A map of Newfoundland and L’Anse aux Meadow
L’Anse aux Meadow probably looked a bit like this…
Click the buttons to learn more
“Skraeling isn’t a nice word by the way. It means “barbarian” or “weak person” in the Viking language. Although the Vikings sometimes traded with the Inuit people in North America, they also fought with them often.
Skraeling is NOT a nice word, and we shouldn’t use it”
Activity 4: Words of Discovery
Can you find all the words needed to explain the Vikings in North America?
“Use the pencil in the top right hand corner to cross out the words when you find them”
You’ve received a fourth token!
Don’t forget to write down the letter on the token - you’ll need it later…
You’ve received another Famous Woman Badge!
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir was a real person
She was born in 980 AD in west Iceland, the daughter of a chieftain and was an explorer who probably travelled to Vinland. The Vinland Sagas, which were stories written about explorers from Iceland, talk about how she travelled to America from Iceland and lived there fore a few years.
This was 500 years before Christopher Columbus travelled to America.
