The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lesson Plan

Discussion: What Makes a Hero?

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes of the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people. Half of the student groups will be assigned to read one chapter from Rico Abrahamsen's book Stages of Imagination: Exploring Theme and Vision in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth; the other half of the groups will be assigned another chapter:

1. Modes of the Heroic - A Theory of Courage: https://valarguild.org/tolkien/encyc/papers/dreamlord/stages/courage.htm

2. Modes of the...