Beowulf Supporting Materials - Books, Films, BBC Resources, Viking Language, and Days of the Week
Explore a variety of supporting materials related to Beowulf and Vikings, including books for pupils and teachers, films, BBC resources, Viking language influences in English, and the Norse origins of days of the week. Dive into the rich history and linguistic connections of these legendary subjects.
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Beowulf Supporting Materials
Supporting Materials Books Books for Pupils Michael Morpurgo (2007) Beowulf.London: Walker Books Rob Lloyd Jones (2009) Beowulf. London: Usborne Young Readers Jane Chisholm & Struan Reid (2002) Who were the Vikings? London: Usborne Starting Point History Terry Deary & Martin Brown (2007) Vicious Vikings. London: Scholastic. Books for Teachers Neil Oliver (2014) The Vikings a new history. London: Pegasus.
Supporting Materials Film Film for Pupils Beowulf (2007) Animation starring Derek Jacobi and Joseph Fiennes. Film for Teachers Vikings (2012) Neil Oliver s three-part BBC TV series. Links Links for Pupils and Teachers Usborne Quicklinks website www.usborne-quicklinks.com Suggested keywords: Beowulf and Vikings Anglo Saxon timeline http://saxons.etrusia.co.uk/saxons_timeline.php
Supporting Materials BBC BBC for Pupils and Teachers Who Were The Vikings? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/who_were_the_vikings/ Anglo Saxons http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/
Supporting Materials History of Language Everyday words We still use many words from Viking language in English, today. A selection of such words is provided below. Therefore, if you were able to speak to Beowulf and say, I want an egg to bake a cake for my sister , he would understand almost everything you said. awkward bake band cake crawl die drag egg happy knife law leg loan meek muck raise reindeer run scowl sister skin sky stack steak thrust tight want weak widow window
Supporting Materials Days of the week Vikings are still with us in the names of some of the days of our week. Origins of the names of the days from Norse and the Norse words for each day are given below: M nadagr Monday the moon s day T sdagr Tuesday the goddess Tiu s day insdagr Wednesday the god Woden s day rsdagr Thursday the god Thor s day Frj dagr Friday the goddess Freya s day Laugardagr Saturday the planet Saturn s day; also from laugr/laug (bath), so Saturdays were bath-day Sunnudagr Sunday the sun s day
