The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lesson Plan

Potluck on the Pelennor Fields

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will imaginatively create secondary works based on the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

At the beginning of this activity, the teacher should open a brief discussion about the different foods of Middle-Earth. What role does food play in the cultures of the Free Peoples? How do certain foods (like lembas bread) prove vital for Frodo and Sam during their journey to Mt. Doom?

Once the discussion has concluded, the teacher split the class up into at least 4 groups. Each student group will be assigned one of the following Peoples of Middle Earth, and tasked with creating a recipe...