The 50 States Memory Palace Challenge

Course Summary

Experience the thrill of using Memory Palaces when learning about the 50 States.

Course Description

🇺🇸 Welcome to the 50 States Memory Palace Challenge⎯where memorizing becomes an adventure! Memory Palace is a memory device that involves placing items in a "location", improving one's ability to commit to memory large amounts of information. This fun technique will be applied as we learn fascinating facts about the 50 states, according to the schedule found in the syllabus. Examples of facts that may be shared include: ✶ famous landmarks ✶ state motto ✶ famous people ✶ inventions ✶ plants and animals ✶ historical events ✶ fun facts ✶ and so forth ✏️Class will include basic writing, basic drawing, and brief discussions as students learn and share facts about the featured information. Time will be allotted for students to draw a simple memory palace and place within it the information gained from the discussion. At the end of class, students will have an opportunity to present their unique memory palace to the class. This Show-and-Tell is always entertaining! The more one practices the Memory Palace memory device, the more proficient one gets. (This is a great life skill to have!) Your student may participate in this challenge as often as they would like. Featured states will change on occasion until every state as been covered. ✨This class is a lot of fun. Let the Memory Palace challenge begin!

Syllabus

Jan 1-15: Alabama Jan 16-31: Alaska Feb 1-15: Arizona Feb 16-29: Arkansa Mar 1-15: California Mar 16-31: Colorado Apr 1-15: Connecticut Apr 16-30: Delaware May 1-15: Florida May 16-31: Georgia Jun 1-15: Hawaii Jun 16-30: Idaho Jul 1-15: Illinois Jul 16-31: Indiana Aug 1-15: Iowa Aug 16-31: Kansas Sep 1-15: Kentucky Sep 16-30: Louisiana Oct 1-15: Maine Oct 16-31: Maryland Nov 1-15: Massachusetts Nov 16-30: Michigan Dec 1-15: Minnesota Dec 16-31: Mississippi

Supplies

✏️ Pencil with eraser 📕 Two sheets of drawing paper 🌈 Colored pencils or markers