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Title: Mnemonic devices


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Mnemonic devices
  • How to create a mnemonic device to help you
    remember just about anything!

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  • Why is it so hard to remember the definition of
    federalism and so easy to remember the lyrics
    to our favorite songs? Chances are we've
    memorized the lyrics to hundreds of songs, but we
    still struggle to remember the year when the
    Pilgrims came to America. The reason for this
    disparity is simple rhyming song lyrics act as
    mnemonic devices. They tap into the power of
    rhyme.

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Rhyming Mnemonics
  • In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue
  • Lefty loosey, righty tighty
  • 59 was the date when Alaska and Hawaii became
    new states
  • Thirty days has September, April, June and
    November All the rest have thirty one excepting
    February alone which has twenty eight, thats
    fine, till leap year gives it twenty nine.

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Acronyms (non-rhyming)
  • Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
  • () Exponents x / -
  • Dad Mom Sister Brother
  • / X - Bring down
  • King Phillip Could Only Find Green Socks
  • Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
    Species
  • Never Eat Soggy Waffles
  • North East South West

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Directions
  • You will
  • Create mnemonic device that will help you
    memorize the colonies.
  • Where it was located (which region)?
  • who founded it?
  • why it was founded?
  • Create an illustration for each colony. Something
    that represents a fact regarding the colony.

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13 Colonies
  • New England
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • Middle
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Delaware
  • Southern
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
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