Beside the Ocean of Time | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Norday and The Orkney Islands - These communities are situated at the northern tip of Scotland.

Ingle - This is the farm where the main character and his family live.

Smylder - This is the farm where the Olafson family lives.

Selkie - This is the horse owned by the present day laird of the island.

Seamus - This is the fictional horse ridden by the medieval knight MacTavish.

Solan Goose - This is the Viking boat on its way to Byzantium.

The Byzantine Empire - This is the vast political power founded...
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