vikings

Venture into the fascinating world of Vikings. Chock full of captivating stories of battles and intriguing details about the lives of Vikings, the types of lives they led, and the culture of their worlds. This book is perfect for even reluctant readers. RI: Consistent text structures, Real-world examples and archaeology, WWWW and H, multiple readings, stories and profiles, block text and information summaries, fact summaries, statistics and tables, , labelled diagrams and words, RF quizzes, tables, labelled photos, bolded texts, visual organization tools etc. W: Compare/Contrast, timelines, Then/Now perspectives, Stat tables, SL Decoded words, text structured consistently, L text scaled, lower to higher complexity.

An account of the Vikings and their age, drawing from interpretations of archaeological evidence to provide information about the geographical areas of the Viking world, and tracing their history from the eighth through the eleventh century.

Solveig sets out to find her father, who has joined the Viking warriors on their way to Constantinople.

In eleventh-century northern England, Frytha, a young Saxon girl left orphaned and homeless by a Norman raid, finds refuge in the Lake District stonghold of Jarl Buthar, a Norse leader determined to resist the invading Normans at all cost.

Uhtred, having helped the Saxon king Alfred defeat the Danes, heads for Dunholm intending to free his stepsister who is being held prisoner in the Danish stronghold, and along the way falls in with Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria, who has much to learn from Uhtred about battle, politics, and the ways of a monarch.

Chronicles the history of the Vikings from the eighth century through the twelfth, discussing violent conquests and cultural achievements from settlements in Scandinavia, Kievan Rus, Iceland, Greenland, and North America, and more.

Thorgils Leifsson, the orphan son of an Irish noblewoman with second sight, is raised in Iceland and Greenland by mentors who teach him the ancient ways and warn him of an invasion by a White Christ, and when the prophecy seems to be coming true, Thorgils must use all his skill to protect himself and his land.

Finding himself in the ninth century once again, twenty-first century teenager Zack Gilman journeys to Asgard, the home of the Viking gods in search of a treasure.

Investigates the odyssey of the Viking which took place five hundred years before Columbus by following the route their long boats took from Norway to present-day Newfoundland.

Presents a close look at the history, design, construction, and life aboard Viking sailing ships between the 9th and 11th centuries. (50 MIN.).