TEACHER'S GUIDE to the Norse Encampment and the Viking Aage - Daily Life in the Viking Age circa 1000 AD at Vinland./TITLE></HEAD> <META name="description" content="Documentation for Norse Encampment -Daily Life in the Viking Age circa 1000 AD at Vinland. The Viking Encampment living history program at Parks Canada L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC in Newfoudland. Includes Commentaries, Teacher's Guide, Bibliography, Working Plans"> <META name="keywords" content="Viking Age,Norse Encampment, Viking Encampment,L'Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland,Vinland,Viking Age living history, Viking Age historical interpret,Norse living history,Viking Age historical interpret,Vikings in North America,Vikings in Canada,Parks Canada,Living history sites Living History museums,replica, reproduction"> <meta name="Author" content=" Darrell Markewitz 1998-2010"> <meta name="text" content="Viking, Norse, Vinland, L' Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Eirik the Red, Lief Eirikson, Helluland, Markland, Helge Ingstad , Anne Stine, Medieval, Settlement, Museum, Living History, Parks Canada, World Heritage Site, Interpret, Reenact, Wareham Forge,"> <style type="text/css"> a {text-decoration:none;} a:link {color:Blue;} a:visited {color:Purple;} a:hover {color:Red;} a:active {color:Yellow;} a img{border-style:solid;border-width:medium;} a:link img{border-color:Blue;} a:visited img{border-color:Purple;} a:hover img{border-color:Red;} a:active img{border-color:Yellow;} </style> </head> <body style="background-image: url(GRAPHICS/norsebf2.gif);"> <center> <b><font size="+3">the Norse Encampment</font></b> </center> <center> <font size="+2">Living History for the Viking Age </font> </center> <p> <font size="+1"><strong>The 'Norse Encampment' is the collective name given to a series of living history programs, which illustrate daily life in the Viking Age. Historic interpreters, employing replica objects, bring the past to life through typical activities of the Norse, and portraying historic styled characters. Throughout the series exceptional care was taken to ensure everything involved in a presentation was reflective of current archaeological research. One cornerstone of all the presentations was reference to the Vinland voyages by the Norse, circa 1000 AD.</strong></font></p> <table cellpadding="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" > <table cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="neindex.html"><font size="+1">Encampment INDEX</font></a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="at-LAM.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/encampment.jpg" border="2"></a> </strong></p></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="at-LAM.html"> L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center"><strong><a href="artifact.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/reproductions.jpg"></a> </strong></p></td> <td><p align="center"><strong><a href="artifact.html">Artifacts and Replicas</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF"><img src="/ENCAMPMENT/GRAPHICS/teach.jpg"></td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF"> <p align="center"><strong>A Teachers Guide </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="research.html"><img src="/ENCAMPMENT/GRAPHICS/smithcarve.jpg" border="2"></a></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="research.html">Research</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center"><strong><a href="interpret.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/schools.jpg"></a> </strong></p></td> <td><p align="center"><strong><a href="interpret.html">Interpreting the Viking Age</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="smelting.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/smelting.jpg" width="125px " border="2"></a> </strong></p></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="smelting.html">Experimental Iron Smelting</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.darkcompany.ca"><img src="GRAPHICS/darc-sm.gif" border="2"></a> </strong></p></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.darkcompany.ca"> Dark Ages Re-creation Company</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="wareham.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/vikinggame.jpg"></a> </strong></p></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="wareham.html">from the Wareham Forge</a> </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <p align="center"><strong><a href="nelinks.html"><font size="+1">LINKS</font></a> </strong></p></td> </tr> </table> <td> <table width="75%" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><img src="/ENCAMPMENT/GRAPHICS/teach.jpg"> </div></td> <td> <center> <font size="+4"><strong>a Teacher's Guide<br> to the<br>Viking Age</strong> </font> </center> <div align="center"><br> <strong><font size="+2">In this section... </font></strong> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="75%" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" bordercolor="#99CCFF"> <tr > <td width="25%" align="center"> <div align="center"><strong><a href="/ENCAMPMENT/teacher1.