www.sparknotes.com/lit/harrypotter/study.html Essentially this is an on-line Cliff Notes with study guides. Excellent resource for getting to the plot kernel within each book-maintained by Barnes and Noble
www.jkrowling.com/en/thankyou.cfm The lady herself.
www.hp-lexicon.org/index.html The definitive encyclopedic guide to every topic in Harry Potter's world
www.mugglenet.com/ The popular and well organized fan site, full of spell lists, character bios and the like- includes fan dicussion chat rooms and forums that are well moderated- voiolators of rules are banned from the site- effectively!
www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/- Sister web site to Mugglenet- just as good, but different- the founders of the two sites were the only "adults" granted an (invited, actually) interview with Rowling at the release of the sixth book- at her home in Scotland
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/main/homepage/home.html- Film company web site
www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/ The US publisher's web site full of activities, excellent discussion questions, and occasionally contests
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/ The British publishers web site
www.teach-nology.com/teachers/child_lit/harry_potter/games/ This site is actually just other links to more teaching topics sites- many of which offer role playing on-line activities, sorting hat via on-line, and educational downloads. Type in "Harry Potter" in the search window and then follow any link that seems to inspire or intrigue you.
www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ This site allows you to create your own wordsearch puzzles- think themes- motifs- or symbols!!!
www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/literature/harry/- the lesson plans you've been looking for to host your evening of Potterology! Look for age appropriateness, and applicable topics and themes for the book and chapter we're working on at any given time. Excellent help here for the time hindered!
http://www.pottermore.com/ - an interactive website for all things Potter from the author and Sony. In depth exploration of the books.
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