Unit 3. What makes people travel?
Vikings - visitors or invaders?
What do we know about groups of people who have come to Northern Ireland in the past? Ask the pupils to discuss the difference between an invader and a visitor? Ask the pupils what they know about the Vikings, who they were, where did they come from and why did they come to Ireland? What happened when they arrived?
What do we know about them?
- Â鶹Éç Education: [article]
- Â鶹Éç history: [article & Flash activities]
- PBS Â [external link: articles & video]
Listen to the following programmes clips to find out about the Vikings in Ireland. Ask the pupils to research whether the Vikings left any evidence of their presence in Ireland through place names and surnames.
In order to see this content you need to have both enabled and installed. Visit for full instructions
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Raiders From the North: Who were the Vikings?
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Raiders From the North: Bangor Monastery
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Vikings in Ireland: Viking Raids
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Vikings in Ireland: Viking Names
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Raiders From the North: Interview with a Viking 1
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: Raiders From the North: Interview with a Viking 2
- Â鶹Éç TANDY: [Flash activity & PDF]
Comments
or to comment.