| INTRODUCTION | TASK | RESOURCES | PROCESS | EVALUATION | CONCLUSION | TEACHERS | CREDITS |

INTRODUCTION

Novels are often written to tell people about different times and places. They use special myths, places, times and characters to make a fictional world more believable and interesting. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, there are many instances of myths, special places, and characters to make the experience of reading the book more interesting. All these features of the novel also mean we can learn more about our world, why people live the way they do, how our society works, and why certain places are important.

J. K. Rowling has created a world which mirrors reality in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. If we move from fantasy to reality, we can gain a new insight into our world. We can perceive our world and how our world works. We will be looking at how people influence

TASK

You are a team of Prefects at Hogwarts. You have been assigned the task of introducing new muggle students to Hogwarts and the wizarding world. You will be choosing to create one of the following:

• A web site
• A PowerPoint presentation
• A series of posters/pamphlets created in Publisher

• Site and Situation
• Social Systems and Power
• Mythology and History
• Learning and Teaching

You will be provided with web resources on this site. You will also need to use your school diary, the posters you have created, the email questions you have been assigned, and the information you have discovered from your activities in class.