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Topic Started: Aug 15 2014, 09:29 AM (14 Views)
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On this course you will learn all about broomsticks, where they came from, how to control them, what you can use them for. You will also learn about quidditch, a very popular magical sport at Hogwarts and you will learn how to play on ourHogwarts as well. Please sign up for your house quidditch team, matches are amazingly fun and its a great way to get to know your fellow house mates! For this however, you will need a broom of your own. If anything prevents you from getting one and you really want to play, just PM an admin (HoH/Head) and we will sort something out for you. Now lets get down to learning.

Flying on broomsticks has been the most common method of wizard travel for many centuries. The earliest known evidence of a broomstick enchanted to fly, dates to 962 A.D. Brooms are thought to have been chosen because they are easily transported and concealed from Muggles.

Brooms have gone through several phases since the start, the earliest recorded commercial one in 1879 with the Oakshaft 79 and the latest with the Firebolt in 1993. There have been many different series in between, such as the Comet, Cleansweep and Nimbus, as well as some less famous brooms e.g. Moontrimmer or Silver Arrow.

Homework

1. When were brooms were first used as transport?
2. Why were brooms chosen?
3. What is the oldest commercial broomstick thought to be?
4. How do Muggles use broomsticks?
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