Viking Ships

Viking Ships

Large

Merchant Ships

Knorr

Longships

Drekkar

Snekke

Skied

BusseSmall

Byrding

Karve

Activity 1

• Think about what life would have been like on a Viking ship. Write down your ideas in the boxes

• What would you see, hear, smell, taste, touch?

• Be ready to share with the class/those next to you

Activity 2The Viking Ship Museum is holding a competition to design a new exhibit on Viking ships for people your age.

1. Use the model making materials to make a model of a DrakkarLongship and a Knorr Merchant ship.

2. Write a label for the exhibit comparing the features of each.• Propulsion• Width and length• Defensive features• Purpose

3. Write a label for the exhibit briefly describing the importance of ships to the Viking way of life.