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The Discovery of Iceland

January 28, 2015 Ticia 12 Comments

Because I’m a glutton for punishment, and because I want a little leeway in our schedule I decided to complete two weeks worth of lessons in our Illuminations 2 (affiliate) schedule, and we actually did it.  I was rather amazed.  Our most favorite lesson of that busy week was the discovery of Iceland, it’s a fun bit of history.

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

How did the discovery of Iceland happen?

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

Well, like many other great discoveries in history, by accident.  For this lesson you need a good sized map, you could print one out from Wondermaps (on my to do list, make poster sized versions of all the cool Wondermaps) or do a google search.  For the big one to show everyone I used this map website and printed a 3X3 versions of the map for me to have a big version for the kids to see better.

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

The first time Iceland was discovered a man had inherited an island “somewhere to the West,” so he sailed off to find it, hit a storm and discovered Iceland.  He wandered around on there, thought it looked amazing named it Gardarholm, and headed back to Norway.

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

When Gardar got back he told everyone all about this amazing land he found, “It’s great, you won’t believe how much farming land there is.”

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

Well, someone else heard all of this and said, “I’’m going to go find that island, it sounds like a great place to live.”  He set out with some hardy souls, and they colonized Iceland.

 

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS
He got so cold his vision went blurry and that’s why this picture is blurry

They built a few houses, and it looked great.  Then WINTER hit, and it was a bad winter.  They survived that winter and their founder said, “This place should be called Iceland, there’s so much ice here.”  Little did he know in a little while they’d discover somewhere that was even icier and call it Greenland.

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

Time passed and there were a few Viking pirates, I know that’s most of the Vikings, and they decide it’s high time they make a real go of it.  Not having much money they knew the best way to get money was to steal it from someone else, so they raided Ireland and Scotland to get their supplies and headed over.  The older cousin had a great chair and said wherever that chair landed is where the capital would be, but they lost the ship it was on.

A year or so later they found the missing chair, and that is the capital of Iceland to this day.

The discovery of Iceland as told by LEGOS

And that is how Iceland was discovered by some Vikings who got lost.

 

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Comments

  1. Almost Unschoolers says

    January 28, 2015 at 7:58 am

    Very nice! I think my kids are really going to enjoy this. Thanks for preparing a history lesson for us 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 29, 2015 at 6:22 am

      You’re welcome.

  2. Marie-Claude Leroux says

    January 28, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    Nicely done! Thanks to you and the kids (and some Lego) I learned something new today 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 29, 2015 at 6:22 am

      Yea! It was a really interesting lesson.

  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    January 28, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    This is great! I am especially fond of your use of LEGO minifigures to teach history.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 31, 2015 at 12:03 am

      Thanks! My kids always perk up when I say to get out the LEGOs.

  4. Claire says

    January 29, 2015 at 4:25 am

    Such a fun way to learn history. Well done Lego figures (and children)!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 31, 2015 at 12:03 am

      They say thank you. The Legos attempted to take a bow, but they fell over.

  5. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    January 30, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    I love your history with Legos!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 31, 2015 at 12:04 am

      If I could teach every lesson with LEGOS the kids would have a much better memory of it.

  6. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:06 am

    Cute idea!! I love all of the different mini figs that settled in Iceland and Greenland 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 31, 2015 at 9:50 pm

      I know, there was quite the assortment.

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