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COOLHISTORYFORUPPERMIDDLES

BiblioPlan,Year2,Week8:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

1. WhydidtheearlyVikingschooseChristianmonasteriesastargetsfortheirraids? 2. WhateventmarkedtheVikingAgesbeginning?Whateventmarkeditsend? 3. WhathappenedtoVikingchildrenwhomthecommunityjudgedtobedeformed,disabledorsick? 4. NamethetwomaintypesofVikingships. 5. Describetheberserkergang. 6. TheVikinguniverseincludedhowmanyworlds?Aroundwhatweretheseworldsarranged?Inwhatworld didOdinsfamilyofgodslive?Inwhatworlddidhumanslive? 7. NamesomeofOdinsmagicalpossessions.WhobroughtOdinnews? 8. WhichofLokisgodlikepowerswasespeciallyhelpfulindeceivingothers? 9. WhatistheRagnarok?WhatwillhappentoThorwhentheRagnarokcomes? 10. WhatisaRunestone? 11. HowmightthetechnologyofsundiscshavehelpedtheVikingsnavigatetheseas? 12. HowdidErictheReddescribeGreenlandtoprospectiveVikingsettlers?WhatwasGreenlandreallylike? 13. WhatdoestheLatinwordfiloquemean? 14. ListsomeofthedifferencesthatledtotheGreatSchismbetweentheEasternOrthodoxChurchandthe RomanCatholicChurch.Whichdifferencewasthemostimportant? 15. WhatdidCardinalHumbertdotoPatriarchCerularius?WhatdidPatriarchCerulariusdotoCardinal Humbertinreturn?

16. AftertheEastWestSchism,whatwastheEasternchurchcalled?WhatwastheWesternchurchcalled? OPTIONALBONUSQUESTION/ACTIVITY WhatistheKensingtonRunestone?Whenandwherewasitdiscovered?Do somereadingabouttheKensingtonRunestoneanddecidewhetherornotyou thinkitisahoax.

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