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11 Map: Viking Exploration

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The Canadian Reader Issue 8 • Sample Edition

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Exploring new landsTime travel back a thousand years. Norse

seafarers we call Vikings had settled

in Greenland. Leif Erikson sailed from

there to explore unknown lands. He and

his crew were likely the fi rst Europeans

to set foot in North America.

Th ey built a settlement at L’Anse

aux Meadows, on the very

northern tip of Newfoundland.

From this base camp, they

continued exploring.

Finding VinlandTh e Vikings did not keep

journals of their voyages.

But when they got home,

they told stories. Some of these stories were

eventually written down in Norse sagas.

Archaeologist Birgitta Wallace has read

the sagas carefully. She has also studied

the site at L’Anse aux Meadows. She has

been trying to fi gure out where the Vikings

had their second camp, “Vinland.”

“It’s really clear that L’Anse aux

Meadows is base camp ... it

fi ts with everything,” she says.

“And from that camp we know

they went farther south.”

Th ey would have explored the Gulf of

St. Lawrence, she thinks. Th ey found

a place where wild grapes grew. Th e

sagas also describe coastal sandbars,

rivers, and lots of salmon.

Norse

describes

the people of ancient

Scandinavia. A saga is a

long story about heroic

events.

It’s a thousand-year-old mystery. Where did the Vikings land in North

America? When they returned home to Greenland, they told stories

about a place called “Vinland.” A land with grapes. Where, exactly,

was Vinland? One Canadian archaeologist thinks she has fi gured it out


Lost Viking Settlement?

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“New Brunswick is the northern limit

of grapes. Th ey are not native to PEI

or Nova Scotia,” says Dr. Wallace.

Also, butternuts (white walnuts) and

butternut wood were found at the L’Anse

aux Meadows site. Th ose trees did not grow

that far north. Where were they from?

New Brunswick is the closest location.

“It just so happens that butternuts grow

in pretty much the same location as

grapes… So whoever picked those nuts

would have seen those grapes.”

Th e pieces were fi tting together. Wild grapes.

Butternuts. Th e landscape. Th ey all seemed

to point to the Miramichi and Chaleur Bay

areas of northeastern New Brunswick.

“I’m really convinced that the Vikings

did visit that area,” she says.

Th e sagas also describe encounters

with Indigenous people. Th ey made

canoes from animal hides.

“It would fi t this area very well,” says the

archaeologist. Th ey could have been the

ancestors of today’s Mi’kmaq people.

Th e Mi’kmaq inhabited an area known

as Red Bank for 3000 years or more.

Without a traceWe may never know the location of

Vinland for sure. Dr. Wallace thinks we

are unlikely to fi nd much left behind.

Th e Norsemen would only have used the

area for a few months in the summer.

Th ey would have taken everything back

to base camp, or home to Greenland.

Even so, she hopes that all archaeologists

working in the area keep their eyes open.

“Just in case they should run

across something.”

What reasons can you suggest to explain

why Vikings came to North America?


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Name: Date:

Comprehension Check

Mark the statements T (True) or F (False). If a statement is true,

write one fact to support it on the line below. If a statement is false,

write the word or words that make it true on the line below.

1. Vikings travelled directly from Greenland to

New Brunswick.

2. Vikings returned to L'Anse aux Meadows more than once.

3. Vikings kept journals of their travels.

4. Wild grapes grow north of New Brunswick.

5. Butternuts grow in Miramichi, New Brunswick.

6. We now know for sure where Vinland was located.

Lost Viking Settlement?Lost Viking Settlement?


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Lost Viking Settlement?Lost Viking Settlement?

As you see it, what is the purpose of abbreviations?

Name: Date:

Language Focus

Abbreviations are shortened versions of whole words.

Example: British Columbia = B.C.; Street = St.

1. Find words from the article that have been abbreviated.

Write them in the shapes below:

Now list as many other abbreviations as you can think of:

2. Find words in the article that could be abbreviated.

Write them, and their abbreviations, in the shapes below:


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Before Reading: Distribute to each student a copy of the Viking Anticipation Guide (p. 12). Read through each of

the statements aloud and invite students to determine whether they are true or false based on their

background knowledge. Encourage them to share the reasons for their assessment.

