For Social Studies we are learning about communities, by comparing our community to Viking communities. Mrs. Clark and I were inspired to plan this unit together since we both visited Viking settlements last summer.
To start, we talked about transportation– you may have seen a Viking ship model come home before spring break. Yesterday we moved on to housing, and we learned how vikings built the walls for their homes. They used a construction method called “wattle and daub”. Posts were anchored in the ground, then flexible branches were woven in between them. This wooden structure is called “wattle”. To seal the walls they applied a mixture of clay and dung called “daub”.
After each student had a chance to weave a branch between the posts we put on the daub (minus the dung!). I think it looks quite close to a Viking wall.
Stay tuned for more Viking activities to come!
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