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| Resources | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
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| Guest Hollow’s Geography & Cultures Online Textbook | |||||
| Online text | 6.3 Northern Europe | ||||
| Non-Fiction Books | |||||
 The Travel Book | Look up this week’s countries. | ||||
 The Religions Book | p. 28-31 Sami beliefs | ||||
 People of the World | p. 243-244 Faroese | p. 241-242 Danes | p. 254-255 Swedes | p. 250-252 Sami | |
 People & Places | p. 152-157 | ||||
 North: How to Live Scandinavian | What is Scandinavia? Style | At the Table | Life Outside | Family Life Culture | Celebrations |
| Fiction/Literature/Graphic Novels | |||||
 Norse Mythology | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapters 3-4 | Chapters 5-6 | Chapter 7 |
| Memorizing the World’s Countries | |||||
| Seterra Games | Northern Europe: Countries | Denmark: Cities | Sweden: Cities | Continue memorizing the European countries and features. Be ready to take a printable quiz on the European countries during week 15! | |
| Map printables | Europe Countries Quiz (practice) | ||||
| Video | Visual Trick – Learn Northern Europe | ||||
| Workbook | |||||
| Maps in the workbook | Nordic countries Iceland’s volcanic activity | ||||
| Links for the workbook | How to Fredagsmys – Fredagskos like a Scandi Research SAD. Here is a great infographic: https://online.regiscollege.edu/blog/seasonal-affective-disorder/ BBC Article: The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures Online percent calculator | ||||
| Extra Resources and Activities | |||||
| Activities | Plan a field trip to IKEA if it’s within feasible driving distance. We drove several hours to get to one, and it was worth it! 100 Norse Mythology Writing Prompts | Recipe: Swedish cinnamon buns (kanelbullar) | Visit your local deli or upscale grocery store and see if you can find some Scandinavian cheese! Roast Beef, Smoked Salmon, & Blue Cheese Smørrebrød Recipes | Field trip idea: Visit a sauna via a local spa. Optional: Creative writing assignment: After reading about Nordic mythical creatures in the North book, write a story (or poem) about one. | Make a teaser letter (gækkebreve) You may need to use the Chrome browser so it will translate the words into English. If not, look for the linked words HER in red for the paper cutting templates. Template 1 Template 2 Template 3 (with paper folding instructions) |
| Art | Draw a Viking Art: Make a dala horse felt ornament: Buy a kit on Etsy that comes with everything you need. Click here for one (go through the search results to find one you like). | ||||
| Music | For your optional listening enjoyment: Spotify playlist: Folk music – Scandinavian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish Denmark Traditional/historical: Danheim – Ulfhednar (This is modern, but based on ancient viking music by a group out of Denmark.) Danheim Radio (Live Viking Music Radio – 24/7) Note: The Danheim radio may be inactive, but you can choose another from the page of search results. Ramund (Danish folk song) on Nyckelharpa – Myrkur Modern: Djämes Braun – Gode Tider (Spotify) Sweden Traditional: Scandinavian Folk Music – Best Scandinavian Traditional Music Modern: Garmarna – Herr Mannelig – “Garmarna is a Swedish folk-rock band. Their songs are mainly old Scandinavian ballads.” Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmarna Victor Leksell – Tappat Molly Sandén – Sand Other: Heilung | LIFA – Krigsgaldr LIVE – “Heilung is an experimental folk band made up of members from Denmark, Norway and Germany. Their music is based on texts from artifacts of the Iron Age originated by the Northern European peoples of the Celtic and Viking Age. They describe their music as “amplified history from early medieval northern Europe”. Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilung | ||||
| Videos | Vikings: Viking Exploration | History You must sign into YouTube to view this video. What is a fjord? Norwegians HATE Surprises, look at our grocery stores | Denmark’s Forest Kindergarten (11 min.) Kulning – Ancient Swedish herding call Norway Explained by Visiting a Typical Home | Norway and Sweden Road Trip Drone Video – Featured Creator Remo Liechti Norway’s Lasting Oil Wealth (12 min.) | Geopolitics of Sweden (16 min.) The Norse Pantheon: Crash Course World Mythology #10 TED-Ed: How Thor got his hammer – Scott A. Mellor Take the quiz after watching the video. | Why does Sweden celebrate Lucia How Is Muslim Immigration to Sweden Working Out? (10 min.) Note: This video mentions rape. Curse words are bleeped out. View this video with your teacher or parent and discuss your thoughts afterward. |
| Note: The Geopolitics of Sweden video is long, but it will give you a good understanding of some of the tensions between Sweden and Russia. Understanding these sorts of issues will give you a much greater understanding of the challenge’s countries face and current events! You will understand much more than many adults in the U.S. currently do! | |||||
| Full-length videos | Rick Steves’ Europe: Norway’s West: Fjords, Mountains, and Bergen | Rick Steves’ Europe: Stockholm Note: This video is also linked in the online geography textbook. | Rick Steves’ Europe: Denmark Beyond Copenhagen | Erika Larsen: The Reindeer People | Nat Geo Live (22 min.) * Warning: Dead reindeer are shown. | The Last Generation? – Sami Reindeer Herders in Swedish Lapland, Documentary (1 hour, 30 min.) * Warning: There is a bad word in the translated sub-titles. Reindeer are also shown being butchered. |
| Geography Now! videos | Norway | Denmark | |||
| Printables | Reindeer paper model Scandinavia poster Finland poster | ||||
| Websites | Article: Salty licorice: The not-so-sweet sweet Dollar Street – Take a look at families around the world. (Topics can be changed by the dropdown menus in the upper left of the website.) | ||||
The Origins of the Lucia Tradition Video has been removed from Youtube.
Thank you so much! I found it again and relinked it! 🙂
A song i think could be a good addition is “Säkkijärven polkka”, a finnish folk song which you can find on youtube very easily
Thank you so much for the suggestion!! I’ll add that in today into week 14!
Link to the etsy store for the dala felt horse shows no product and as of today, my etsy search did not find a kit.
Thank you SO much for letting us know! I’ll look for another one. We so appreciate you!
Here is another idea for the Creative Writing Assignment: https://www.everywritersresource.com/100-norse-mythology-writing-prompts/#google_vignette
Thank you for the suggestion! 🙂 I’ve added the link!