History of Hogwarts 102: The Four Houses

 Vamos a la segunda clase de Historia de Hogwarts. En ella vamos a aprender un poco sobre las cuatro casa de Hogwarts. Recordamos que los niños y niñas de primero tienen 6 años y por lo tanto debe ser una información  muy breve y fácil de recordar

Primero vamosa ver unos videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu60uvXG0bM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVeevo-9770

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8wJfDPNf8I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=064j9AwexKw

Welcome back everyone to Lesson Two in story: The Four Houses. In this lesson we wil learn about the characteristics that made yourselves proud to be in one of these Houses

 

Hogwarts History 102. The Four Houses

Hogwarts is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. Throughout the school year, the houses compete for the House Cup, gaining and losing points based on actions such as performance in class and rule violations. The house with the highest end-of-year total wins and has its colours displayed in the Great Hall for the following school year. 

Gryffindor

Gryffindor values courage, bravery, nerve, and chivalry. Gryffindor's mascot is the lion, and its colours are scarlet red and gold. The Gryffindor common room is in one of the castle's highest towers, and its entrance is on the seventh floor in the east wing of the castle and is guarded by a painting of The Fat Lady, who is garbed in a pink dress. She permits entry only after being given the correct password,

Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff values hard work, patience, justice, and loyalty. The house mascot is the badger, and canary yellow and black are its colours. The entrance to the Hufflepuff dormitories and common room entrance is concealed in a pile of large barrels in an alcove in the corridor that holds the kitchen. To enter, one must tap the barrel two from the bottom in the middle of the second row in the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff"

Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw values intelligence, learning, wisdom and wit. The house mascot is an eagle and the house colours are blue silver. The dormitories are in Ravenclaw Tower, on the west side of Hogwarts

Slytherin

Slytherin values ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulness. The house mascot of Slytherin is the serpent, and the house colours are green and silver. The Slytherin dormitories and common room are reached by speaking a password to a patch of bare stone wall in the dungeons, which causes a hidden door to open.

Now I only want to tell me which of these characteristics you think you have in order to have been sorted in your House. This will be your assigment for homework

For today I just want to decorate the emblems and banners from your Houses

 

 

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History of Hogwarts 202: The Four Houses

 Vamos a la segunda lección en este segundo curso de Historia de Hogwarts. Para ello vamos a continuar lo que empezamos el año pasado sobre las cuatro casas de Hogwarts y vamos a ampliar la información con el escudo y su animal, el director de cada casa, los colores etc...

Primero vamos a ver unos videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUkAz_2r8w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOmbTdhzsI&t=93s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_-gTRSTB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MhAF_omtHg

Hello my dear children. Welcome to the second class about the history of this marvelous school. Last year you learned about the charactristics of the four Houses in this school. This year we will continue learning about these characteristics.Then I will send you the pertinent homework

Let’s move forward with today’s lesson!

History of Hogwarts 202. The Four Houses

Students at Hogwarts are grouped into four houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. When the students arrived on September 1 of their first year, they were met byMcGonagall, who explained the house system

"The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room."The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."

The students were then led into the Great Hall. There they were sorted into their houses by placing the Sorting Hat onto their heads, whereupon it decided which house they should belong to.

Each house has a common room and dormitories where students sleep and spend their free time. Students do their studying and spend their free time in their common room when they aren't in the library. The common rooms have comfortable chairs and assorted tables for students to work at and to play games such as wizard chess or Exploding Snap. Each common room also has a large fireplace

Each house has a Head, a staff member who is responsible for the students in that house. There are also several prefects from the houses. Each house also has a resident ghost and an animal. The Heads, animals, colors, and ghosts of each house are as follows:

	Gryffindor	Ravenclaw	Hufflepuff	Slytherin
head	McGonagall	Flitwick	Sprout	Snape
ghost	Nearly Headless Nick	Grey Lady	Fat Friar	Bloody Baron
animal	lion	eagle	badger	serpent
colors	red and gold	blue and bronze	yellow and black	green and silver

The crests of each house show their colors and their animal:

  

The four houses compete for House Points. Whichever house gets the most points over the course of the year wins the House Cup. These points are tracked by means of four huge hourglasses. Each house has a Quidditch team. These teams compete through the year as well, and the victor of the Quidditch contests wins the coveted Quidditch Cup.

