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Originally Posted by Lezleighd (Post 10458747)

She smiled and let her words sink in for a few minutes and then she continued. “Well that ends our, well, my lesson on Muggle Magic. I hope that you’ve been introduced to a new idea and that you see the possibly link between Wizard Magic and Muggle Magic. Before you leave, I would like to invite you up to the stage to take a look at the different tables of magic tricks. You are more than welcome to watch any of the videos in the frames on the tables or to play with any of the props or to read any of the books on each table explaining how to complete any of the tricks.” she said motioning towards the tables.

”Before you leave, please grab a deck of Muggle cards before leaving the classroom.” she flicked her wand and beside the doors a table full of different boxes of cards appeared, “You will need a deck of cards for your homework assignment. Please keep your eyes open on the Announcements board where I will post your homework by the end of the day.”
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Well that was an AMAZING and INTERESTING lesson thought Ness, with a huge smile on her face. She really enjoyed the Lesson, it was deffinately one of the best she had, had so far. Ness decided she should go tell the Proffessor how much she enjoyed the Lesson, it wouldmake the Proffessor proud. "Thank you Proffessor!" said Ness as she finished walking over to the Proffessor. "That was an Excellent lesson!" Ness smiled at the Proffessor as she started walking out. Before she left she took a pack of cards in her hand and started to wonder what the homework was going to be about. She would just have to wait the assignment to be up.

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Originally Posted by Lezleighd (Post 10458747)

SPOILER!!: Yes!!! Those just what I was looking for!!! Thanks!

SPOILER!!: List of Magical Tricks meets Wizarding Items and Spells, Chants, etc

The young professor glanced at the students with an approving nod. “Those answers were all what I was looking for. Remember that I’m not saying that everyone magician in the Muggle World is a wizard. Since the past of the Secrecy Act, they couldn’t be for fear of facing consequences with the Wizarding governing bodies across the world.” she paused and then continued, “ But many magicians have been investigated to insure that they weren’t wizards and before the Secrecy Act was created and instilled there may have been magicians that were wizards.” she hoped that didn’t confuse them too much.

“But after looking at the list of similarities between the tricks and our chants, spells, etc. you can almost see a correlation or link between the two. There is not direct evidence that one side influenced the other but I think that the list the students just put together helps point out that possibly each influenced the other at one point in some way.” she hoped they would understand the connection between the two words through this type of magic and see the importance each had on the other.

She smiled and let her words sink in for a few minutes and then she continued. “Well that ends our, well, my lesson on Muggle Magic. I hope that you’ve been introduced to a new idea and that you see the possibly link between Wizard Magic and Muggle Magic. Before you leave, I would like to invite you up to the stage to take a look at the different tables of magic tricks. You are more than welcome to watch any of the videos in the frames on the tables or to play with any of the props or to read any of the books on each table explaining how to complete any of the tricks.” she said motioning towards the tables.

”Before you leave, please grab a deck of Muggle cards before leaving the classroom.” she flicked her wand and beside the doors a table full of different boxes of cards appeared, “You will need a deck of cards for your homework assignment. Please keep your eyes open on the Announcements board where I will post your homework by the end of the day.”

OOC: Please come up to the stage and look around. If you would like to RP performing some of the tricks you are more than welcome to do that. I am working on putting together some sites to help with homework so I will be posting it by the end of tomorrow, July12. Please make sure to RP your charrie grabbing some cards as they leave or your homework will be hard to complete. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Janice really has no interest in Muggle Magic tricks, so she just take the pack of cards without looking at the books and videos that Professor Cerulean has provided. But she felt kind of guilty, for not 'appreciating all the hardwork that they've done' and decided to just take a look at the books.

"Bye, Professors!" She said while waving through the doorway.

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Originally Posted by Lezleighd (Post 10458747)

SPOILER!!: Yes!!! Those just what I was looking for!!! Thanks!

SPOILER!!: List of Magical Tricks meets Wizarding Items and Spells, Chants, etc

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Originally Posted by Lezleighd (Post 10458747)

SPOILER!!: List of Magical Tricks meets Wizarding Items and Spells, Chants, etc

Penny hadn't realised class was over yet, she was still thinking about magicians and their tricks...

Putting her parchment, quill, ink and textbook back into her bag - she made her way to the front of class to get a deck of cards as directed..apparently she would need them for the homework..

"Thanks for the lesson Professor, very interesting again", looking at the professor with a smile, before leaving the classroom..

Ariella skipped up to the stage, scanning her eyes over the magic tricks. Well, not really magic. She looked at a top hat with a scarf inside of it. She thought she might as well try one out. There was a little compartment in the bottom. Ariella supposed that was where the scarf went. She shoved it into the compartment.

Then what were you supposed to do?

She pulled out the scarf. Wow. How lame was that?

