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Leif Ericson

Viking, Murderer, Explorer, and Discoverer of the North American Continent. Leif Ericson. By Stephanie Grow, Judy Ouellette, and Narissa Backman. Leif Ericson was probably born between 970 and 980 on the island of Iceland, which is in the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland.

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Leif Ericson

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  1. Viking, Murderer, Explorer, and Discoverer of the North American Continent. Leif Ericson By Stephanie Grow, Judy Ouellette, and Narissa Backman

  2. Leif Ericson was probably born between 970 and 980 on the island of Iceland, which is in the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland

  3. His father was a famous Viking named “Eric the Red” and his mother was Thorhild

  4. When Leif was still a boy his family sent him to Norway to learn how to become a Viking man.

  5. Norway is a country on the continent of Europe Norway Iceland

  6. They taught young Leif how to cook like a Viking.

  7. How to dress like a Viking.

  8. How to spill water out of a cup like a Viking.

  9. How to drink like a Viking!

  10. How to say I don’t know like a Viking.

  11. How to dance like a Viking.

  12. How to Warm his feet like a Viking.

  13. How to fight like a Viking.

  14. How to write and read Runes like a Viking.

  15. What happens when you talk back to your teacher as a Viking.

  16. Until finally, when he was twelve, he was aVIKING!

  17. At a Viking assembly of leaders called a “THING”, Leif’s father Eric the Red killed a man.

  18. The council of leaders of the Thing, banished Eric from Iceland for three years. Eric and his family had to find a place to live. Since Eric was wanted for murder in Norway, they couldn’t go there. Norway

  19. Eric decided to move his family to Greenland.

  20. Eric served his three years of banishment on Greenland and then returned to Iceland.

  21. When Eric and his family arrived in Iceland, they found that the island had been over-graved by the animals and that a famine had struck the land.

  22. When Eric told the people about his stay in Greenland, many of them followed him back there in hopes of finding better fields for the animals to graze in and more food for the families to eat.

  23. Almost upon their arrival in Greenland, a man who had been lost for a year and given up for dead, Bjarni Herjolfsson returned.

  24. Bjarni told how he was on his way from Iceland to Greenland when all of a sudden…

  25. got lost in a thick fog

  26. When he came out of the fog and could see the stars again, he noticed that he was sailing along a strange coast that he had never seen before.

  27. Leif was excited about this new land and wanted to go explore it. After several years he got some men together in 1000 and went on a voyage.

  28. The first place they cam ashore had many flat rocks. They called that place “Flat Stone Land.”

  29. That island today is known as, “Baffin Island.”

  30. The second place they landed was an area they called “Markland.” Today it is known as “Newfoundland.”

  31. Eventually, they travelled further south and found a land where the frost did not fall all winter and there where plenty of grapes. They called this land “Vinland the Good.”

  32. “Vinland”, was probably the Carolinas, Georgia, or Florida.

  33. Leif and his men spent a winter in Vinland and then returned home.

  34. Leif never returned to North America. However his brother Thorvald and others did.

  35. Thorvald and his men tried to establish settlements in the New World but the Native Americans did not like their Viking neighbors and drove them away.

  36. Are there any questions?

  37. Question # 1 Between what years was Leif Ericson Born? A.) 1970 – 1980 B.) 980 -990 C.) 970 – 990 D.) 970 - 980

  38. Question # 2 What was Leif’s father’s name? A.) Bjarni Herjolfsson B.) Eric the Read C.) Barney the Dinosaur D.) Eric the Red

  39. Question # 3 What was Leif’s Mother’s name? A.) Thorhild B.) Thomasinna C.) Thunderbolt D.) Mildred

  40. Question # 4 Where was Leif born? A.) Italy B.) Iberia C.) Iraq D.) Iceland

  41. Question # 5 Where did Leif’s parents send him to learn how to become a Viking? A.) Greenland B.) North Carolina C.) Iceland D.) Norway

  42. Question # 6 Name three things that Leif learned how to do in Norway. A.) B.) C.)

  43. Question # 7 The Viking alphabet was called? A.) Hieroglyphics B.) Ruins C.) Semantics D.) Runes

  44. Question # 8 What the Viking assembly of leaders called? A.) The Legislature B.) A Thing C.) The Congress D.) The Senate

  45. Question # 9 Leif’s father Eric the Red, was banished from Iceland for what crime? A.) Forgery B.) Adultery C.) Theft D.) Murder

  46. Question # 10 Where couldn’t Eric the Red go to when he was banished? A.) Greenland B.) Iceland C.) Norway D.) Newfoundland

  47. Question # 11 For how long was Eric the Red banished from Iceland? A.) One year B.) Two years C.) Three years D.) Four years

  48. Question # 12 When Leif’s family returned from banishment in Greenland, they found that in Iceland there was, A.) Famine and Wealth B.) Over-Grazed land and Plenty C.) Prosperity and Plenty D.) Famine and Over-Grazed Land

  49. Question # 13 What was the name of the man who came to Greenland that was lost for over a year? A.) Bjarni Herjolfsson B.) Eric the Read C.) Barney the Dinosaur D.) Eric the Red

  50. Question # 14 In what year did Leif Ericson lead a voyage to the lands that Bjarni Herjolfsson talked about? A.) 1000 B.) 2001 C.) 1001 D.) 999

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