School programme
Our curriculum adapted school programme
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Let the pupils become Vikings for a day!
Have you, or are you about to, study the Viking Age at school? VikingaTider offers curriculum adapted educational programmes for school groups where a mix of theory, hands-on practice and playfulness is the key. Welcome to a different history lesson!
We would recommend you to start with our Travelling Viking option where we visit you, and then follow up with Viking for a day, visiting the museum. This will give you a solid foundation ahead of visiting us, allowing the pupils to learn as much as possible.
The landscape around Lödde å and Scania in general is home to much history which can be used to teach in various ways. Having the group read up on the history of the region around the open air museum VikingaTider may be a good start. The museum research group and friend association offers a wealth of material about Scanian history you may use.
Below you may read more about our school programme and the activities we offer you!
Read more about our 4 activities below!
1. Chieftain's council
When the clan of Halvdan returns with inferior blades it causes disagreement among the clans. A council is called by the chieftain to figure out what really happened and who is to blame.
The pupils start the day being divided into two groups to learn about the laws, punishment, norms and etiquette of the Viking Age. After lunch the council begins and the pupils are divided into the five clans who have been called. Now it is time for debate, discussion and finger-pointing to determine who is to blame!
PRICE
Visit you:
3450 SEK /group
+cost of driving
Visit us:
310 SEK/pupil
(min. 3100 SEK)
no VAT
Content
Visit you: Travelling Viking
- Lecture about the Viking Age
- Rune workshop / source criticism
Visit us: Viking for a day
- Law and punishment
- Norms and etiquette
- The council (thing)
- Punishment
2. Secrets of the runes
To understand a people and culture you need to learn their language. Behind every rune stone there is a story, and behind every story there is more insight into the life of the Vikings.
The pupils start by learning runic writing, listening to stories and mythology to learn the secrets hidden behind the runes.
Price
Visit you:
3450 SEK /group
+cost of driving
Visit us:
310 SEK/pupil
(minimum 3100 SEK)
no VAT
Content
Visit you: Travelling Viking
- Lecture about the Viking Age
- Rune workshop
Visit us: Viking for a day
- Rune workshop
- Stories and mythology
- Viking Age weapons
- Herbs and healing arts
3. Viking Age trade and trade routes
The Vikings are widely known as tradesmen. They sailed around large parts of the known world to trade in various treasures. They brought home not only beautiful things, but also games.
PRICE
Visit you:
3450 SEK /group
+cost of driving
Visit us:
310 SEK/pupil
(min. 3100 SEK)
no VAT
Content
Visit you: Travelling Viking
- Lecture about the Viking Age
- Trade and trade routes
- Weights and measurements
Visit us: Viking for a day
- Trade and coins
- Weights and measurements
- Textiles
- Viking Age games
4. Time travel
A full day of various activities. Let the pupils take a trip back in time. When the group arrives they leave their phones and other modernities behind, dress in Viking garbs and enter the time gate back to the time of the Vikings.
With the tales and stories as a compass you discover the mythology of the Vikings, their way of thinking and try your hands at various activities to get an understanding of the everyday life of the Vikings.
PRICE
Visit us:
310 SEK/pupil
(min. 3100 SEK)
no VAT
About the programme contents
Source criticism
Can you trust everything that is written? Which are the reliable sources?
An exciting exercise where you read about a situation that has happened from various perspectives to gain a depper understanding about sources and which to trust.
Viking Age games
Play like the Vikings did! Did people in ancient times have any spare time?
The pupils get to try out various Viking Age games and competitions. We talk about why they played, and who played. It is about physical exercise engaged in by children and adults alike.
Textile workshop
Try your hand at one of the most important tasks of the lady of the house! Dress for the weather, in the Viking way!
Enter our texile house and learn more about the manufacture of textiles and clothes in the Viking Age. Which textiles were used the most? What raw materials were used to produce different colors? Try spinning and carding wool, weaving and slinging your own ribbons in beautiful colors.
Herbs and healing arts
How did you make your headache go away in the Viking Age? Green is good.
In the Viking Age there were no apothecaries for your to visit. They used herbs and other plants found in nature to heal and medicate.
Viking Age weapons
Try shooting a bow. What weapons were used in the Viking Age, and by whom?
Could everyone afford a sword? What did a Viking Age helmet really look like, and how heavy is a chainmail? How did they use the bow and arrow?
Tales & mythology
Have a seat and listen to a tale! What did people believe in the past?
Our storyteller will bring you into the world of tales, telling you of the form and function of tales and sagas during the Viking Age. We will speak of the storyteller's role as the bringer of news.
Rune workshop
Learn to write as a Viking! Viking Age SMS, those did not exist - or did they?
How did you reach someone you could not meet face to face during the Viking Age? Together we will explore the mystical runes and learn to carve secret messages.
