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

Long May He Reign!

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will creatively interpret aspects of the text in an original production.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

For this exercise, the teacher should break up the class into 3 groups of at least 4 people (the groups can have different numbers of students if so desired). These groups will work on acting out (in a short skit or scene) 1 full day in the life of King Elessar.

The focus of this activity is to have students imaginatively step into the day-to-day governance of Gondor after Aragorn's coronation. For this reason, the teacher should emphasise the kind of political decision-making which is...