Sweden for kids!

an introduction to Sweden for elementary school students

February 23, 2013Britt Lewis

Pippi Longstocking

Who is Pippi?

• Liberator of children

• Bold adventurer

• Taunter of gender roles

• Loyal friend

• Complex role figure

What can we take from Pippi?

The Vikings

Who were the Vikings?

Where did they live?

Where did they travel?

Vikings in the classroom

BBC Viking educational tools and excersizes:http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/

Contains lots of great information on Vikings as well as corresponding classroom activities and discussion questions

The Arctic North

Polar Nights and Midnight Sun

Midnight in Kiruna, Sweden