what Issa said sounds best. lists with required ordering fit best with memorable images placed in a sequential memory palace walk. Rehearse it a few times and you should be able to walk through the palace fairly easily while reciting the presidents.
Issa, that’s interesting! I never would’ve thought I could peg 30 items in one room. Are each of these pegs unique, or did you use multiple desks, or multiple posters, etc? Because this sounds pretty complicated to me. But if you’ve used this on a class of multiple kids then obviously you know what you’re doing!
@bjoern.gumboldt awesome, thanks so much!!
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Each location is unique. I wouldn’t have been able to do so many locations as easily in a smaller or sparsely decorated room, like a bathroom or bedroom, but a 5th grade classroom with 30 students usually has a lot of things in it.
I didn’t use the students’ desks because they charge seating several times per year and there were plenty of fixed locations around the room. We used things like bookshelves, white erase boards, windows, announcement speakers, fire alarm, posters, cabinets, the teacher’s desk, clocks, lights, etc.
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Well shoot, just imagine what their names sound like! James Buchannon- Someone named James dressed like a horse bucking at a cannon.
Franklin Pierce- imagine someone named franklin impaling someone with a spear.(in my head, pierce = thrusting a spear into)
Millard Fillmore- a mill of lard, with a big hole next to it and some dump trucks which to “fill” the hole with “more” lard.
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I’ve done some more brainstorming, for the last presidents - and reused some of Issa’s.
| # | President | Mnemonic Image |
|---|---|---|
| 33rd | Harry S. Truman | The Truman Show |
| 34th | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight (from the Office) |
| 35th | John F. Kennedy | A kennel |
| 36th | Lyndon B. Johnson | A BJ (sorry lads, no link!) |
| 37th | Richard Nixon | Nixon (from a Band of Brothers) |
| 38th | Gerald Ford | Ford Granada |
| 39th | Jimmy Carter | Jimmy (from South Park) |
| 40th | Ronald Reagan | Ronald McDonald |
| 41st | George H. W. Bush | Saddam |
| 42nd | Bill Clinton | Billy the Kid |
| 43rd | George W. Bush | A small bush |
| 44th | Barack Obama | A banana |
| 45th | Donald Trump | Trumpet |
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