The four houses are related to the four elements, according to Rowling (Pm): Slytherin is water, Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air and Hufflepuff is earth.

                                    texto e imgenes cedidas porPottermore.com

 

What I want from you is very easy...I want you to complete the following chart about your House andthen expplain to your partners if you agree with those characteristics

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History of Hogwarts 302: The Founders of Hogwarts

Vamos a la segunda clase en este tercer año de Historia de Hogwarts. Los dos primeros años estuvimos viendo la historia de las cuatro casas y ahora empezaremos con la historia de los cuatro fundadores de Hogwarts. Después colorearemos un dibujo sobre uno de estos personajes y haremos una pequeña redacción sobre que características poseemos que nos hagan parecernos a fundador de nuestra casa

Primero vamos a ver unos vídeos sencillos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOI471FvefQ&t=71s

Hello my friends. Welcome to another class about Hogwarts History. Last year we talked about the characteristics and properties of the different Houses that you can be sorted to. This year we will talk about the famous founders that male possible the creation of this magical and marvelous castle. 

In this light we will continue studying Hogwart a History book by Bathilda Bagshot

Hogwarts History 301. Hogwarts Founders

The Hogwarts founders, also known as the Hogwarts Four were four witches and wizards who established Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the medieval era, in the 10th century. These four founders are widely described as being the most brilliant witches and wizards of the time and were the following: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.

Each of them created their own House: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin respectively. They laid the foundations for the largest and most prestigious Wizarding School in Britain.

Godric valued courage and bravery, believing these were the two most virtuous abilities a person can possess

Helga Hufflepuff believed that, in order to be sorted into Hufflepuff house, a person must possess the values of loyalty, patience, and be hard-working above all else

Rowena Ravenclaw wanted to make Hogwarts the very finest Wizarding school on earth, teaching those children with the highest intelligence

Salazar Slytherin believed strongly that only wizards of pure blood (i.e., those with a mother and father from wizarding families) should be allowed to attend Hogwarts

                                texto e imagenes cedidos por Hogwrtsishere,com

Now let´s do these test (depending in which House you were sorted to) and tell me what % are you like the founder of your Hogwart´s House

https://www.quiz-bliss.com/ambercolby/godric-gryffindor-personality-quiz-1203184

https://www.quiz-bliss.com/ambercolby/hogwarts-helga-hufflepuff-personality-quiz-030419

https://www.quiz-bliss.com/ambercolby/hogwarts-slytherin-personality-quiz-121018

https://www.quiz-bliss.com/ambercolby/hogwarts-ravenclaw-personality-quiz-102918

   

History of Hogwarts 402: The Founders of Hogwarts

 Segunda clase del cuarto año en la clase de Historia de Hogwarts y vamos a aprender un poco más sobre los fundadores de las cuatro casas. Para ello vemos unos vídeos y luego leemos un texto. Después 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdJ8n3IUUQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNJW1ZmaHSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QpDCcS_JI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbLBMzTO8eg

Welcome back to Hogwarts History class! I see you survived your first lesson and assignment. It wasn’t too terrible, I hope. I’m sure you all did well, and please feel free to come to me if you have any questions at all. I want to help you make sure that you have a solid understanding of the material covered in this course and I am more than happy to assist anyone. Starting today, each lesson will build off of one another in order to allow you to be able to complete a full reading by the end of the term. It is important that you pay attention to everything that is discussed, and remember what we study from lesson to lesson. We will continue learning about the four witches and wizards that founded our magical school. So I recommend you to follow the diretions provided by the book designed for this year. 

History of Hogwarts 402. Hogwarts founders

Godric Gryffindor

The founder of Gryffindor house. A fair man, he believed that any child who displayed magical abilities before their 11th birthday should be able to attend Hogwarts. Godric valued courage and bravery, believing these were the two most virtuous abilities a person can possess. Gryffindor was the original owner of the Sorting Hat, which he and his fellow founders enchanted to select people to be sorted into their houses, by seeing the qualities each founder valued the most.

