The Method of Loci activity outlined in Module 8 reminded me of many of the visual practices I used to memorize facts as a young person in K-12 and even beyond into my BA and MFA programs. Once, I remember my mom giving the idea to draw a picture of a person I was studying gin a history class and labeling parts of his body with facts about his life. I used this as a way to remember historical facts for a test. (I’m pretty terrible at remembering historical facts, so this was really helpful to me.)
It also reminds me of an activity I always use (and tell my kids and husband to use) when they “lose” an item in our home. I tell them to take a breath, relax, and imagine the last place they remember when they were holding the lost object. From there, I tell them to imagine everything that they did from that moment onward. Usually, that triggers a memory about where they placed the object (toys, keys, inhaler, etc.) that they are now missing. It always works.
I was thinking along these lines when I created the learning activity in my Project A that instructs students to draw a diagram of a house or other structure that represents the “four walls of a budget.” My idea behind this was if they have a visual representation to think of, they can use it to easily recall the terms used in the “four walls” in an assessment or later in actual budget making.
Cruze, R. (2023, October 11). What are the 4 walls of a budget?. Ramsey Solutions. https://www.ramseysolutions.com/budgeting/4-things-you-must-budget
Lily Sloan 