Muggle magic was so un-interesting. She shrugged as she grabbed a deck of pink cards in the box.

"Thank you, professor! See you next lesson!" she exclaimed, slinging her black bag over her shoulder and exiting the classroom.

"Bye, Professor." Aurora said as she picked up a pack of muggle cards. She took them out and looked at them. They were like wizard cards but they didn't make any noise. They didn't even move! "Wow... boring..." Aurora mumbled to herself as she put them back into their packet and left the room.

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Originally Posted by Lezleighd (Post 10458747)

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She smiled and let her words sink in for a few minutes and then she continued. “Well that ends our, well, my lesson on Muggle Magic. I hope that you’ve been introduced to a new idea and that you see the possibly link between Wizard Magic and Muggle Magic. Before you leave, I would like to invite you up to the stage to take a look at the different tables of magic tricks. You are more than welcome to watch any of the videos in the frames on the tables or to play with any of the props or to read any of the books on each table explaining how to complete any of the tricks.” she said motioning towards the tables.

”Before you leave, please grab a deck of Muggle cards before leaving the classroom.” she flicked her wand and beside the doors a table full of different boxes of cards appeared, “You will need a deck of cards for your homework assignment. Please keep your eyes open on the Announcements board where I will post your homework by the end of the day.”

OOC: Please come up to the stage and look around. If you would like to RP performing some of the tricks you are more than welcome to do that. I am working on putting together some sites to help with homework so I will be posting it by the end of tomorrow, July12. Please make sure to RP your charrie grabbing some cards as they leave or your homework will be hard to complete. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kimalia was a little disappointed that the only muggle magic they were involved in was during the entrance of the Professor. Kimalia shook her head to herself, she didn't need to see any more videos to know what Muggle magic tricks were, so she walked up to the stage and took a deck of cards
for the upcoming assignment, "Thanks for the lesson and cards, bye Professor." before walking out after everyone.

Louisa jumped off her seat and raced for the stage.. nope, nothing was running after her she just felt so excited to look at the tricks. And a little bit eager to try this bag hanging thing on her own.. and instead of apparating she might try the broomstick as an escaping tool.. or something else. She might even ask Dal to join! He would love it! And it wouldn't be fun without him anyways.

She skipped from table to table thinking about how to do some of the magical tricks and all.. then reaching the table cards, she grabbed some and nodded at the Professor with a wide smile, "Thank you, Professor for a fun lesson." Yup! She just called a lesson fun.. and she was still the nerdy Louisa!

End of lesson...already? Lessons usually last more than this. But Savannah couldn't complain, they were gonna see some awesome magic tricks next!!

Savannah gathered everything up. She walked up to the professor's desk and grabbed a deck of muggle playing cards. She examined them carefully...hmm...how boring...it wouldn't even move! Or say anything. They wouldn't even do any flips! She wondered what their homework will be. Hopefully it won't be mastering a muggle card trick."Good bye professor." Savannah said as she hopped out the classroom.

Dang. Well with those few words she's effectively ruined Presley's half-formed plan of becoming a muggle magician. Stupid Secrecy Act. Presley grabbed a deck of cards wondering what she would be needing them for, and skipped out of the room to find her friends. "Bye, thank you for the lesson!" she called over her shoulder.

Nika walked up to the stage and looked around a bit at all of the awesome things up there. This class was really fun, way more fun than she thought History of Magic could ever be. She smiled as she walked up to her professor to say a quick thanks before leaving. "Thank you so much professor! Oh and I have a question... I have a pack of cards that I brought from home would it be okay if I used those or do I have to use one of these ones?" It really wasn't necessary for her to borrow a deck if she had her own.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack (Post 10460425)

She smiled at the girl, "O yes your cards will work great as long as they haven't been charmed or anything with a spell or something..." she said happy to meet someone that already owned a deck of normal cards...some games could be entertaining with just regular cards.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10458826)

Rolling up her parchment and putting her things back in her bag, Kurumi slowly made her way to the stage, but not to take a look at all the magic tricks there – she had played with more than enough of them as a child. She did have three older brothers who enjoyed playing pranks on people, especially there naïve little sister. “Professor Cerulean, I am a bit confused on a few things,” she said as she approached the woman. “In the beginning of the lesson you said that no magician in history was a wizard…but noting the connections between the different types of magic shows that it had to be influenced. The first historically recorded stage magician I believe dates back to around the beginning of the 17th century. But, we know that great wizards like Merlin were performing magic long before then. The Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was officially established in 1692, which is a few years before the first recorded stage performer performed his first magic trick to an audience…” Kurumi trailed off for a bit finding herself more confused at her own words. Clearly, she was over thinking things, but it helped her keep her mind off other things. “Noting the connections…are you perhaps implying that perhaps there were some witches and wizards who started an underground movement to slowly leak our form of magic into the non-magical community? Or…or was it the Ministry itself that showed non-magical people how to perform ‘magic’ as a way of keeping our world a secret?” After all, if one could explain things with science, then non-magical people were more willing to accept its existence and ignore it.

