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Resource: non-fiction book
Time: 700 - 1000
Place: Scandinavia
Summary:
Vikings are often romanticized as crazy hat wearing, pillaging pirates. This is not the case. Viking is a DK Eyewitness Book. I really like this series of books. It is a wonderfully curated collection of details about every aspect of Viking life. Vikings were farmers, tradesmen and explorers. They had one of the first democratic-ish systems of government with the things (that is what they were called, things). They were excellent craftsmen and worshiped a unique set of gods before converting to Christianity. Each page in this book has a selection of photos of primary source and reproduction objects. Often there is also a photo of a person dressed per the topic of the page. There is a paragraph addressing the topic generally as well as detailed captions for each photo. In the back of the book there are several pages of general information, a page on how to find out more with references to museums, places to visit and websites, and a glossary. This book has full color photographs taken by Peter Anderson.
Potentially Objectionable Content:
The Vikings did raid and pillage. There is some mention of some of the violent acts that they perpetrated.
Reading Level: grade 4 - 6
Lexile Measure: not available
Guided Reading Level: not available
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Book
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