Viking Raids Workbook | KS2 History | Why Did Vikings Attack Britain & Lindisfarne?

Bring the Viking Age to life with this engaging KS2 History workbook exploring why the Vikings attacked Britain and Ireland. Packed with reading activities, source investigations, retrieval tasks and writing challenges, this resource helps pupils develop both historical knowledge and enquiry skills while discovering one of the most exciting periods in British history.

✨ What's Included:

• 📖 Informative reading passages on Viking raids

• 🛶 Viking longships and how they changed history

• ⚔️ Berserker warriors and Viking warfare

• 💰 Reasons why Vikings raided Britain and Ireland

• ⛪ The famous Raid on Lindisfarne (793 CE)

• 📜 Historical source investigation using Alcuin of York's account

• 🧠 Vocabulary, retrieval and comprehension activities

• ✍️ Extended writing and newspaper report task

• 📝 Knowledge checks, quizzes and review activities

• ✅ Complete teacher answer key included

🎯 Perfect for:

• 📘 KS2 History (Years 5 & 6)

• 👩‍🏫 Whole-class teaching

• 👥 Guided groups and independent learning

• 📝 Homework and revision

• ⭐ Cover lessons and intervention

• 📚 Developing historical enquiry and source analysis skills

❤️ Why Teachers Love It:

• ✔ Curriculum-linked Viking topic

• ✔ Encourages historical thinking and evidence-based reasoning

• ✔ Builds reading, vocabulary and writing skills alongside history

• ✔ Includes a wide variety of engaging activities

• ✔ Low-prep, print-and-go resource with full answers

From Viking longships and Berserker warriors to the Raid on Lindisfarne and the use of real historical sources, this comprehensive workbook gives pupils a deeper understanding of the Viking Age while developing the enquiry skills needed to think like historians.

A high-quality, classroom-ready resource that's perfect for making KS2 History both engaging and memorable. 🛡️🌍📖