A study of Ragnar Lothbrok the great warrior through the SBS series Vikings (Learning Resources)

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1. List ten facts you remember about Vikings already.

2. What else would you like to know?

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You cannot watch the SBS film VIKINGS unless you have parent permission and your own copy.

However you may consider further how you want to present your study of Vikings and begin work on your project.

This may be a ZINE, a model, an illustrated text.

Do you have other ideas for this?

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VIKINGS SBS FILM VIEWING

Answers and ideas related to the overall theme : VIKINGS - barbarians or adventurers?

How does this film add to your understanding of the Vikings?

Are they either barbaric or adventurers, or both?

Did the times they lived in mean they had to be tough and at times harsh?

Was the world of the Viking only one in which the strongest survived?

Construct your own questions if you have any and share with the class.

For example, did Ragnar Lothbrok really exist?

How has our world changed if it has?

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MAIN SCENES (available in power point as well as film)

1. THE BATTLE SCENE AT THE BEGINNING

2. RAGNAR'S FAMILY

3. TAKING HIS SON TO THE 'THING'

4. RAGNAR SHOWS HIS BROTHER ROLLO THE COMPASS

5. RAGNAR'S DESIRE TO SAIL FURTHER AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE EARL

6. MEETING FLOKI THE BUILDER OF THE LONGSHIP

7. TESTING THE BOAT ON THE SEA

8. SETTING SAIL AND THE MASSACRE AT LINDISFARNE

REFLECTIONS

1 Which scenes bring alive the challenges facing the Vikings in crossing the oceans to new lands?

2. What qualities does Ragnar represent about the Viking warrior?

3. Were the women also strong and independent?

4. Anything else you wish to discuss or take note of?