Unit Study: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
February 11, 2014
Does your child enjoy the Harry Potter series? Have you ever 
wished there was a way to make this passion more educational? I know my children adore the world of Harry Potter. It started about 8 years ago when my oldest was around 7 and she read the first book. She has since read the whole series dozens of times and has passed her enthusiasm to her siblings.
The Harry Potter series is an epic adventure that appeals to people of all ages – J.K. Rowling has created a world within our own full of magic and mystery, heroes, villains, and quests to save the world. What child wouldn’t daydream about getting an owl inviting them to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, shopping for your very own magical wand in Diagon Alley, and winning the House Cup?
I took my children’s passion for these stories and created what I hope will be a series of unit studies covering all of the Harry Potter books. This unit covers the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1). While reading the book, your child will write their own Wizarding newspaper, make a wand, create a spell glossary (while also learning a bit about Latin and word roots), begin a field 
guide of Magical Devices, and study a Hogwarts course – this unit covers Herbology – a study of Plants and Herbs with just a touch of magic. You will use two books – Eyewitness Plant (DK Eyewitness Books) and Kid’s Herb Book: For Children of All Ages as well as complete a variety of projects, from dissecting a flower to studying the lifecycle of a plant to creating a field guide of herbs.
This unit study takes approximately 3 weeks to complete and is appropriate for upper-elementary through middle school. The unit is 37 pages and contains more than 10 activity pages, as well as a complete literature study, including vocabulary, copywork and dictation passages, and discussion questions.
Below you can see some samples of a few of the activity pages:
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Required Books:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Herbology:
Eyewitness Plant (DK Eyewitness Books)
A Kid’s Herb Book: For Children of All Ages by Lesley Tierra
Harry Potter Unit Study Frequently Asked Questions:
Do we have to start with the Sorcerer’s Stone unit study, or can we jump in at any of the books?
Yes and no. While these unit studies are semi-standalone, they are designed to be completed in the order that the book series ran. Like the storyline in the books, the unit studies continue to build off of each other as they progress. You will start several activities such as keeping a glossary of magical terms and spells or creating a field guide of magical devices, to name a few. These will be used through the unit study series and new activities and additional entries will be completed in subsequent lesson plan.
If we already read the book, do we have to read it again to complete the unit study?
The unit study is designed to enhance the reading (or re-reading) of the book. While you are going through the chapters, vocabulary words are pulled out and activities are performed that correlate with what you are reading. This is the perfect unit to complete on your first reading of the book, as well as a perfect companion for reading the book again and diving deeper into the lore and story.
Are you planning on writing unit studies for all of the Harry Potter books?
Yes, absolutely! See each below:
HP1 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Unit Study
HP2 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Unit Study
HP3 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Unit Study
HP4 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Unit Study
HP5 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Unit Study
HP6 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Unit Study
HP7 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Unit Study
I am a homeschooloed seventh-grader and THE biggest Harry Potter fan. My mom has been looking for a Harry Potter curriculum for me. Even though I have read the books 2647363485674865789 times, I hope she’ll let me do this curriculum. Thanks so much for this.
That is awesome! My kids are huge fans of the Harry Potter series too. I hope you get to try it out!
[Customer Testimonial] We are on week 2 of this unit study and LOVE it, I’ve recommended it to all my friends. You did a great job making this and I absolutely adore the books you used. The worksheets are really fun and nicely designed. Thanks so much for doing this.
Thank you Meredith! I’m so glad you and your children are enjoying it! Thanks for spreading the word.
We are on week 3 and my son asked when we could do Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He is loving this! If you plan to come out with any more Harry Potter unit studies, count us in. Thanks for making learning so much fun.
I’m so glad you are enjoying the unit! I’m hoping to have Chamber of Secrets finished and ready to purchase within the next few months.
We just started this unit study a few days ago and I have to say that it is FANTASTIC! The first thing we did (because we were already several chapters into the book) was build wands. I wish we could post pictures her because I would love to show everyone just how much fun this was and how great the wands look! My 8yo daughter is a reluctant writer. She has surprisingly spent a lot of time working on her editions of the Weekly Prophet and her Magical Devices pages. Just today, she wrote out two whole pages of instructions on how to play Quidditch! We also started Herbology today, donning our wizard hats. My kids arrived for their first lesson wearing their Ravenclaw and Gryffindor robes. This is just so much fun! I am so happy, Emily, that you have unit studies for the next two books as well. When we get a little more into this one, I am going to do a giant blog post about it!
I just wanted to pop back in and share my blog post about this unit study. I shared some pics of my kids having fun wand making, writing, and reading their Herbology! We are still enjoying it so much!
http://thankfullyhome.com/2015/10/29/how-to-love-a-book/
This is so rad, I’m linking to it from my blog post on Harry Potter. 🙂
My daughter is reading Harry Potter for the first time, and begs to do this unit everyday. She absolutely loves it. Thank you for creating this!
Love this. We are getting ours today ❤️
Question. I have a 10 yrs old who really wants to do this, but I also have an 8 and 6 yrs old kid. Would they be able to do it as well or would it be above them?
I think you could have them tag along with the 10-year-old and if they are interested, you can adjust the activities to suit their abilities – maybe they could draw pictures instead of writing the Weekly Prophets, for example.