The Vikings word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this Vikings puzzle set for my Year 4 and 5 students during our world history unit. The kids had heard of Vikings and thought they all wore horned helmets and raided constantly, but had no idea they were also explorers and traders. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like Norse, Scandinavia, longship, raid, trade, colonist, Odin, Thor, Valhalla, berserker, shieldmaiden, rune, horned, axe, and saga. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the real facts finally stick.

The download is three two-page PDFs: each puzzle comes with its answer key. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether Vikings really wore horned helmets. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple ship and shield drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 4 to 6. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write one fact about Viking longships on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.