Gryffindor also had a sword made, which would present itself to any true Gryffindor in a moment of need. The sword became an important item a thousand years later, and was instrumental in defending Hogwarts from Slytherin's descendant. He was allegedly the best friend of Slytherin before he left Hogwarts. His house corresponds to the element of fire.

Helga Hufflepuff

The founder of Hufflepuff house. A kind and warm woman, she valued a person must possess to be sorted into Hufflepuff house are those of loyalty, patience, and hard working above all else. It is also known that she brought the house-elves to Hogwarts. She owned a fine golden cup which was fairly innocuous aside from being her possession. The cup was sought by Lord Voldemort nearly a thousand years later, for him to turn it into a Horcrux. She was the best friend of Rowena Ravenclaw. Her house corresponds to the element of earth.

Rowena Ravenclaw

The founder of Ravenclaw house. A sharp and intelligent woman, Intellect is a highly valued asset to the students of Ravenclaw house. Due to this, it is likely that Rowena wanted to make Hogwarts the very finest Wizarding school on earth, teaching those children with the highest intelligence. Rowena also had a daughter, Helena, who later became the Grey Lady of Hogwarts as a ghost.

Helena stole her mother's diadem, and it became lost. It was believed to have been lost for so long, that no one alive had seen it, however, it had actually been found by Lord Voldemort with the aid of the ghost of Ravenclaw's daughter. He turned it into a Horcrux and later hidden once more, this time within the Room of Requirement, where it would remain hidden for at least 50 years. She was the best friend of Helga Hufflepuff. Her house corresponds to the element of air.

Salazar Slytherin

The founder of Slytherin house. Sly and cunning, he was not unlike many of the students he brought into his house. He believed strongly that only wizards of pure blood (i.e., those with a mother and father from wizarding families) should be allowed to attend Hogwarts. Slytherin caused great dispute over this with the other founders, and it eventually caused a permanent rift with Gryffindor, which led to Slytherin's departure from the school. Before he left, however, he created the Chamber of Secrets, complete with a huge statue of himself and a horrible monster.

Almost a thousand years later, Slytherin's descendant, Lord Voldemort, would seek to fulfil his desires of banishing Muggle-borns from Hogwarts, and exterminating them. One of his personal effects, a locket, was later claimed by Voldemort, to be used as a Horcrux. He was the best friend of Godric Gryffindor before the rift occurred and he left Hogwarts. His house corresponds to the element of water.

History of Magic 502. The First Civilizations

 

En esta segunda clase de Historia de la Magia vamos a estudiar las culturas antiguas. Empezaremos con las culturas Mesopotámicas y Fenicias para seguir con la cultura Maya. Primero estudiaremos un poco de teoría 

Usaremos el libro que comenzamos a estudiar el año pasado: Historia de la Magia por Bathilda Bagshot 

Luego elaborar un proyecto basado en una de estas culturas Para ello vamos a elaborar un edificio típico de la cultura maya (pirámide) o de la cultura mesopotamica (zigurat)

Aquí os dejo unos vídeos de como hacerlo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2Y2i0nZ8E&app=desktop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjxu6cxNEvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nJoouzcU8

  

Hello my dear hirtorians. We aregoing to continue with our study of the history of Magic. YesI know, this subject can be a little boring but don´tworry we are going to make a project based on this lesson at the end of the teorhy class 

Charms 502: The Ancient Magic Cultures

Over the course of the next two lessons, we will be talking in-depth about ancient Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Maya and Roman and Greek magic cuiltures

To begin, we will look at Mesopotamia, one of the earliest civilizations known to man. Muggle history often describes it as the "cradle of civilization" or "the fertile crescent". In Mesopotamia. Sumerian people were among the first to create potions in the world, specifically healing and defensive potions. 

Magic was an important factor in Sumerian culture. They often revered those they saw using magic, as it was seen as a gift from the gods, when in reality they were just wizards and witches. However these witches and wizards wouldn't have known this themselves, so they often accepted this theory, and became immortalized as gods and heroes.

