How To Better Remember Dates Or People In History

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How To Better Remember Dates Or People In History

Arthur Bornstein (Founder, The Bornstein School for Memory Training) gives expert video advice on: How can I better remember dates or people in history?

How can I better remember dates or people in history?

Remembering all the names of the presidents, again, with developing a system. The presidents are numbered, number 1, number 2, number 3. Everybody knows George Washington. Two Adams. I want you to wiggle your Adam's apple two times. Go one, two, see it, one, two. Three Jefferson. I want you to see little Jeff here. He's three years old. How old is little Jeff? He's three. He's got a T-shirt that says I'm three years old. Fourth president Madison. I want you to see momma with a huge spoon, she has four children in front of her and she says, "I want you to take your Madison four times a day. Medicine, Madison. So, second president, what do you do? Adams, two times only, wiggle it, right? Third president. How old is that little kid? What's his name? My name is what? Jeff for Jefferson. And the fourth president, what did momma say? Take your Madison, medicine four times a day. You've got the first few presidents. You can create associations for all the presidents.