Lesson 1: 1000B.C.-1000A.D.

[Erik Augustine]

Erik looked around at is first class of the year. He hoped that he would be looking around at exited faces, but, alas, all he saw were faces ready to leave and some who were already half asleep. Oh, well, if they slept, then they wouldn't pass. Their loss.

"Hello, my name is Professor Augustine, and welcome to your first History of Magic lesson. Okay, we will just get right to it then. We will talk about the evolution of magic beginning with the early Egyptians around 1000B.C. During that time, the muggles knew about wizards and held them in high esteem. When the muggle pharohs died and were burried in pyramids, the wizards put curses on the tombs to keep them safe. Today, Gringotts hires "curse-breakers" to get pass the ancient spells and charms to find the treasures burried deep within them."

Erik took a deep breath and continued.

"I'm sure all of you know who Ollivander is; most of you probably bought your wands from him. Well, in 382B.C., he opened his wand shop. It is the largest, oldest, and most thriving wand shop in the history of magic."

"Around 900A.D., brooms began to become as popular as they are to day beginning with the start of the annual Swedish broom races. This race was in Sweden and ran from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of 300 miles. But, the broomsticks that they used, were very uncomfortable. A German illuminating manuscript was found with pictures of wizards dissmounting these primitive brooms with looks of pain on their faces."

"In 993, Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded by Godric Griffindore, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. The exsact date is not known, but in the early 1000's, Salazar Slytherin created the chamber of secrets which is said to be the home of some sort of monster. Slytherin believed that Hogwarts should only allow pure-blood students to attend, so he wanted this monster to get rid of the muggle borns in the school, but the monster wasn't freed until hundreds of years later. When the dissagreements between Salazar Slytherin and Godric Griffindore got out of hand, Slytherin made the decision to leave Hogwarts forever."

"Well, that's it for today; please write the question that are on the board on you paper and answer them. Turn in your paper before the end of the class."

Erik, with a wave of his wand, wrote the questions to the quiz on the board before returning to his desk. He sat down and gazed about the room at all the students

Quiz:
1.) What year was Hogwarts founded?
2.) What was the starting and ending locations of the annual Swedish broom races; and how many miles was it?
3.) Explain how the ancient Egyptions used magic.
4.) Who were the founders of Hogwarts?
5.) Why did Slytherin leave create the Chamber of Secrets?
Ex.) What is the name of the creature in the chamber of secrets?

[Rylee Goldshanks]

Andromeda stepped into the first History of Magic, looking eager to learn. That expression only grew more eager as she took in her new teacher; he was rather handsome. He introduced himself as Professor Augustine. She liked that he seemed rather relaxed and casual, but it sort of didn't help the subject to seem more appealing to those students that weren't into history at all. In fact, Andy herself had a hard time paying attention to the subject matter with her professor looking like that. She was too inclined to stare at him rather than to actually listen.

Thankfully, however, Andy was well-versed in History of Magic. Her parents had seen to it that she knew all about Hogwarts's beginnings and how right Salazar Slytherin had been to do as he had done. While Andromeda did not agree with hating muggles and muggleborns, she did see that knowing Hogwarts's roots was very important.

Next came the assignment. They were your basic, run of the mill questions to make sure that the students had listened, and though Andy hadn't really been listening, she knew wall the answers.

1.) What year was Hogwarts founded? 993 AD
2.) What was the starting and ending locations of the annual Swedish broom races; and how many miles was it? Kopparberg to Arjeplog, 300 miles
3.) Explain how the ancient Egyptions used magic. They used them to place protective curses on the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs.
4.) Who were the founders of Hogwarts? Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin.
5.) Why did Slytherin leave create the Chamber of Secrets? Because he felt that only Pureblooded children should be taught magic, and he created the chamber in order to try and kill all of the muggleborns.
Ex.) What is the name of the creature in the chamber of secrets? A basilisk.

Satisfied, Andy turned in her answers. XD

Grade:
RP:20/25
Quiz: 30/25

[Griffin Sosario]

Griffin walked into history of magic eager to learn as much as he could about the magical world. When he went to a muggle school all his life, history was his favorite subject. He loved the idea that there was an entire other world that had their own set of history books.

When he saw the Professor for the first time, he sighed when he gazed upon his perfect wavy blonde hair. Why did his hair have to be such a murky brown? When Professor Augustine lectured, Griffin took careful notes on the subject. His eyes widened at the stories of magical history.

