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The class will cut out from the piece of paper all 13 of the original states. The class will be told that they need to remember the location of the various states. Each child will be given two states to later place on a felt map. They will be told that they are responsible for learning the order of the states.
They will be given 5 or 10 minutes to complete this part of the task. Give them a blank map of the 13 colonies and ask them to place where the states belong.
The class will then be questioned. How did you memorize? Let's make a list of the different strategies that you used. On the board, you could write, "These are the strategies that the class used to memorize." They could say that they used mnemonic devices, used configurational cues, visual/analysis synthesis, used tactile information, etc. When the class is done coming up with these various answers, the teacher can then state that all people have inherent strengths and weaknesses. People tend to use what they can do best to work optimally. There is no one right way to learn anything. The teacher can then discuss the use of mnemonic devices, the ability to create sentences using the first letter of the first 13 colonies and the ability to associate information with personal experience to assist people in the later recall of learned information. Visual and tactile approaches can also be utilized. Thus, the felt map could be an added benefit to people who describe the need to actually "feel" the items. This can lead to further discussions and to further elaborations on the demystification process of the Schools Attuned program.
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