Upper KS2 History Plan Vikings/Reputations

This Year 5/6 historical inquiry unit (including powerpoint) is focused on the concept ‘Reputation’. The central case study which continues to run through the inquiry is the ‘Viking’ age. Ultimately, the inquiry involves a series of activities which focus on the following concepts: bias, trade, raiding and settlement.
These activities are primarily concept formation lessons. However, they also include case studies (some fictional, others real) which are intended to provide the children with a better idea of each of the concepts. Throughout the inquiry, the students will come back to bias and its influence on history and peoples from history. There is an initial and final assessment where the children have to draw/write their interpretations of the concepts. The initial assessment connects these concepts to the Vikings, the final assessment does not.