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Harry Potter Thematic Resources and Professional Development Workshop
for Educators by Midge Frazel

Owl Mail has been designed as a professional development resource for educators and librarians.
First Look | In the News | Author Study | Activities | Teacher's Guides
Theme| Interesting |
Kids | Dale| Print |
Hedwig™ Suggests
An Important First Look at Harry Potter on the Web
The Official Harry Potter Website
URL: http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/web/home.jsp
Experience what an official Web site has to offer.
Be sure to read the legal information in the terms of use and privacy policy.
Harry Potter @ MI Kids.com
URL: http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/
Contrast the above two sites with this one created by a teacher.
Carolyn Gundrum at Waukazoo Elementary School Holland, MI
The 24 Hour Museum Trail: Young Wizards
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/trails/youngwizards/index.htm
Known as "The National Virtual Museum",
this Web site is host to many interesting exibitions.
It is hosted by a Web company in the United Kingdom.
The Top Ten Harry Potter Sites on the Web
URL: http://new.topsitelists.com/bestsites/Liyana/topsites.html
Harry Potter Top 50
URL: http://new.topsitelists.com/bestsites/hptop50/topsites.html
Examine the number of "hits" claimed by these source. What makes "fan" sites popular?
Do they have content appropriate for educational purposes? Do they disappear quickly?
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In the News...
Yahooligans! The Big Picture: Harry Potter News
URL: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/harrypotterseries
Harry Potter Cartoons
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/harrypotter/main.asp
Thanks to Dan Lynch of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, IN
for allowing the use of his cartoon for this workshop.
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Author Study Preparation
Meet J.K. Rowling
URL: http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/
author/index.htm
Barnes & Noble's JK Rowling Web Page
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/gift
/kids/harry_potter/rowling.asp
Mary GrandPre Web Page
Illustrator of the American Editions
http://www.marygrandpre.com
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Special Classroom Activities
The Four Houses of Hogwarts WebQuest
9th Grade Language Arts
http://www.itsco.org/webquest/class/plittle/webquest.html
Cindy O'Hora's Harry Potter Web Hunts:
Sorcerer, Chamber, Azkaban
Chris Yunka's Harry Potter Wizard Cards
...with ideas for classroom use
Chris is a teacher of English living in France

http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/harrypotter/harrycards/harrycards.html
A Day in the Life of Harry Potter: WebQuest
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/harry/harry.htm
Harry Potter Cover Art
URL: http://teachervision.com/lesson-plans
/lesson-2692.html
Harry Potter Haiku
URL: http://print.factmonster.com/
spot/haikuharry.html
Kids Domain: Wizard Crafts
Harry Potter Teaching Resources
URL: http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
harry/index.htm
Resource Room: Harry Potter Word Parts
http://www.resourceroom.net/
Comprehension/wordparts.asp
Resource Room: Harry Potter Signal Words
http://www.resourceroom.net/
Comprehension/literature/signalwords.asp
Resource Room: Harry Potter Comprehension Exercises
http://www.resourceroom.net/eduonly/HarryPotterComprehensionexercises.asp
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Thematic Resources, Teacher's Guides and Activities
NY Time Online Lesson Plan: Making Magic
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011116friday.html
Ellen Reiss on "Nature, Romanticism, & Harry Potter"
Thanks to Christopher Balchin for suggesting this link for older students and teachers.
Annette Lamb's Literature Ladder
URL: http://eduscapes.com/fun/harry1.htm
TeacherVision's Harry Potter Index Page
URL: http://www.teachervision.com/
lesson-plans/lesson-2698.html
Harry Potter Selected Links on the Web
URL: http://www.education.wisc.edu/
ccbc/hplinks.htm
A to Z Teaching with Harry Potter Theme Page
URL: http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes
/harrypotter.shtml
ALFY Thematic Picks for Harry Potter
URL: http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/
thematic_units/Harry_Potter/HP_1.asp
Unit Plan for Harry Potter
http://theliterarylink.com/
unit_harry_potter.html
Discussion Questions for Sorcerer's Stone
URL: http://books.rpmdp.com/
rated99/rowling.htm
Harry Potter Impersonations Web Project
URL: http://www.sd68.bc.ca/coal/
potter/mainpott.htm
Online Project to Join with your class
Nancy Polette's Literature Guides
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Fun with Harry Teacher's Edition
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/co3/
teachhpotter/index.html
Teacher has a book of handouts for sale
Harry Potter Crossword
URL: http://familyeducation.com/printables
/piece/0,2357,22-10005-333,00.html
Scholastic's Discussion Guides
Sample Pages: Stone, Chamber, Prisoner
included in packet
Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club Coloring Pages
URL: http://www.harrypotterfans.net/
coloring/index.html
The Potter Project
A ten week project for students 9 to 14 years
Excellent material on the Teacher's Page
Theme, Character and Setting
Learning Setting WebQuest
Interesting Resources
Lord Voldemort
created by Canadian teen Fred Liu
The Harry Potter Word Wizard
http://www.theblanchards.com/hp/index.html
Harry Potter Lexicon
URL: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/
The Leaky Cauldron
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
Scholastic's Harry Potter Web Site
URL: http://www.scholastic.com/
harrypotter/home.asp
Bloomsbury's Harry Potter Site (UK)
URL:http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/
harrypotter/
Harry Potter.net
URL: http://www.harrypotternet.co.uk/
Hogwarts-Online
ThinkQuest Project
Discovering Harry Potter
http://www.wtvi.com/wesley/
harrypotter/activities.html
MuggleNet
http://www.mugglenet.com/
Harry Potter's World of Magic
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest
/Palace/6997/
Lycos Zone: Harry Potter
"Celebrity Guide"
The HP Galleries
http://www.hpgalleries.com/index.html
Has an interactive Millionaire game
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Just for Kids?
Yahooligans! Harry Potter Resources
URL: http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Books/Harry_Potter_Series/
KidsRead.com Presents Harry Potter
http://www.kidsreads.com/HP07/content/index.asp
How Obsessed Are you with Harry? An Online Quiz
URL: http://www.fuuko.com/hpquiz.html
Listening to Harry
Jim Dale's Home Page
URL: http://www.jim-dale.com/
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Educational Print Materials
What materials are available for purchase in bookstores and on the Web?
(I am not endorsing or recommending these products. This is just a list of resources.)
Are they educational enough for use?
Do librarians have a different point of view?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Novel Study by Marli Kavanagh
URL: http://teachertimesavers.com/Harry1.html
Exploring Harry Potter: Beacham's Sourcebook
by Elizabeth D. Schafer
URL: http://www.beachampublishing.com
Amazon's Harry Potter Store
Barnes & Noble's Harry Potter Store
Hedwig Graphic by Warner Bros. Hedwig™ Suggests: Learn More about Owls
Annette Lamb's 42Explore Owl Theme Page
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/owls.htm
Gander Academy's Owl Theme Page
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/owls.htm
abcTeach: Owl Theme Unit
http://abcteach.com/Owls/OwlTOC.htm
The Owl Pages
http://owlpages.com
Connections
Susan's Seagrave's Learning About Herbs

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