaching sequence, checks, adaptations, one classification activity, an optional challenge and a final knowledge check with answers.