Gemma glanced at the girl again...she wasn't really sure how to make this any clearer to the young girl...she took a little breath and reiterated, "Karumi, I wanted to get everyone thinking about the possible connections between Muggle Magic and Wizard Magic. There is no definite evidence that the Muggle Magicians were wizards, although some have been investigated over the years. All that I'm implying is that somewhere one encouraged or influenced the other in some way. This could've just been a muggle witnessing wizard magic being performed and deciding to figure out a way to make that happen or vice versa." she said hoping that it made a little bit of sense. "One goal of this lesson was to make ya'll think about the connections that can happen between the two different worlds and how that can affect the history or future of both sides..." she said with a smile as she started placing items into her bag. "Does that make a little bit more sense?" she asked sincerely.

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Gemma flicked her wand and the homework assignment appeared on the board on the stage and on the announcement board outside of her office as she said goodbye to all of the students leaving. She had to admit that she was little frustrated with all of the negative attitudes but it wasn't something she would stress about....right now atleast.

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Homework:

Using the Muggle cards that you picked up as you left the room, (if you didn’t get any that’s fine just rp like you did pick them up.) perform a magic card trick with someone. To get full credit for this, you must have atleast five posts with another character(s) performing the card trick. Simply send me a link to each post to receive full credit. But remember that you can’t use any Wizard Magic of any kind while performing the card trick.

So here’s a quick breakdown of what I want:
1. Do a Muggle Magic Trick with another charrie someone in Hogwarts.
2. You must have atleast five posts rping your character performing the trick on another character(s).
3. You can not use Wizard Magic in your trick.

When you submit your homework:
1. Let me know what the name of your card trick is.
2. What website you learned in from.
3. Link to your five separate posts.

Here are some websites that will explain different Muggle Card tricks to you:
How To Do Card Tricks
Card Tricks - Free Card Magic Tutorials, Videos and Guides*-*Learncards.net
Card Magic Tricks Revealed - Cool Card Trick Secrets
Easy Magic Tricks
Easy Card Tricks for Kids of All Ages - Page One
Free online magic card tricks
Free magic tricks Card Tricks

Points Possible-15 pts

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Extra Credit Opportunity:

Find five magicians not mentioned in class. Explain the following for each magician:

• Name
• Hometown/Area
• Years Alive
• Which of the three types of magic where they known for?
• Two of their most known tricks

Points Possible-5 pts

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Due Date:
Tuesday, July 26th by 11:59 PM CST

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OOC: Don't forget to take a look at the Homework & Assignments Rules to know how to submit everything. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to PM me, LezlieghD. Good luck and overall have fun with this. I hope you have fun performing a magic trick…I know not all charries are Muggle Card Trick fans, but please have fun with this!

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OOC: I'm going to leave this open for anyone else that needs to catch up for the next few days. Remember I keep a list of links in the original post of the thread to help you out. Thank you for coming to class! I'll be posting points for class participation by the end of this week! *huggles you all*

Class was over? Really?!

Sierra tried hard to contain her excitement over finally being able to leave, but it was sort of hard not to smile. After all, no matter how exciting a class was, she was always ready to pack up and leave. She usually didn't get too amused over these two classes, but she had to admit it was sort of cool seeing all those Muggle magician tricks. She mainly got a kick out of how they all seemed to think they were using real magic.

Pshh...

She slung her bag over her shoulder and headed for the decks of cards. After picking one up and shoving it into her bag, she turned to the professor and gave her a smile. "Have a good day, Professor," she said, in one of her rare moments of niceness. Then she turned away and headed out the room.

Well, it would be a strange thing to be said but Lara was sad that the lesson was over. Anyway, no one knew that so she was fine. She stood up and walked towards the tables. She was checking all the stuff that were there. Again.... this might sound weird but she kinda liked those muggel tricks.

She was checking out the cards trying to figure out which to take and finally after a while she finally decided. She put them in her bag and headed towards the exit smiling satisfingly about this unique lesson. But before she got out she turned at Professor Cerulean and said "That was a great lesson Professor!" she grinned and headed towards the door.

WHY WAS CLASS OVER?! Why? Why? Now she had to go and do something. Eww. She looked mournfully at all her neatley printed notes, before packing up all her stuff and letting her hair out of it's hair band so it fell in light waves down her back, she slung her bag over her left shoulder and stood up so it bumped against her hip. She walked over to where the pack of cards were and she picked one up, why did this lesson have to end.

Quickly she dumped a pack in her bag before looking up at the professor, this was a great lesson professor she said, smiling at the woman, see you next time, she said, waving bye to the professor before leaving the classroom, her hair bouncing off her shoulders have a great day! she called