Why? Learn: Progress will be demonstrated by showing Today you will Learn: The Importance of knowing your learning style and how to use mind maps as a revision aid Why? To be able to feel confident and organised so you can prepare yourself well for any tests and examinations Progress will be demonstrated by showing I can remember most of the key facts on my mind map and understand how to use the mind map technique for a variety of things inc taking notes in class. I can create a mind map showing lots of key facts on one sheet. I can understand what type of learner I am and how best I can revise.

What type of learner are you? Starter In pairs, discuss what type of learner you are and how you learn best? What type of learner are you? Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic

How are you going to revise? 1) How do you learn? Different learning styles e.g. Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic

Visual Learners Prefer to see how to do things 29% of us prefer to learn by storing images in our brains. Possible revision techniques: use pictures, mind maps, computers, diagrams, flowcharts, key words, posters, timelines Videos Mind maps. use colour and highlighters to help the brain remember. write information in bullet points or as key words on “post-its” – (they come in different colours). Careful layout of notes

Auditory Learners Learn by listening and speaking 34% of us prefer to learn by storing sounds in our brains. Possible revision techniques Talk over the work with someone else Tape notes and play them back Listen to music while revising – no words Repeat their work out loud in funny voices. Make up rhymes or raps about work. Get someone to ask you questions about the work.

Kinaesthetic Learners Learn by doing 37% of us prefer to learn by movement or touch. Possible revision techniques Key word cards put their notes on cards or “post-its” and sequence them (perhaps rank the cards in order of importance or make into sentences). walk between notes or “post-its” that are on the floor or on the walls. walk around while reading. stand up – stretch or exercise – at least every 20 minutes. draw pictures, mind maps – run a finger between the words on the map, say each one out loud. squeeze a sponge or stress release ball while working.

How are you going to revise? 2) Suggested strategies Mindmaps: We are looking at this one in today’s lesson Mnemonics Journey technique Rhymes/ songs Flow diagrams Cue cards Sound recordings Repetition

Mindmaps Information can be seen quickly and act as a visual aid Guidance in pupil organiser – title in centre, branches for separate points Put around the house for regular revision

Creating a Mind Map

When use a mind map? When making notes from information is being given to you by the teacher When revising a topic from a text book When pulling out themes from a novel When preparing and structuring an essay When preparing a presentation you have to give

Guidelines Always start with an image in the centre The main branches/themes coming from the centre need to be thicker than all other branches – the main branches should be all different colours (so it keeps you interested) Only use one key word per line Use symbolic images as often as possible – very effective in making you remember something Use the same colour for minor branches as the main branch/theme e.g. If your main branch is blue then extra branches are then added onto that main branch, then they must also be blue Be as creative as you want – make crazy associations – just as long as it’s memorable

Example Mind Map

Example Mind Map

Example Mind Map

Example Mind Map

Example Mind Map

What Was Collectivisation? Sell grain abroad= buy industrial machinery 1941=98% farmland collectivised Feed industrial workers Kulaks protested- forced to hand over food Increase grain production NEP had not worked Grain exports increased Reasons Results Modernise farming methods What Was Collectivisation? 1932-33=famine- 6-10 million died! Eliminate kulaks= ‘Real’ communism 25,000 workers sent to the countryside Key Features Join kulaks and batraks together How? Who? What? Use farming machinery Modern facilities- hospitals When? Where? 1927 Kolkhoz=50-100 farms grouped together Russian farmland

Let’s have a go at a Mindmap

Plenary Swap maps with a partner Test each other on what they can remember