The activities in this resource are aimed at students aged between 11 and 15 years of age, but can be adapted for students working at other levels, too.

Curriculum links: Technology, The Arts, Social Studies, English

The activities in this guide put students in the director’s chair. They encourage the same sort of creativity and ingenuity that Peter Jackson and his team used in making The Lord of the Rings.

• How do you make chain mail that looks like the real thing but doesn't weigh a ton?
• How do you make big look small and small look big?
• How do you make new stuff look worn and torn?

Let your students unlock behind-the-scenes secrets - and try out their own ideas!

Print this guide (pdf, 1.17 MB)

This teachers’ guide was designed to complement class visits to The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition, on display at Te Papa from April to August 2006.

Please note: All files for printing are in PDF format. You may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF documents.

This exhibition was developed by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in partnership with New Line Cinema.

It was made possible through the support of the New Zealand Government.

© 2006 New Line Productions, Inc. The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King and the characters, events, items, and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company, d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises, under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

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