WALRUS AND NARWHAL HUNTING
In 982 Erik the Red was made an outlaw in Iceland. This meant that anyone could kill him without facing punishment.
He therefore sailed to Greenland with 25 ships. Only 14 made it.
The survivors are called Norse.
The Norse settled in southern Greenland. Here they lived as farmers and herdsmen for 500 years.
In the summer they went to Disko Bay to catch walrus and narwhals.
Why was Erik the Red made an outlaw?
Make a model/drawing of the ships the Norse used when sailing to Greenland.
My model:
What people did the Norse meet in the settlements at the Disko Bay?
Around 1200 the Inuit came to Greenland. They came from Canada.
They travelled along the coast to find good hunting places. Some settled at Sermermiut. Here they met the Norse that had come to the Disko Bay to catch whales.
A proof of the meeting between the Inuit and the Norse is the discovery of some wooden dolls, made by the Inuit, that look like the Norse.
What would the wooden dolls look like if they were Inuit? Draw or write.
In what century did the Norse meet Inuit?
What useful materials did the Norse leave behind when they disappeared from Greenland? See page 13 in the book.
In 982 Erik the Red was made an outlaw in Iceland. This meant that anyone could kill him without facing punishment.
He therefore sailed to Greenland with 25 ships. Only 14 made it.
The survivors are called Norse.
The Norse settled in southern Greenland. Here they lived as farmers and herdsmen for 500 years.
In the summer they went to Disko Bay to catch walrus and narwhals.
Why was Erik the Red made an outlaw?
Make a model/drawing of the ships the Norse used when sailing to Greenland.
My model:
What people did the Norse meet in the settlements at the Disko Bay?
Around 1200 the Inuit came to Greenland. They came from Canada.
They travelled along the coast to find good hunting places. Some settled at Sermermiut. Here they met the Norse that had come to the Disko Bay to catch whales.
A proof of the meeting between the Inuit and the Norse is the discovery of some wooden dolls, made by the Inuit, that look like the Norse.
What would the wooden dolls look like if they were Inuit? Draw or write.
In what century did the Norse meet Inuit?
What useful materials did the Norse leave behind when they disappeared from Greenland? See page 13 in the book.
