The answers to these questions about the Saxons and the Vikings may be found by clicking on the link below each one. You could write the answers down when you find them or you could try a spot of multi-tasking by clicking here and typing in the answers (or copying and pasting) as you find them. Good luck!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/anglosaxons/invasion/index.shtml
Which Anglo-Saxon gods give their names to days of the week?
http://www.indepthinfo.com/weekdays/index.shtml
Take the "interactive tour" of Sutton Hoo. What was found in Mound 1?
In which year did Roman Christianity come to Britain? Who brought it?
http://www.britannia.com/history/saxontime.html
Who were the Vikings? Where did they come from?
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/origins.htm
Click on "The Quest of the Vikings". In which year did the Vikings attack the monastary at Lindisfarne?
http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/DAILYF/2002/06/daily-06-08-2002.shtml
Where did Alfred the Great defeat the Danes?
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon6.html
Visit the Viking house. Which five things should not be there?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/games_index.shtml
Why did King Canute sit on his throne by the seashore?
http://viking.no/e/people/e-knud.htm
The Saxon period ended in 1066. Three kings sat on the throne that year. Who were they?
http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/ang-sax.htm
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