About the Civics thing, I really can't see an adequate way to incorporate an LOTR lesson in a Civics class. =| Sorry, Arwen.
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Does anyone have any specific suggestions for conveying the magic of Middle Earth to underachieving, unmotivated learners?
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This I have suggestions for. =) Being a young teen myself, I can sort of relate to the other members of my generation, so perhaps I can help..
Introduce LOTR as no other book you'll ever teach to them. In costume would be great [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img], as Brinniel said. Perhaps stroll into the class and say something like:
"Class, we are going to be reading and discussion a trilogy of books that you may or may not recognize the name of. They will be books like no other you've ever read, and if you read them with open minds, they just might change your lives before you realize the change is happening."
You know, something really dramatic and drastic, to introduce the outstanding, striking influence of the phenominal books right away. Something like:
"These will be books brimming with utter and complete evil, corruption, war, devotion, friendship, incredibly love, and deception. Nothing that R.L Stein could give you with Monster of Fear Street, eh?"
Read the books as a class if you can, but before doing so, maybe you could give a light introduction to Middle Earth?
I'm sure everything will go great! Just make sure not to make the trilogy sound awfully boring, for with teens, things like books will automatically seem dull. [Not for all teens, just a lot of us.] Good luck! =)
[ October 06, 2002: Message edited by: DarkRose ]