Everything you need to understand or teach The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Overview
In Lord of the Rings, the inhabitants of Middle Earth join to save themselves from enslavement by the malevolent Sauron. Centuries before, Sauron forged a Ring, putting much of his power into it, to control through a series of lesser rings, men, dwarves, and elves. Some men fell into his power, but an alliance of men and elves defeated him, and the Ring was cut from his hand. It should have been destroyed, but a human prince, Isildur, took it. Isildur was slain, and the Ring fell into a river. There, the hobbit-like Deagol eventually found it. His friend Sméagol killed Deagol for the Ring. From Sméagol it passed to Bilbo Baggins, who, innocent of its powers and dangers, takes it back to his home and eventually leaves it to his cousin and heir Frodo Baggins. Once it is understood what the Ring is, and that Sauron is trying to... View more of the The Lord of the Rings Summary
The Lord of the Rings Lesson Plans contain 176 pages of teaching material, including:
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien
