In Drama we were making ourselves into all sorts of Viking shapes.
Here is out longship. Check out the fearsome dragon head!
Remember the tasks that Mr Giles has set us...
What can you find out about the currency Vikings used?
How much do you think the things on the stalls should be sold for?
Don't forget to practise your sales pitch!
Post a comment on any information you find about the currency.
Some tricky balancing going on here, you all look to be cooperating well together and have made an impressive viking ship. Caroline(Laura's mum)
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun with Mr Giles, using our bodies to create Viking accessories. I think our group worked really well together.
ReplyDeleteFraser
It was very fun but you had to think hard about what a viking long ship looked like! We had to cooperate with each other in order for it work!
ReplyDeleteLaura
I found it really fun. It was quite tricky as well because we all had to choose our parts and agree what we were going to do. I was the Dragon head with Joe. At first Mr Giles said we weren't scary enough and I can't be very scary but besides that I
ReplyDeletereally enjoyed iT.
Erin p5
The Viking used chopped up jewellery and coins from other countries for buying e.g Leather goods, Viking Long ships and other types of stuff.
ReplyDeleteErin P5
Thanks for that information, Erin. Apart from the BBC website that told us about the jewellery, can you tell us your other sources of information?
DeleteI am glad that many of you enjoyed the activities. There is lots more fun and learning to come! I really enjoy doing drama activities with you all.
ReplyDeleteMost viking traders worked by barter exchanging goods from their homeland e.g wool, honey, fish, tin, wheat etc for things they wanted from foreign lands e.g spices, glass and most importantly silver. Coins came into use by the end of the 10th century and were widely used from then on.
ReplyDeleteEarly coins were valued only for their weight in silver or gold and were used alongside other precious metals and jewellery to buy things. Coins and jewellery were often cut up into pieces as they were valued by weight. The heavier the coin the more valuable it was. Often traders carried a set of scales to weigh the coins or jewellery before trading could take place.
Laura
This is really interesting information, Laura, and will be useful for the market activity next week. Thanks for taking the time. Where did you do your research?
DeleteI really enjoyed trying to make shapes and the long ship with our bodies. We had to work realy well together.
ReplyDeleteStephanie
Most of the information was from bbc website and answers.yahoo.com.
ReplyDeleteErin Thain P5
Thanks for taking the time to find out, Erin.
DeleteI found my information from an encyclopedia that mum's got and by using the following web sites:1. wiki answers.com 2. www viking.no/e/heritage/en-money html 3.answers.yahoo.com 4. lore and saga.co.uk/html/money.html and various other links using google search engine("viking coinage") Good luck everybody! Hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteLaura
I found out that the Vikings used silver and gold coins as well as cut up pieces of jewellery. The heavier the silver, the more it was worth.
ReplyDeleteEmma P.5
It was really fun and intresting and Mr Giles gave us a lot of information also it was really enjoyable.It was also fun doing all the tricky 3D shapes and the 2D shapes.
ReplyDeleteAidan
I like drama, it was very fun. Thank you Mr Giles I learnt alot about vikings.
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun making the viking boat it was also fun getting into groups and working at the stalls
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