The next culture we will look at is Phoenicia, this being the culture that came up with the Proto-Canaanite Alphabet. The Phoenicians used magical woods in many of their boats, as they were a well known maritime power and skilled traders. Their boats were protected by charms and enhanced by their use of the magical wood

I'll move on now to the Maya Civilization. The Maya were, again, some of the first people to form village-oriented lifestyles as opposed to your normal nomadic tribes. Witches and wizards learned to plant food, making it easier for them settle down. It was quite the feat. The Maya used jade -- much like another culture we will study -- and most notably obsidian for a task that was considered by many to be the first form of divination

Much of this would have been possible without their integration with magical folk as well. They had their own writing system, language, and an entire sociology. However that's information for today, I think. 

I will see you in the next lesson. But before the class is dismmised let´s explain your homework. First I want you to make a practical proyect about one the following buldings that were constructed in the ancient cultures. For ilustrative purposes I will show you some tutorial videos

Then I want you to investigate about on important fact in the Maya, Phoenicia or Mesopotamic culture and write about 100 words in a piece of paper

History of Magic 602. Introduction to British Magical History

 

Welcome back to Lesson Two of History of Magic. By now, you should have already set your two goals for the year’s course.

For today’s lesson, we will be touching on the beginnings of wizarding villages, particularly witch-hunting and its influence on the formation of European communities. We will not be discussing any villages in particular



Charms 602: Introduction to British Magical History

For hundreds of years, Muggles have been wary of witchcraft and magic. Witchcraft was officially banned and labelled as evil in many religions. Many followers of these religions held the view that witchcraft was sinful and wrong.

Religious leaders were not able to set the minds of average Muggles at ease as witchcraft was increasingly deemed wrong, evil, and life-threatening by the general populace and superstitions. In fact, witchcraft was blamed for bad things that happened in daily activities, such as farming failures or sudden, unexplained deaths. By the 13th century, witchcraft trials in Europe started to gain popularity and witch-hunts and burnings became a common sight by the early 14th century and lasted on for centuries.

As may seem logical, these witch hunts had a number of ramifications on the magical population. One of which was causing many magical beings to seclude themselves in small groups away from larger, non-magical cities and towns. This is because they had to protect the young witches and wizards who were unable to gain full control over their power, and to reduce the chances of being seen when accidental magic happened. They also started to limit their social interaction with the Muggle communities in large groups.

Additionally, in 1689, the International Statute of Secrecy was signed. This Statute aimed “to protect witches and wizards globally from the fear and persecution that they faced at the hands of their Muggle counterparts.” Thus, to protect each other, they were to separate themselves and live on their own, removed from the witch-hunt hysteria, for fear their lives might be in danger

Signed by the International Confederation of Wizards, the International Statute of Secrecy was widely believed to be the best possible way to protect both Muggles and witches and wizards from future persecution. This document was used to officially recognise wizarding villages that were around, some of which had already existed over a hundred years. If the enacting of the International Statute of Secrecy interests you -- as it should as one of the most important pieces of magical legislature in history

You have a simple assignment this week

Charms 102. The Wand Lihgting Charm Lumos-Nox

Vamos a empezar nuestra primera clase practica de hechizos y para ello después de una breve introducción vamos a pedir a nuestros niños y niñas que realizan estos dos simples hechizos. Para ello apagamos todas las luces de la clase y una vez que les hemos enseñado la posición, movimiento de la varita y el encantamiento les pedimos que uno a uno realicen el hechizo (por supuesto necesitamos una luz para que parezca que el hechizo ha salido bien; esto lo conseguiremos simplemente colocándonos al lado del niño o niña que esté realizando el hechizo mientras sostenemos un puntero, puede ser de diferentes colores para aparentar diferentes formas de realizar el hechizo, así los niños creerán que su varita es la que esta haciendo el hechizo) 

Para ello primero vemos el hechizo en un vídeo de la película de Harry Potter y luego les pediremos que se graben en vídeo haciendo el hechizo en casa. Para ello también os dejo un vídeo explicativo sobre como hacerlo en after effects, aunque se puede hacer más sencillo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEIzXskHZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5mVRSoBT74

 Welcome my little friends once again to our Charms classroom... I suppose all of you have brought your wand to the classroom, because today we are going to begin with our first spell: the Wand-Lighting Charm.

