This page features classroom activities, informal assignments, and other handouts (such as informational charts, tables, lists, etc.) used successfully by teachers in Tolkien-related courses. These assignments have been formatted according to Waymeet’s standards and have been peer-reviewed by our Editorial Board before being published here.

Discussion Prompts (Judy Ford and Robin Reid)
Leaf by Niggle-purpose freewrite (Leslie Donovan)
On Fairy-stories-vocabulary and sources exercise (Leslie Donovan)
Reflection Journal (Judy Ford and Robin Reid)
Smith of Wootton Major-comparison group exercise (Leslie Donovan)

Science-related Materials
Astronomy and The Hobbit (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)
Astronomy of Middle-earth (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)
The Line of the Evening Star (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)
Reading The Silmarillion in a Science and Society class (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)
Make Your Own Creation Myth (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)
It Mirrors Only Starlight and Moonlight (Moonletters Exercise) (linked with permission from Kristine Larsen)

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