We discovered the amazing history of the Vikings in Ireland in our live virtual session with the National Museum of Archaeology, Dublin.

Museum Educator Matthew Lester shared videos and used objects from the Museum’s handling collection to shed light on this fascinating period in Irish history.

Short interactive videos on Archaeology and the Vikings were combined with a live presented introduction, Q&A, and virtual close-up inspection of museum handling objects such as raw materials, tools and weapons! We even got to share examples of our own Viking Ship 3-D models.

In our workshop we examined critically, and became familiar with, evidence we have which tells us about these people, especially using Archaeological evidence of these people within the National Museum of Ireland’s collection

Became familiar with some aspects of the lives of these peoples – origins, homelands and migrations, homes, settlements and urban developments, food and farming, clothes, work and technologies, tools and weapons, cultural or artistic achievements, language(s), myths and stories, leisure and pastimes

Discussed links these people had with Ireland or Europe, arrival, settlement and life of these people in Ireland, relationship of these people with other civilisations, long-term contribution of these people

We integrated our learning with the following Curriculum Links – SESE History

Working as an Historian
Time and Chronology / Using Evidence / Change and Continuity / Cause and Effect / Synthesis and Communications / Empathy

Early Peoples and Ancient Societies
Vikings / Early Christian Ireland

Stories from the lives of the people in the past / Myths and Legends

Continuity and Change Over Time
Communications / Literature, Arts, Crafts, and Culture