Charms 102. The Wand Lighting Charm - Lumos- Nox

Lumos

As the name implies, this simple spell will allow you to illuminate the tip of your wand. It is one of the easiest spells to master, useful whenever you need light, and makes for some good spellcasting practice.
But first let´s learn about the basic components that you need to perform a spell. 
Obviously the most important one is the position that the wizard has during the moment of casting the spell. 
There are other important components that we will learn during the following years: Incantation, Wand movement, willpower and concentration.  But this year , your first year, we will practise your position and way of using your wand

Now! Onto the casting!

The Wand-Lighting Charm
Incantation: Lumos (pronounced ‘LOO-mos’)
Wand Movement: Single counter-clockwise loop
Willpower: Low; determines the color of the light
Concentration: Low; lighting up the top of your wand

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The Wand-Lighting Charm would be complete without its equally-simple counter, the Wand-Extinguishing Charm. This spell has a singular purpose, and that is to counter the Wand-Lighting Charm. It is a personal charm, which means it will only work for your own wand, or the wand you happen to be holding should it be lit.

The Wand-Extinguishing Charm
Incantation: Nox (pronounced ‘NOCK-ss’)
Wand Movement: Flick of the wand
Willpower: None
Concentration: None

Now let´s practise.... first the position and the wand movement

For homework I want you to practise this spell at home... so I need you to bring me a video where you show your ability casting this spell

Class dissmissed

Con los alumnos mas mayores podemos pedirles que hagan una redacción sobre como se realiza este hechizo y podemos enseñarles alguna variante como por ejmplo "Lumos Maxima"

   

Charms 202. Unlocking Charm - Alohomora

 Vamos a nuestra segunda clase de Hechizos de este segundo año y la primera práctica ya que vamos a realizar nuestro primer hechizo este año

Primero vamos a ver un video sobre el hechizo que sale en la película de Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llu6UWvItk8

Hello my dear childrenand welcome to our second Charms class this year. I hope you didn´t forget your wand since today you are going to learn your first spell in this year. LAst year you lear to simple spells (Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa) and this year you will learn two simple but useful spells. The first sepell you will learn this year is the Unlocking Charm (Aohomora)

Charms 202. The Unlocking Charm – Alohomora 

The spell you’ll be practicing this week is called the Unlocking Charm, so noted because it unseals locks, both magical and mundane. The spell is also known as the Thief’s Friend for obvious reasons. The spell, which originated in Africa, was brought to the Wizarding World by Eldon Elsrickle. Elsrickle used it to go on a looting spree throughout homes in London until the counterspell was invented by Blagdon Blay.

Unlocking Charm
Incantation: Alohomora (‘al-LOH-ha-MOR-ah’)
Wand Movement: Backward S curving up at the end
Willpower: None for simple mechanical locks; minimal to very high for locks ranging from complex mechanical to complex magical.
Concentration: Visualization of yourself unlocking the lock

As demonstrated, the charm’s wand movement is a backward S that curves back upward at the end. The caster must focus upon the lock to be undone, whether it is just a physical lock or of magical design. It's important to begin the wand movement as you begin saying the spell and end it as you finish saying the spell, regardless of how quickly you say the spell or perform the movement. Depending upon the particular spell used to create the lock, the Unlocking Charm may prove ineffective.

Unlocking a door or chest is as simple as performing the necessary gestures and incantation. The trick to this spell is that you need to focus on the object you’re attempting to unlock and visualize yourself unlocking it as you cast the spell. You also need to time your cast with the wand movement so that your wand is pointed toward whichever lock you want to unlock at the end. It’s not required that you be able to see the lock, but in this case it must somehow be attached to the door or chest you wish to unlock, and you still need to target whatever the lock is attached to. The complexity of the lock, or in some cases its weight, can both be limiting factors to this spell’s effectiveness.

                                 texto e imagen cedidos por Hogwartsishere.com

Let´s practise 

Wan I want  for homework is to record yourselves in a video pratising the spell