Book Excerpt ( 42 pages!) - Heart of Wisdom

Ancient History: Adam to MessiahGraphic OrganizersThroughout the lessons you will see several organization activities. These are convenientways of organizing notes and thoughts about a topic. Graphic Organizers can be powerfulteaching tools; students remember text better if it is turned into a graphic. The next fewpages show examples of different types of Graphic Organizers.Mind MappingA Mind Map (or Concept Map) is a convenient way of organizing notes and thoughts about atopic. Your students can use it in brainstorming and planning, to help them grasp and expandlearned concepts. Mind mapping is a nonlinear activity which generates ideas, images andfeelings around a stimulus word. As students “cluster,” their thoughts tumble out, enlargingtheir word bank for writing and often enabling them to uncover patterns in their ideas.GroupedConciseFastNewInformationThinkingSkillsLearningStyleBalancedWholeBrainInformationTakingNotesBooksVideosLectureManyGenerateIdeasMindMappingComputerNeaterColorsCreativityMaterialsFasterExpressDoodlesImagesMarkersLargePaperSymbolsRetain24 http://Homeschool-Books.com