To him, this wan't a class lecture, it was story time. All these thing that the Professor was telling him didn't seem likely to be real, they seemed like simple fairy tales.When he discovered that there was a quiz, then he felt prepared and hastily took out a fresh sheet of parchment and a diffferent color of ink and copied down the questions from the board.

Quiz:
1.) What year was Hogwarts founded? 993AD
2.) What was the starting and ending locations of the annual Swedish broom races; and how many miles was it?Kopparberg to Arjeplog; 300 miles
3.) Explain how the ancient Egyptions used magic. They used magic to protect the pyramids that the pharohs were buried in.
4.) Who were the founders of Hogwarts? Godric Gryffindore, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin.
5.) Why did Slytherin leave create the Chamber of Secrets? He left because of dissagreements between him and Godric Gryffindore; and he created the chamber of secrets to house a monster that could destroy the muggle-borns.
Ex.) What is the name of the creature in the chamber of secrets? a basilisk

Griffin looked down at his pretty handwriting, placed his quill on his desk, then walked up to the front of the classroom to place his completed paper on the Professor's desk.

Grade:
RP: 20/25
Quiz: 30/25

[peanut]

Bridget happily went into the class, excited to learn about the History of Magic. She was very unhappy to find out that the teacher was a male though. The only male teacher she's ever liked in her life was Professor... no, Headmaster Dumbledore. Her other experiences have made her doubt the teaching abilities of men. This only continued in this class.

Her aggravations only happened when she listened to the teacher's lecture, which she did. She was a model student, after all. She even took notes... but... she still had issues.

First, the teacher referred to B.C.E. (Before Common Era) as B.C. (Before Christ) and C.E. (Common Era) as A.D. (After Death). It was only formal to use B.C.E. and C.E. She made a face. Were wizards even religious?

Next, Bridget made a face as the teacher pronounced Godric Gryffindor's name. It just sounded completely wrong, and it irked her. She wrinkled her nose and wondered if he even spelled it right.

Finally... well, her final aggravations were in the quiz. The quiz she saw written on the board after the lecture. Pulling out another piece of parchment, she copied the quiz. She pulled out her notes and began writing.

Bridget Miller. History of Magic.
1.) What year was Hogwarts founded?
Hogwarts, according to your lecture, was founded in 993.

2.) What was the starting and ending locations of the annual Swedish broom races; and how many miles was it?
Your lecture stated that the Swedish broom races began in Kopparbarg, Sweden, and ended in Arjeplog, Sweden, stretching out 300 miles.

3.) Explain how the ancient Egyptions used magic.
The lecture never stated how Egyptians used magic; however, it did explain that they placed curses on the tombs as protection.

4.) Who were the founders of Hogwarts?
Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, and Helga Hufflepuff.
At least she knew this one for sure without the lecture.

5.) Why did Slytherin leave create the Chamber of Secrets?
This irked her. The teacher hadn't even taken the time to write his questions correctly. Bridget didn't know what to write down here, because the question didn't make sense. Slytherin leave create?
I assume this question is asking why Salazar Slytherin created the Chamber of Secrets as well as why he left it. Well, according to your lecture, he created it to rid the school of all the non-pure-blood students. He and Godric Gryffindor got into an argument, when he decided to leave Hogwarts for good, leaving the Chamber of Secrets behind.

Ex.) What is the name of the creature in the chamber of secrets?
This question was her final aggravation. Bridget looked at the extra credit question and raised an eyebrow. He didn't even take the time to capitalize Chamber of Secrets. Also, how the HELL would she know the name of the creature in the Chamber of Secrets? The teacher didn't mention it, and neither did the book. She was a muggle-born first year. She couldn't possibly know. She almost wanted to rip up the quiz and storm out of this class. So, she guessed. She wasn't going to be sassy yet.
Considering there's no way for me to know this, I have no clue. However, I'd like to guess some sort of snake. Knowing the Slytherins, it's probably a giant snake with some sort of magical powers.

Bridget turned in her paper and left unhappily. Once again, her Theory of Male Teacher Incompetence stood true.

Grade:
RP: 23/25 (let me just say that you were pissing me off, it was
late when I wrote the lesson and I made a few
typos.)
Quiz: 25/25 (It was EXTRA CREDIT, don't get your panties in a
wad.)