Record the title and headings on the board, a piece of chart paper, or on an overhead transparency.

Ask students to re-assess their responses to each statement, given the new information. Ask them

to make any changes to their thinking using a diff erent colour or by adding a symbol.

During Reading: As they read the article, encourage students to look for evidence supporting and/or refuting each of

the statements in the Anticipation Guide. Suggest that they underline or highlight this information

for later reference.

After Reading: Direct students to complete the post-reading column of the Anticipation Guide and add evidence

that supports or refutes each of the statements.

As a summative activity, you may wish to challenge pairs of students to summarize several sections

of the article using a 5-word fi nger summary.

In this strategy, students use their thumb to indicate the subject and their fi ngers to describe the

main action of the subject for each of their selected sections. For example, the introduction of the

article could be summarized as follows:

Canadian archaeologist (subject) – predicts where Vinland was.

If 5-word summaries are too challenging for your students, increase the length up to 10 words, so

students may use both hands. For example, Canadian archaeologist – predicts where Vinland was

located by studying Viking sagas.

Have pairs take turns sharing their 5-word/10-word fi nger summaries with another pair.

Criteria for Assessment: Eff ective summaries are accurate (correctly identify the main subject and

action of a given section) and succinct (can be expressed in 5-10 words).

Extension: Option 1: Learn more about the Vikings

Watch one of the following Viking documentaries to learn more about their exploration and

settlement in North America:

• A & E – Vikings in North America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNVH09G7TVk [45:54]

• Timeline – Viking Voyages: Wings of a Dragon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOsTfZ8gTM8 [52:03]

Lesson Plan


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Option 2: Read one of the Viking sagas Dr. Wallace studied

Th ere are several translations of the sagas Birgitta Wallace used in her research. Th e following saga

of Erik the Red mentions Hop, the area discussed in the article:

http://sagadb.org/eiriks_saga_rauda.en (scroll down to Chapter 10). Encourage students to read

the saga and underline ‘clues’ Dr. Wallace might have used to develop her theory. For background

to the saga, check out the links in Th e Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History: Where is

Vinland?, at:

http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/eriktheredsaga/indexen.html

Internet Connections: To fi nd out more about this news story, go to:

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/according-to-new-fi ndings-new-brunswick-may-have-

been-home-to-a-lost-viking-settlement

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/08/archaeologists-closer-to-fi nding-lost-viking-

settlement.html

Watch a video about Dr. Wallace’s theory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3y1glst8pM

Read an article by Dr. Wallace on Vinland:

https://www.britannica.com/place/Vinland#ref226392

Learn more about L’Anse aux Meadows, here:

https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lanse-aux-meadows/

Discover evidence of another Viking settlement found at Point Rosee:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-viking-discovery-north-america-canada-

archaeology/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2016/11-12/space-

archaeology-viking-settlement-excavation-canada/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOVRhfJQ2A

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Lesson Plan


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Name: Date:


Before

Reading

Aft er

ReadingEvidence

1. Th e Vikings originally

came from Greenland. T F T F

2. Vikings were fi erce warriors. T F T F

3. Th e Viking culture was

rich in oral history. T F T F

4. Vikings were good sailors. T F T F

5. Vikings were the fi rst

Europeans to arrive in Canada. T F T F

6. Archaeologists have found

evidence of many Viking

settlements in Eastern Canada.

T F T F


Viking Anticipation Guide

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Complete this map assignment to help you better understand the context of the article Lost Viking Settlement?.

Map: Viking Exploration

A good map is complete, accurate, and visually appealing.

Label the following, then colour:


Challenge: Using the information in the article (and other

resources) to help you, trace the route the Vikings

explored along the East Coast of Canada.

Provinces andTerritories

Nunavut

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Newfoundland

and Labrador

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Prince Edward

Island

Water Bodies Atlantic Ocean

Baffi n Bay

Hudson Bay

Gulf of St. Lawrence

Other Miramichi

L'Anse aux

Meadows

Baffi n Island

Countries Iceland

Greenland

(Denmark)

United States

N

VikingExploration

0 400 Kilometres300200100

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