Class 1: Second Years

[joshua]

Second class of the day, with the first class with the first years already by me, I was eager to start with the second years. Hopefully they would be more mature. Since my first year students seemed to be a bit..crazy? As I walked back into the room from a short break between classes I decided to go ahead and rearrange the desk to make it look better. Last class I got up minutes before they bell rang. Once I fixed the desk I went up to the board and wrote,

History of Magic
Lesson One - Introduction into Greek Goddess
Mr. Thomas
Be ready to take notes!

Once I wrote that I decided to relax a little, it has already been a great day and I needed to enjoy it.

[at]

Ally walked into the History Of Magic Classroom. Ohh how she hated this class. She had been having a blat in Transfiguration and the bell rang quickly. Then it came. History Of Magic her least most least favorite class. She sat down pulled out her textbooks. Pulled out some parchment and a quill. Dont forget ink! She sighed and laid her head on the desk. Bored out of her life waiting for class to finish. But then she jumped up. She looked at her quil. "Wingardium Leviosa." Her quill rose and she smiled. She was indeed entertaining herself.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley walked into the History of Magic classroom and found a seat near the front. She walked over and sat down into it. Ash placed her books, quill, and ink bottle in case she had to write any notes. There was only one other girl in the room with her. Except for the Professor. Ashley sat back in her chair and waited for more kids to show up.

[paulkong]

Alex walked into the classroom, as it was the start of the new term he was looking to pick up where he left off. This was by far his best class his first term and he was eager to continue doing well. He didn't quite understand why people didn't like this class. If you had a professor who wasn't boring (or a ghost) then it really was very interesting.

Alex walked over and sat down next to another couple of Gryffindors. He took out his quill and parchment and laid them on the desk. It looked like the TA had undertaken the tedious task of rearranging everything on his desk recently, he never quite understood why teachers always felt they needed a clean desk, he supposed he'd find out eventually, he was hoping to be come a teacher. In any case he was ready to go for this class, he sat back in his chair and waited for the TA to begin.

[kailynn]

Kailynn entered the room quickly, remembering her way around the small room easily. It was more challenging finding an open seat, though, since those changed every class. She took a seat where there appeared to be no one around it. She set her book and writing material down, sighing. She hated coming to classes, even if it was necessary.

[joshua]

It was five minutes past the time to start. Instead of wasting my time and waiting for the others. I would just count them late, or let it go on there first lesson. I stood up in front of the class, cleared my throat and said, "Good morning everyone, my name is Joshua Thomas, you call me Mr. Thomas." I said with a smile. "This year in History of Magic, we will be learning about Ancient Greece and the goddess. I was thinking we might do some role play as a god or goddess?" I kind of asked, wondering if I would get a reply.

"Today we are going to talk about a few of the major gods and goddesses. Remember to take notes, in all lessons. Anyways, can anyone tell me where all of the gods and goddesses lived when they where not on Earth?" I asked looking around.

[cremefilled]

"Mt. Olympus," Sev said from the back of the classroom. No one had really noticed but he had slipped into the classroom just before the teacher began talking. He was pretty sure that he was not late because the teacher had only just started the lesson.

He was glad that he had the opportunity to answer a question that he actually knew about. But he felt like, just as with last term's HOM class, he was going to be doing a lot more learning that he expected.

[mileena]

Hannah rushed down the hall toward the history class. She knew that she was late but better late than never right? Has she reached the room she walked in quietly. Of course it was no surprise that the TA had already begun. Taking a seat in the center of the room she got out her things has another student answered the teachers questions.

[joshua]

I was rather surprised when someone actually answered the questoin. "Very good, Seventru, am I right? 5 points for Ravenclaw" I announced with a smile. "All of the gods lived on Mt. Olympus. This was actually not a real place on earth. It was a place up in the sky's pretty much. Only the gods could see it." Turing to the board, I started to make a chart. "Now, something I need to tell you, there are two sides of the story of Greece Gods and Goddess. A muggle and magical view point. To tell the truth, the gods and goddess, were really wizards and witches. Muggles just believed that they where who they where becuase they had no idea what "magic" was. Now I want you to make a chart and have 8 lines. Then a column for the name, God of what?, Muggle View Point, Magical Viewpoint, other. It's going to be your job by the end of class to fill in that chart." I said hoping they got the idea, that it would be worth points. "I will give you a few minutes to do that."

A few minutes later while most of the students where done I decided to go on about Hestia. "Ok, keep working on your chart if you are not done yet. I'm going to go on, our first God is Hestia. She was the Goddess of Hearth and Home, when she first became a Goddess she had her own throne, however when Dionysus grew into Godhood, she willingly gave up her throne to him. She is the eldest of the Gods and Goddess of Mt. Olympus. That was the Muggle standpoint. The Magical side is that she was really an old witch that lived most of her life in isolation from others. To have the whole gods and goddess thing to happen, a few witches and wizards had to get together and actually plan this out. Can anyone tell me why they had to plan it out?"

