For some, Harry Potter is just a stack of books on a shelf; for others, it is a rich source for understanding culture, how the world works, and is a magical story dealing with issues that were important in the past, are important today, and will continue to be important in the future. This camp provides an in-depth experience for those who want to learn more about regular school subjects through the magical lens of the Harry Potter® series. While learning, you will work with experienced teachers and meet peers from other schools who share a passion for the Harry Potter® series. Modern technology and research materials will be used to facilitate the instruction and learning. Students will be given a chance to try out their newly acquired ideas in a fun and educational way.
Do you want to know more about…
• Why we relate so much to the Harry Potter series?
• What the Harry Potter series can teach us about issues such as family and friend relationships, education, race, gender, class, etc?
• How the Harry Potter series helps us to develop a better understanding for topics like science, math, art, reading, and writing?
• The universe of the Harry Potter series?
If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, grab your cloak and pack your trunk because you are welcome at the Muggle Academy.
Who should attend?
The Muggle Academy is students who have completed grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
Fees
Residential campers (completed grades 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12only) $495 ($525 after June 1, 2008); Day campers (completed grades 4, 5, 6, 7 only) $395 ($25 after June 1, 2008); returning LA&S Academic Summer campers are eligible for a $25 discount on request. Register now the Muggle Academy is in high demand! For more information contact College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming: call 815-753-5200, e-mail LASEP@niu.edu or visit www.niu.edu/clasep (Click on “Summer Academic Camps.”)
Muggle Academy Director
Karley Adney is a Doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University. She teaches writing and literature courses in the English Department and often uses the Harry Potter® series as a focus for composition courses. She has presented on the series at the international academic Harry Potter Conference and has published on the series as well.
This event is not endorsed. , sanctioned, or in any other way supported , directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers, or J.K. Rowling and her representatives.