THIS RESOURCE IS A MUST-HAVE FOR TEACHERS THAT WANT TO HELP STUDENTS VISUALIZE MIDDLE EARTH WHILE READING THE HOBBIT OR THE LORD OF THE RINGS. STUDENTS START WITH A BLANK MAP AND THEN FOLLOW STEP-BY-STEP TO CREATE AN INFORMATION-PACKED RESOURCE!
***Google Classroom Compatible – these Microsoft Word documents can also be saved as Google Docs and used in Google or other digital classrooms
***Google Classroom Compatible – these Microsoft PowerPoint files can also be saved as Google Slides and used in Google or other digital classrooms
This download includes both the 33-slide, 25-step PowerPoint AND the blank Middle Earth map in PDF and MS WORD formats.
The PowerPoint adds one map item at a time as students put it on their map. Each item has a description and an image to help understand the context.
For example, when students place "RIVENDELL" on their maps, there is a picture of Rivendell from the Lord of the Rings films and text that reads, "Step 11: Rivendell was an elvish stronghold and was the home of Lord Elrond. Many hobbits, dwarves, men, wizards and elves visited this location in Tolkien’s books."
By the end of the activity, student maps will include at least 25 locations in Middle Earth mentioned in both the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books:
The Shire, Hobbiton, Bree, Weathertop, Rivendell, Moria, Misty Mountains, Lorien, Dol Goldur, Mirkwood, Fangorn Forrest, Wood Elves, Dale, Erebor (Lonely Mountain), Iron Hills, Rhun, Rohan, Helm's Deep, Gondor, Dead Marshes, Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Mordor, and several other mountain ranges.
Map the Hobbit: a follow-along interactive PPT to help students map Middle Earth
Grade Level:
3rd-8th
Pages:
33 slides and a printable follow-along mapSubject(s):
ELA, Geography, Literature
Format(s):
Zip with PowerPoint, Word, PDF