The product of my keystone will be a series of at least five maps of Middle Earth which each highlight an aspect of the story through the location of objects, people or things within Tolkien’s world. Before I draw the maps I will re-read the books and create charts of all of the things that I am mapping. For example, a chart for the battles during the story would include the place of the battle, the time in the story, the parties involved and the outcome. The following is a list of map I wish to create in order of priority. Hopefully I can do all of them but the goal is to do at least the first five.
Maps
-general map of Middle Earth during The Lord of the Rings story
-map which charts acts of tikkun olam in the story
-map which tracks the journey of the ring
-map of the battles that take place during the story
-map which follows the journey of the Fellowship
-map of the Shire
-map of races of Middle Earth
My paper will be on the process of mapping a world that only appears in books and might not be on a round world or have a scale. I hope to do my service hours working at the SFPL of the Village Project or reading to kids who are in the library. My spiritual component will look at acts of tikkun olam in the story which I will also map. To bring my keystone back to JCHS, I hope to create an exhibit in the glass showcase outside of the library with my maps and other Lord of the Rings things like books, movies and illustrations. I am keeping a blog to track my progress. The link to my blog is http://lotrkeystone.blogspot.com/. I will work on the maps at home or in the art room. I will need paper and drawing supplies to draw my maps and access to the library display case for my exhibit. These deadline were created keeping in mind my involvement in the plays and holidays, journeys and breaks.
Task
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Deadline
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Finish the charts for my first five maps.
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November 23, 2012
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Finish research on maps of Middle Earth, look at maps in early editions of the books, additional maps that appear in other places. Learn who did them and how (if the information exists). Decide which elements I might want to include in my map.
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December 14, 2012
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Finish research on cartography. I must have information on general cartography and cartography of fantasy worlds. Decide which elements of the maps I look at in my research I might want to include in my maps.
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December 14, 2012
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Finalize the common elements for my maps like borders, keys, colors and textures.
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December 21, 2012
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Arrange my community service hours.
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December 21, 2012
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Finish the outline for my paper.
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January 7, 2013
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Finish the general map.
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January 14, 2013
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Draft the paper and submit it to my mentor for edits.
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January 25, 2013
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Submit a second draft of my paper to my mentor for edits.
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February 8, 2013
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Finish the non-map material for the fold-out atlas
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April 19, 2013
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Finish the tikkun olam map.
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March 8, 2013
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Finish the journey of the ring map.
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March 22, 2013
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Submit a final draft of my paper.
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March 22, 2013
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Finish the map of the battles.
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April 5, 2013
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Finish the map of the journey of the fellowship.
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April 12, 2013
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Scan maps and format the foldout atlas
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April 19, 2013
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Finish any extra maps.
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April 26, 2013
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Finish my library display.
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April 26, 2013
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Outline my presentation.
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May 3, 2013
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Finish all of my community service hours.
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May 3, 2013
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Have the final printed fold-out atlas
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May 10, 2013
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Finish my presentation plan/script/powerpoint.
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May 10, 2013
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Excellent adjustments to your plan. You've made a terrific start and have divided up the tasks well. Stay on course and you won't have to worry about a mad-dash to the finish line at the end.
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