[jayo]

Xianex walked into the classroom with a quick glance at the board, barely reading it, he found a place to sit and got out a special note taking quill, and some parchment, and got himself ready for class.

He looked around and didn't really recognize anyone, but he didn't mind, he wasn't here for the people.

[at]

Ally raised her hand to answer the question. "Because If they did not plan it out carefully something could go wrong and cause a catasphrophy to the muggle and wizarding world. It would be very harmful to the society." Smiling she pulled her hand down. She was hoping she got it right. Waiting for him to reply she waited.

[joshua]

Joshua smiled, "Very good Ally, if I'm correct" he said while still learning names. "The witches and wizards had to make sure they did not do something wrong to make the whole world pretty much go BOOM!" He said in a loud voice, waking up a few of the students. "Now, back into our Gods, the next God is Demeter" He said while writing it down on the board. "She was also the daughter of Rhea and Cronus. She was the Goddess of the Harvest or the Goddess of the Fields, you will need to know both for the test. Her temper determined the life's of the people on Earth. For example, if she got mad, and decided some way to have the harvest bad, that would in turn be very bad for the Muggles." He said while finishing up writing on the board.

"Now," Joshua started, "the Magical view point is almost the same. She was the daughter of Rhea and Cronus, she decided to control the harvest of Earth when they group of wizards got together to plan it out. She wanted harvest becuase she had always been a plant type person. Can anyone tell me another God or Goddess?" He said looking around.

(OOC: The "chart" will be worth 50 points. It doesn't have to be in that form, just some way of it. When we get done with class you will owl it to me. If not it will be a 0/50 which brings your grade down a lot.

Example of Chart:
God:
Magical View Point:
Muggle View Point:
Other:
Thats all you have to do)

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley started working on her chart. It was kinda confusing considering that they had only discussed like maybe four including the one girls parents. She sighed and looked back up to him waiting for somebody to answer the question he asked. She herself couldn't think of any except for like Zeus and others like that but she was pretty sure that was not the answer he was looking for.

[cremefilled]

Sev was not a big fan of someone telling him how to take notes. He would rather take them the way he wanted to so he could understand them later. His style of learning would probably be slightly different from everyone elses and from the teachers. This would not be of much help unless he could do things his way. However, he still had to follow directions and he got started on his chart, taking notes as he went along. He began scribbling everything he heard, along with waiting for more house point opportunities.

[josie]

Josie couldn't believe her luck not only was she late, thats what happens when you get cocky about being on time to ONE lesson!! She was late for history of magic, one of the classes she was looking forward to least. She'd been told it had been known to drag on for what felt like weeks.

Josie however was willing to go in and give it a try, she was a history buff, and loved learning about the past, she just hoped it would be in an interesting fashion, reading from a text book as someone read aloud what you were already reading wasn't her idea of creative teaching.

She slipped through the door, the Professor was in full swing and everyone seemed to be working hard. She took the closest seat and read what was on the board. Pulling out her parchment, quill and ink she set to work hoping she hadn't missed to much of the lesson.

[giraffe]

Nessa had been upset. She had missed all of her first classes because of an urgency trip home for the last ones. She was happy she could make the second course though. She smiled as she walked into the class. She did not really see anyone that she knew, so she took a seat that was opened. She knew she was late but hoped she was not too late. Nessa took out everything she would need for class. And took note of the board.

[joshua]

Eying the other students who decided to come into the lesson almost at the END of the lesson, Joshua gave them his "evil" eye. "Next time its house points taken away, your second years, you should know where this class is, doesn't take the whole lesson to figure it out." He never liked being mean like that, but he had to teach the stuff. Glancing at the clock he decided he they where going to go over one more God. "Alright, since we are running low on time, we will talk about one more God, and those who came in late talk to someone else about what we are doing."

"Our next Goddess is, Herta. Herta was the wife of the God Zeus and she was the Queen of the Gods. She was the youngest daughter of Rhea and Cronus. She is sometimes seen as a peacock flying around in the Muggle world. She was also the Protector of Marriage. On the Magical View Point, she was actually a widow who wanted to let other people enjoy there marriages and make sure they went well." He explained, then took a deep breath.

"Now, for the rest of the gods, you will do some research on your own and you will owl it to me before the next lesson. This will be part of your chart grade." He explained, while turning toward the board.

Gods That You Need to find Info
Athena
Artemis
Aphrodite
Persephone

"If you don't have any questoins, class is dismissed."

(OOC: Use this website for the Muggle View point, for magical, make it up. I will send you what I will use on the exam back. Owl it to me by next lesson in role play format. www.paleothea.com/Majors.html )