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KS2 history skills - Horrible Histories game

Horrible Histories Vikings history – choose your Norse god or goddess and complete tutorials across time periods and locations.

Learn about:

  • Viking history through the expansion across Scandinavia
  • Key dates and developments in Viking culture
  • How Viking society worked
  • Viking Gods and Goddesses.

Now with new minigames!

Try and get your highest score in the four new Viking minigames:

  • Practise Viking throwing skills in Brynja Bloodaxe’s Chucking Challenge
  • Row the longboat to new lands in Ragnarr the Raven’s Rhythm Raider
  • Catch the biggest haul in the Snorri Salmon-Face Fishing Cup
  • Go inside the longhouse in Helga Half-Troll’s Friendship Feast

Calling all Vikings!

Do you have what it takes to lead the Vikings into battle?

As your journey begins, you must take charge of settlements in order to protect and guide your Viking villagers to victory. Only you can help them expand across the world in their Viking longships.

Choose to be a Norse God or Goddess and watch over the Viking people (Jarls, Karls and Thralls) in your village. Learn about the history of the Vikings and Viking life, whilst collecting resources and completing challenges that will help you raid and trade your way from AD750 to 1066!

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