Teaching Harry Potter In School

Posted January 21, 2019

Why do you want to teach Harry Potter in your classroom? Is it because the series is popular among kids and adults? Are you a fan of Harry Potter and want to teach it in more depth? Whatever the reason may be, you’ll want to give it some thought before deciding what sort of lesson you want to teach the students.

Here are helpful ideas that could get you started on teaching Harry Potter in your classroom:

Get an idea on what the Harry Potter books are mostly about.
Go to websites like Pottermore that might have in-depth content related to the stories.
Research the books – who are the popular characters, who is Harry Potter…etc.
Ask fans of the books what they would do if they were teaching Harry Potter to students.

Once you get the basis of the Harry Potter Wizarding World, decide what kind of lesson you want to teach your students. For example, do you want your students to write a paper on the theme or moral of the story of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? When I was a student in my university, I was browsing for textbooks in the school bookstore when something caught my eye. Right there lying on the shelf was the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I was surprised at first that why the bookstore would have this, but I then realized that a teacher could indeed choose to teach students about Harry Potter to make a class more interesting.

Here are some activities that might be enjoyable:

Have a class discussion on the aspect of the books that you want the students to learn.
Use things like Wizarding Money or even Muggle Money for examples when teaching math to younger students.
If you’re teaching history, why not visit some of the locations online? For instances, go to Gloucester Cathedral for a virtual tour.

There are so many ideas for interesting subjects to teach within the classroom using Harry Potter. Here are some helpful websites where you can get ideas for teaching Harry Potter within the classroom:

Even if you aren’t a Harry Potter fan, there are websites that will help you find a way to use Harry Potter in your teaching. Harry Potter has a lot of moral lessons for a student to learn: love, friendship, loyalty, etc. There’s a total of seven books within the series so a teacher shouldn’t have a problem finding something to teach the students. Take a vote on what you want to discuss within the Harry Potter series or find someone who knows Harry Potter and could help you. Harry Potter is fun and interesting to read; make it enjoyable for you and your students so that it lasts more than just a day.

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