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/teach.jpg" border="2"></a></strong></div></td> <td width="25%" align="center"> <div align="center"><strong><font size="+1"><a href="/ENCAMPMENT/teacher1.html">World of the Norse - a Teacher's Guide</a> </font></strong></div></td> <td><p>This is a very brief overview of the Norse of the Viking Age, prepared to act as a guide for Elementary level teachers (1993). Although very general in nature (!) it does cover the main topic areas : daily life, ships and travel, trade and warfare, religion.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="/ENCAMPMENT/biblio.html"><img src="GRAPHICS/teach.jpg" width="130" height="136" border="2"></a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><font size="+1"><strong><a href="biblio.html">Bibliography</a></strong></font></div></td> <td>A short annotated list of books suggested to be helpful for basic research or in a class room situation. Prepared to accompany the Teacher's Guide.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="/worldnorse/index.html"><img src="/worldnorse/wnbutton.gif" width="125" border="2"></a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><font size="+1"><a href="/worldnorse/index.html"><strong>World of the Norse</strong></a></font></div></td> <td>The <strong>World of the Norse</strong> was a stand alone exhibit created in 2001 for the Cranbrook Institute of Science. View a virtual tour of the three 'room settings' and hundreds of individual replicas that made up the exhibit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="/ENCAMPMENT/FullCircle/fulcirc1.htm"><img src="/ENCAMPMENT/GRAPHICS/FullCircle.jpg" width="125" height="97" border="2"></a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><font size="+1"><a href="/ENCAMPMENT/FullCircle/fulcirc1.htm"><strong>Full Circle, First Contact</strong></a></font></div></td> <td>This is a short introduction to the Norse and the Viking Age that was written to accompany the presentation of this exhibit at the Woodstock Museum in 2000. </td> </tr> </table><br> <strong>Educational Programming</strong> has been an important element throughout the development of the entire Norse Encampment series. As these are public programs, developing effective presentation methods has been critical. Working directly with the general public has lead to experience in how best to both communicate many aspects of the material culture of the Viking Age. Complex topics are sometimes best explained by practical demonstrations of even simple objects - methods that easily translate into the class room. Today's teachers are also regularly expected to develop an extremely wide knowledge base (while at the same time having less and less time to do it!)<br> <br> As well as work directly related to the Encampment series itself, work has been undertaken in a number of related projects.<br> During and after the 'Viking Millennium Year' of 2000, educational programming was designed related to a number of major exhibits. For both Vikings - North Atlantic Saga (Smithsonian) and Full Circle, First Contact, consulting was done on the included educational packages, as well as training sessions for staff at a number of hosting institutions. <br> The World of the Norse was a 1000 square foot 'room setting' style exhibit created for the Cranbrook Institute of Science. Here replica objects were placed in 'living' context (something often lacking in more conventional 'artifact' based exhibits).<br><br> Direct teaching programs have also remained an ongoing activity. This ranges from several hours in a classroom through to a week long children's day camp. In 2000 there was the six week long college level program 'Interpreting the Viking Age' (Created and delivered at the College of the North Atlantic, St Anthony Newfoundland.)<br> <em><br> Expect additions to the series of resources for teachers presented here, as individual working notes are translated for web based use. </em> <table width="75%" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="/school.html"><img src="/ENCAMPMENT/GRAPHICS/schools.jpg" border="2"></a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><font size="+2">Invite a NORSEMAN<br> to YOUR classroom?</font> <br> Educational Sessions in the Classroom <br> by Darrell Markewitz <br> Go to <a href="/school.html">School Programs</a> <br> for more information</div></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr> <table align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <td> <center> <p><b><font size="+2">Darrell Markewitz</font><br> <font size="+1">Interpretive Program Designer</font> </b></p> <p><strong>The Wareham Forge</strong><br> The Hamlet of Wareham, R.R. #2 <br>Proton Station, Ontario<br> CANADA - N0C 1L0<br> (519) 923-9219 // <a href="mailto:norse@warehamforge.ca">norse@warehamforge.ca</a></p> </center> </td> <td> <center> <a href="IMAGES/norse1-full.jpg"><img src="GRAPHICS/viking.jpg" width="150 " border="2"></a><br> <a href="../index2.html"><strong>Who is Darrell Markewitz?</strong></a> </center></td> </tr> </table> </center> <br> <center> <i><font size="-1"> <a href="copy.html">Content © 1996 - 2010, Darrell Markewitz</a><br>Other images credited to the individual sources, who retain full copyright</font></i> </center> </body> </html>