Keystone Proposal

This is my keystone proposal. I have bolded the ideas I am going forward with so far.

Proposed Theme/Topic(s):

The World of the Lord of the Rings

Guiding Questions you have about your topic:

How does Tolkien create the world of Middle-Earth?

What elements did he use?

Some initial thoughts/ideas on how I might pursue my topic of interest:

Product-focus:

-Redraw the maps of Middle-Earth that appear in the books.

-Learn Elvish and use it to write a story.

Bringing It Back-Put up the maps around school with an explanation and and quotes from the books corresponding to the locations on the map.

Service-focus:

-Volunteer at an after-school program like the Village Project to help kid improve their reading.

-Work at the SFPL or the JCL to create a Lord of the Rings exhibit to get kids excited about reading the series.

Bringing It Back- Exhibit at the JCL.

Research-focus:

-Research Tolkien’s work in linguistics and possible linguistic connections between it and other languages.

-Analyze types scenes in Tolkien’s mythology of Middle-Earth and their recurrence in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

Bringing It Back-Teach a Basic Elvish Workshop.