1. A SHORT HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

2. Celticpeoplesettled in Britainaround 700 B.C.

3. The Celtsareancestors to manypeople in Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Irelandtoday.

4. The Celtsoftenhadwomen as theirleaders. One ofthem is veryfamous. HerenamewasBoadicea. Shefoughtthe Romans.

5. The Romans occupied most of England and Wales in AD 43. The Romans wereafraidoftheScots. That is whytheybuilt Hadrians Wall alongtheScottish border.

6. Hadrians Wall

7. The Romans stayed in Britain for a long time. Whentheyleft , newpeopleattackedBritain.

8. The Angels and theSaxonsattackedBritain. The Celtscould not fight them, so theyfled to Wales, Scotland and Cornwall.

9. In 793 the Vikings attacked a monasteryontheislandofLindisfarne.Theykilledthemonks and stole the gold and silver.

10. The Vikings stayed in Britain for almostthreehundredyears.

11. The Vikings werepeoplewholived in Denmark, Sweden and Norway over a thousandyearsago.

12. In thosedays it was hard to findgood farmland.

13. Many men sailed to findnew land.

14. Theyoften stole valuablethings from otherpeople.

15. The Vikings weregreatsailors.

16. The longestshipswerecalledlongship or dragonship.

17. The viking shipsweredecoratedwithdragon’sheads to scaretheenemy.