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Mr. Cox from Bronx NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Nature in Middle Earth

Help me give my students box sets of Lord of the Rings and Dune.

  • 5 donors
  • $304 goal

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My Project

I would like to celebrate Earth Day by offering my students books with an underlying theme of environmentalism such as that found within Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is an ever-present background to the characters and actions of Middle-Earth. The hero’s movements through nature contrasted with the criminal destruction of nature by the villains presents two clear perspectives about the treatment of nature, but Tolkien also inserts his perspective through the inclusion of Tree characters, like Ents.

Trees and tree characters are an essential part of Tolkien's legendarium that help to illuminate the author's claims about environmentalism and the impacts of progress on the world.

How characters interact with nature inform their ethics and point to Tolkien's thoughts regarding nature and the importance of one's relationship to it. The interaction of nature with forces like time and industry reveals Tolkien's claim about the importance of stewardship over nature and the consequences of neglecting or destroying it. Through character interaction with nature and industry to show the link between environmentalism and morality, as well as the messaging about stewardship and the consequences of neglect and industrialization, we can clearly see Tolkien’s environmental ethic and melancholic view of progress.

Mr. Cox
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 6-Book Boxed Set: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, 1-6) • Amazon Business $64.80 1 $64.80
The World of Tolkien: Seven-Book Boxed Set • Amazon Business $45.99 1 $45.99
The Lord of the Rings Illustrated (Tolkien Illustrated Editions) • Amazon Business $39.19 1 $39.19
The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings: Deluxe Pocket Boxed Set • Amazon Business $33.98 1 $33.98
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings • Amazon Business $20.46 1 $20.46
LEATHER VILLAGE Leather Bound Vintage Journal for Women & Men - Book of Shadows - Lock Closure - 200 Pages of Antique Deckle Edges Handmade Paper - Rustic Brown Color - 7 X 5 inches • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$224.41

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$257.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.49

Total project goal

$303.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $303.27

3 Donors

-$146.34

Donations toward project cost

-$133.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.95

Matching donations from our partners

-$146.34

Match offers toward project cost

-$124.39

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

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 $0.00

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