History of Magic Homework 1

1) Write a short essay (2-4 paragraphs) about the witch or wizard on the chocolate frog card you got. Use any of the following questions to help with material;
Do you think the witch or wizard on your card was anti-muggle or pro-muggle? Why/ why not?
Do you think they changed the world? How?
What was happening in history during their lifetime and how might it have influenced their actions?

2) Choose any three points on the timeline and explain how each one may have affected another. You may be as creative and out there with your answers as you like as long as you present a persuasive argument and link all your points convincingly. (2-3 paragraphs)

3) Working with at least one other person and as many as you like, discuss and compare the witches and wizards in the timeline; paying a special focus to the one on your card. Which would have won in a duel? A dance-off? A debate? A cook-off? Any ‘versus’ question you can think of may be addressed. Summarise your discussion. (Also quote the posts in which you discuss with others to get full marks.)

Ptolemy-unknown(m)

168 A.D - Death of Ptolemy(m)

Merlin- dates unknown A Charms specialist sometimes known as The Prince of Enchanters Merlin is unquestionably the most famous wizard of all time Merlin was part of the Court of King Arthur (who was in power around 525 AD) He believed that wizards should help Muggles and therefore created the Order of Merlin to support laws protecting and benefiting Muggles.(m)
Hengist of Woodcroft- dates unknown Founder of Hogsmeade.(m)

Paracelsus- dates unkown A “secretive wizard” about whom little is known(m)

Around 1000 A.D - Salazar Slytherin was born. One of the four founders of Hogwarts.(m)

1112 - Wilfred Elphick was born. Famous for being the first to be gored by an Erumpent.(m)

1199 - Death of Wilfred Elphick(m)

Bridget Wenlock- born 1202 she was a famous arithmancer and the first to establish the magical properties of the number seven.(f)

Ignatia Wildsmith- born 1227 she invented Floo Powder.(f)

1285 - Death of Bridget Wenlock(f)

1320 - Death of Ignatia Wildsmith(f)

Quong Po-born 1443 A Chinese Magical Creatures Specialist, Quong Po studiedLiondragons and discovered the uses of their powdered eggs (m)

Daisy Dodderidge- born 1467 she was the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron.(f)

Musidora Barkwith- born 1520 Barkwith was a famous composer whose Wizarding Suite featured an exploding tuba. This unfinished work is now banned, ever since a performance in 1902 blew the roof off of the Town Hall of Ackerly(f)

*Wendelin the Weird- dates unknown Witch in Middle Ages who enjoyed being burned at the stake(f)

1539 - Death of Quong Po(m)

1555 - Death of Daisy Dodderidge(f)

Mungo Bonham-born 1560 A healer who founded St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Ailments and Injuries(m)

Lord Stoddard Withers- born 1642 A specialist in magical creatures, Lord Withers created a sport similar to Quidditch, but played on flying horses, though it never generated much interest(m)

1659 - Death of Mungo Bonham(m)

1666 - Death of Musidora Barkwith(f)

1703 - Edgar Stroulger was born. Inventor of the Sneakoscope.(m)

Flavius Belby- 1715 Survived a Lethifold attack He wrote about the experience, revealing for the first time the existence of this terrible creature and also the fact that a Patronus Charm will drive a Lethifold away. Belby had at one time been voted the president of the local Gobstones Club(m)

1742 - Beaumont Marjoribanks was born. Marjoribanks was a pioneer in the field of Herbology. He collected and classified many rare and magical plants. Marjoribanks is credited with discovering Gillyweed, although Elladora Ketteridge had discovered it about a century earlier(m)

1750 - Xavier Rastrick was born. Flamboyant wizarding tap-dancer; he vanished unexpectedly in the midst of a performance in Painswick and was never seen again.(m)

1769 - Death of Lord Stoddard Withers(m)

1791 - Death of Flavius Belby(m)

Beatrice Bloxam- born 1794 Author of The Toadstool Tales series of children's books. These books have been banned because they cause nausea and vomiting(f)

1798 - Death of Edgar Stroulger(m)

1810 - Death of Beatrix Bloxam(f)

1836 - Death of Xavier Rastrick(m)

1845 - Death of Beaumont Marjoribanks(m)

1881 - Albus Dumbledore was born. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.(m)

1889 - Roderick Plumpton was born. Seeker for the England National Team and the Tutshill Tornados. Holds British record for fastest capture of Golden Snitch during game: three and a half seconds. This happened in 1921 and the move he used to make the catch is now called the Plumpton Pass. Plumpton maintains the catch was totally intentional and not sheer dumb luck(m)

Perpetua Fancourt -born 1900 Witch who invented the Lunascope(f)

1912 - Derwent Shimpling was born. Comedian known for his boldness; he once ate an entire Venomous Tentacula as a bet. Though he lived, he’s still purple(m)

Carlotta Pinkstone- born 1922 Famous for campaigning to lift the Statute of Secrecy, revealing the wizaring world to Muggles. She has been imprisoned multiple times for defying the Statute. (f)

1935 - Bertie Bott was born. Inventor. While experimenting with ways to create tasty candies from food, Bott accidentally included a pair of dirty socks in one of his trials, and created the first of the many surprises found in Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. (m)

Greta Catchlove- born 1960 Author of Charm Your Own Cheese(f)

Donaghan Tremlett- born 1972 Bass player with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters, and a big Kenmare Kestrels supporter (fw94). According to the Daily Prophet, he was married in the fall of 1995 (m)

Ronald Weasley- born 1980 helped Harry Potter defete Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwarts and became an Auror(m)

1987 - Death of Roderick Plumpton(m)

1991 - Death of Perpetua Fancourt(f)

1997 - Death of Albus Dumbledore (m)