Charlemagne

& The Viking

Invasion &
Eric the Red
and Eric’s
Son
Read
Together
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Goals
Goals for Today
• Essential Questions
• Pre-reading & Building Background
• Text Selection: Charlemagne; The
Viking Invasion & Eric the Red and Eric’s
Son
• Comprehension Questions
• Discussion & Critical Thinking
• Activity
• Homework

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 Essential Questions:

1. What made Charlemagne the greatest

king of all time?
2. How was the country of Normandy
created?
3. What was Leif Ericsson’s great
discovery?

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Pre-reading

Let’s Review

What do you
remember about
the Roman
Empire?

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 Pre-reading

Prior Knowledge
Norsemen: Also known as Vikings, they
were Germanic warriors who lived in
Scandinavia and practiced Norse religion
and language. In Norse
mythology, Valhalla is where fallen Norse
warriors go to live their afterlife. They
would party, feast, and fight. It is
located in Asgard, the realm where the
Norse gods and goddesses lived.

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Pre-reading

Prior Knowledge

Runes, known as the runic

alphabet, were used to
write various Germanic
languages before the
adoption of the Latin
alphabet. It was first used
around 150 AD

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Text
Let’s Get Ready to Read
Chapter 13- Charlemagne pg. 110-114

Making Predictions:

What do you think made

Charlemagne the greatest
king of all?

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 Comprehension
Comprehension Questions –
Charlemagne
1. Who was the greatest Frankish king
of all?
2. Who was Charlemagne’s
grandfather?
3. The story listed three ways in which
Franks were becoming more like
barbarians. Can you remember two?
4. Name at least two ways that
Charlemagne tried to improve the
lives of his people.
5. Why did Charlemagne’s people call
him the “Emperor of the Romans”?
6. Although Charlemagne was a great
and powerful ruler, what did he
never learn to do well?
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 Circle Map: Charlemagne
Activity

How would you

describe
Charlemagne
Charlemagne?

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Discussion

Discussion & Critical Thinking Questions

1. (Drawing Conclusions) Why did the pope name
Charlemagne emperor of Rome?
2. (Making Judgments) Do you think it was a good choice
for the pope to make Charlemagne emperor?
• What would you have done? Explain.
3. (Making Judgments) Think of all the rulers we have
covered thus far, do you think Charlemagne was the
greatest ruler of all time? Explain why or why not.

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Let’s Get Ready to Read
Chapter 14- The Viking Invasion & Eric
the Red and Eric’s Son
Page 115-121
Making Predictions:

1. How do you think the

country of Normandy was
created?

2. What country do you think

Leif Ericsson discovered?

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Comprehension Comprehension Questions –
The Viking Invasion
1. What happened to the old Roman
Empire?
2. What do we call the “barbarians”
who attacked the Franks?
3. What peninsula did the Norsemen
come from?
4. Do you remember the three
kingdoms of Scandinavia?
5. What other name were the
Norsemen known by?

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Comprehension Comprehension Questions –
The Viking Invasion
1. What is the advantage in having
a flat-bottomed boat?
2. Why was it easier for the Vikings to
invade the Franks after
Charlemagne died?
3. What did the Franks do to stop the
Vikings from invading the western
part of France?
4. Once the Vikings had been in
Normandy for a while, how did
they start to speak and act?
5. What had the Vikings become?.

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Activity
Flow Map: The Viking Invasion

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Comprehension Comprehension Questions –
Eric the Red and Eric’s Son
1. Why did Eric the Red have to
leave Iceland?
2. What name did Eric the Red
give to the land that he
discovered so that other
Viking settlers would come
there?
3. What was Greenland really
like?
4. How did the Viking settlers in
Greenland get enough grain
to live?
5. Did they have enough to
eat?
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Comprehension Comprehension Questions –
Eric the Red and Eric’s Son
1. Why did Eric the Red’s son,
Leif Ericsson, decide to go
exploring?
2. What fruit did Leif Ericsson find
in the new land that he
discovered?
3. What did he name the new
land?
4. What made the new settlers of
Vineland give up their
settlements?
5. What land did Leif Ericsson
discover?
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Activity
Flow Map: Eric the Red & Leif
Ericsson

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 Discussion
Discussion & Critical Thinking Questions

Making Judgments

In American history, we credit Christopher

Columbus for the discovery of America. Should
America begin to recognize Leif Ericsson as the
founder of America? Explain why or why not.

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Discussion
Compare and Contrast
Vikings in France vs. Barbarians in Rome

Vikings in Barbarians
France in Rome

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 Essential Questions

Return to Essential Questions

1. What made Charlemagne the greatest
king of all time?
2. How was the country of Normandy
created?
3. What was Leif Ericsson’s great
discovery?

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 Activity Map Work
Viking Lands
1. Let’s trace the path of the Viking
longships in green. Start at the dot in
Scandinavia (the dot between
Norway and Sweden) and draw
down through the waters until you
get to the dot in the Frankish
Kingdom.
2. In orange, trace the path the Viking
settlers took from Scandinavia to
Normandy.
3. Trace the path from Scandinavia to
Iceland in blue.
4. Trace the path of his journey from
Iceland to Greenland in red (for Eric
the Red).
5. In purple, trace Leif ’s journey from
Greenland to Newfound- land.

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Activity Map Work (Answer Key)
Viking Lands

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 Activity
Persuasive Writing
As we discuss earlier, Christopher Columbus is recognized as
the founder of America. We celebrate his discovery on
October 12, every year.

In your short essay, you must persuade your audience that Leif
Ericsson should be recognized as the founder of America, and
that he deserves his own holiday.

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 Discussion

Elsewhere in the world at that time

980 AD 1000AD
Inuit fur traders Stephen I is
head east across crowned king of
N. Canada and Hungary. He
settled in unified the
Labrador, 817 AD Carpathian
Newfoundland. Pope Paschal I is Basin.
elected pope in
Rome.
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