Viking Longhouses Reading Comprehension | KS2 History Worksheets & Activities
£1.50
Take your class back to the Viking Age with this engaging Viking Longhouses Reading Comprehension Pack. Pupils will discover how Viking families lived, worked and survived in their longhouses before answering a range of comprehension and higher-order thinking questions. The resource also includes a fun persuasive writing challenge where children become Viking estate agents selling a longhouse to new settlers! 🌿🔥
Perfect for KS2 History, this resource develops reading comprehension, historical knowledge, vocabulary and persuasive writing while bringing the Vikings topic to life.
✨ What's Included:
📖 Illustrated Viking Longhouses information text
❓ 14 comprehension questions
🧠 Challenge questions to encourage deeper thinking
✅ Full answer sheet
✍️ Creative persuasive writing activity
🏡 "Sell a Viking Longhouse" estate agent task
📝 Feature list and buyer question activities
🎯 Persuasive vocabulary challenge
🖨️ Full-colour and printer-friendly black & white versions
🎯 Perfect For:
⚔️ KS2 History
📚 Vikings topic
🏫 Year 3–Year 5 classrooms
👩🏫 Whole-class lessons
👥 Guided reading groups
🏡 Homework
📖 Independent learning
⭐ Cross-curricular English and History lessons
❤️ Why Teachers Love It:
✔ Combines History and English in one resource
✔ Builds reading comprehension and vocabulary
✔ Includes creative follow-up writing tasks
✔ Encourages historical empathy and persuasive writing
✔ Ready to print and teach
✔ Includes answers for quick marking
Pupils learn about Viking longhouses, including how they were built, the materials used, daily life inside the home, why they were built near rivers and farmland, and how they kept families warm during winter. They then apply their knowledge through comprehension, reasoning and a creative estate agent writing activity that promotes persuasive language and historical understanding.
A high-quality KS2 resource that brings the Viking world to life while developing reading, writing and historical enquiry skills through engaging, curriculum-linked activities. 🛖📚⚔️