This term, we’ll be learning all about the Anglo Saxons and Vikings!
We have already completed our introductory lessons on the Anglo-Saxons and as we know, the era was a fascinating time (but quite difficult to prove/evidence). As we looked at earlier this week, we have seen how the United Kingdom that we live in today has been influenced by the Anglo-Saxons and their kingdoms, as well as where they initially settled. We’ve learned all about the post-Roman migration of the Anglo-Saxons, the reasons they came and the impact they had on Britons who lived here at the time. We’ll continue to delve into the life of a typical Anglo Saxon, learn more about the kingdoms they created, Anglo Saxon kings such as Alfred the Great and the traces of Anglo Saxon Britain that are still here today.
In addition to this, we’ll be analysing the artefacts found in Sutton Hoo and begin to consider what these can tell us about life in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
A couple of hundred years after the Anglo Saxons migrated here, the Vikings arrived and we’ll be looking at their impact too!
Your homework includes curriculum work linked to this topic and this week. I’d like you to come up with three interesting facts you know about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings as well as three questions you have about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Write your 3 facts and 3 questions into the comments below and we can share our knowledge and questions in class – perhaps we can answer each other’s questions here in this blog!
I look forward to finding out what you come up with.
I am so excited to learn more about The Anglo Saxons and the Vikings! So here are my facts about theam and questions!
My three facts:
1. Did you know that the Anglo Saxons made the days of the weeks but they were spelt differently:
Monday-Monandæg
Tuesday-Tiwesdæg
Wednesday-Wodnesdæg
Thursday-Ðunresdæg
Friday-Fridedæg
Saturday-Sæternesdæg
Sunday-Sunandæg
2.So we already know that the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain but which ones?
Well, most people were farmers because people believed that since there was bad weather and flooding they couldn’t farm properly so farmers moved to Britain to make better crops and food to have a balanced diet.
3. Speaking about balanced diets, Anglo -Saxons had a very balanced diet. They ate meat from hunting animals and vegetables from farming. Unlike Henry VIII, he ate more meats than vegetables.
My three questions are:
When did the Vikings invade and how did the Saxons react?
Did the Vikings only use axes because in the video we watched it said that some guys with an axe came?
Did the Vikings sucsessfully invade the Anglo Saxons?