4-6 Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Chamber of Secrets …

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or named in later volumes. Lesson could also use. streets/shops in Knockturn Alley from Chamber of. Secrets or Hogsmeade Wizarding Village from …

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4-6 Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber
of Secrets, Prisoner of
Azkaban, Goblet of Fire,
Order of the Phoenix
By J. K. Rowling
Scholastic Press
Lesson by Helen Roberts
Economics: Consumers, Sellers, Government
Language Arts: Read with Understanding, Making Inferences, Writing Paragraphs
Synopsis: Harry Potter learns about wizards, wizard lore, magic and destiny.
Materials: Sheet of drawing paper per student, Shop Cards, crayons or markers, 2″
strips of newspaper, crepe paper, etc.
Procedure: 1. After reading Sorceror’s Stone: Chapter 5 “Diagon
Alley”, ask students to recall some items sold and
shops mentioned. (Some shops are first introduced
or named in later volumes. Lesson could also use
streets/shops in Knockturn Alley from Chamber of
Secrets or Hogsmeade Wizarding Village from
Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire.)
Diagon Alley: Leaky Cauldron-inn. Cauldron
shop. Apothecary. Eeylops Owl Emporium.
Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Madam Malkin’s
Robes. Ice Cream (Florean Fortescu’s Ice Cream
Parlor). Flourish and Blotts Books. Ollivander’s
Fine Wands. Magical Menagerie-animals. Quality
Quidditch Supplies– Broomsticks. Gambol and
Japes Wizarding Joke Shop.
Knockturn Alley: (Dark Arts shops)Hogsmeade Wizarding Village: Honeydukes Sweet
Shop. Zonko’s Joke Shop. Shrieking Shack. Three
Broomsticks-inn.
2. Discuss:
a. Why would stores locate together on one
street? (Answers will vary. Here are some.
To get more customers–convenient for
buyers. May be help to be close to shops
selling related goods: different school
supplies. Government may order it-to keep
secret from Muggles. )
b. If you are an owner of an ice cream parlor,
what would be some advantages to being
located on a street selling school supplies?
(Children like ice cream. Shop for school
supplies in summer when ice cream is
especially attractive.)
c. What stores not mentioned in the stories
might also be located on this street? What
would be good names for these stores? (If
class size is larger than the 12 listed above
in Diagon Alley, elicit at least enough
suggestions to allow each student a different
store to draw. Answers will vary.)
3. Distribute Shop Cards to each student. Write the
additional suggestions for store names and goods or
services. Instruct students to draw a picture of the
establishment on their card.
4. After drawing is complete, discuss:
a. What does each business…