A presentation about runes and Ancient Norse writing with an art activity for children to make their own runestones. Tied loosely to the book, Enthralled: A Viking Saga, but reading the book is unnecessary to understand the resource.

A short presentation about viking longhouses with an activity in which children sketch and label their own version of a longhouse, with two levels of scaffolding. Tied loosely to the book, Enthralled: A Viking Saga, but reading the book is unnecessary to understand the resource.

A short presentation to put the vikings in historical context, with a brief whole-class timeline activity.

A detailed presentation about Norse society structure: Jarls, Karls and Thralls, with a focus on thralls (slaves). Information about conjunctions and a writing task in which they are the thrall from Ch. 5 of Enthralled: A Viking Saga. Heavy scaffolding for the task as a starter or as support for students who would struggle is included. Tied loosely to the book, Enthralled: A Viking Saga, some adaptation may be needed if you don’t have the book.

A planning sheet for a creative writing exercise about children going back in time. There is room for vocab planning (e.g. alliteration, similes etc.) as well as story and character planning. Tied loosely to the book, Enthralled: A Viking Saga, but reading the book is unnecessary to understand the resource.

A presentation about Norse oil lamps with instructions for how to make your own version. Use of fire. Adult supervision required.

A short, fun presentation in which students can try to spot the historical anachronism and learn about what technology the vikings had access to. Tied loosely to the book, Enthralled: A Viking Saga, but reading the book is unnecessary to understand the resource.