Vikings in the North of Maine?
Vikings in the North of Maine?
A group of amateur archeologists has just unearthed a major find along the coast of northern Maine. They believe that they have found the remains of a viking settlement. This site is in pristine condition, so they have asked the Smithsonian Institute to send a team of experts to the site to determine its authenticity. Your team has been selected to go. It will be your job to examine the site, and its artifacts, to see if they represent a real viking village.
Your team will need to draw upon your years of experience, as viking scholars, in order to reconstruct this settlement. The Smithsonian has asked you to create a 3-dimensional diorama, of the village, and to write an 6 to 8 page summary of your findings. You will be presenting these to the Museums Board of Directors. You must convince the Board of the site's validity, so that they will give you a research grant to continue working there.
1. You will be assigned to a team of 4 student experts.
2. Each team member will take on the role, and duties, of one of these experts. The team will consist of an historian, an anthropologist, a theologian, and a linguist. (When you have read about your job, you may click on your job title to return here).
3. Once you have chosen your role, click on your job title to see what your responsibilities are.
4. Using the resource links provided, create your part of the summary. Remember. The entire summary will be presented to the Board. You may use the links on the endpage, for additional resources, if needed.
5. After all of your research is done, and your summaries are written, get together for a team meeting to evaluate your work. (You should use the set of criteria, which were put together by the Chairman of the Board, to do this evaluation).
6. Once you have completed your team's evaluation, combine your for sections into one well-written summary.
7. Now it is time to create your 3-dimensional diorama of the viking settlement. What does it look like. What did you find there that convinced you of its authenticity? (Use labels to identify the things that you have discovered at the site).
8. It is finally time to go before the Board of Directors to present your findings. Don't be nervous. They probably don't know half as much as you do about the vikings! Good luck to you all!!
9. As you present your findings, the Chairman of the Board will evaluate your project. This evaluation will be based upon the same criteria that you used in your self-evaluation.
(Click on the blue words to find information about each topic)
Historian: (Studies and records events that have happened in the past).
1. Write a brief biography on a famous viking. (2-3 paragraphs).
.......King Canute, Leif the Lucky, Eric the Red, Famous Vikings
2. Create a timeline of the Viking Age.
.......Timeline.
3. Find a graphic or photo, from a website, to include in your section. This must have something to do with one of your topics.
Anthropologist:(Studies and records the physical, cultural, and social relationships of man).
1. Write a brief description of one viking game or sport. You may try to recreate a viking game, if you are in a creative mood. (2-3 paragraphs).
2. Pretend that you are catering a viking banquet. Create a menu for it. Include recipes for the dishes included on the menu.
3. Find a graphic or photo, from a website, to include in your section. This must have something to do with one of your topics.
Theologian: (Studies and records the religious beliefs and doctrines of various cultures).
1. Write a brief description of a viking god. (2-3 paragraphs).
.......Gods1,
2. Create a graphic organizer to explain the levels on which gods, giants, fallen warriors, men, etc... lived, according to the Aesir religion.
3. Find a graphic or photo, from a website, to include in your section. This must have something to do with one of your topics.
Linguist: (Studies and records information about the languages of mankind).
1. Write a Brief description of viking runes and where they came from.
.......Runes1
2. Recreate, and explain the meanings of the 16 characters (runes), of the Nordic Futhark. Create a chart to show how you and your teams names look in Nordic Fathurk.
.......Runes2
3. Find a graphic or photo, from a website, to include in your section. This must have something to do with one of your topics.
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