Making Flash Cards
Making flash cards is one of the best ways to study for a test. There are two good
reasons for this. First, making the flash cards requires you to rewrite the
information. This helps you become familiar with what you need to learn. Second,
the act of studying flash cards allows you to quiz yourself which ensures that you
have truly memorized the information.
Studying Flash Cards Correctly
1.
Do not put too much information on 1 card! Follow the simple rule of 1
fact per card. Putting too much information on a card makes it more
difficult to learn and memorize.
2.
Study the cards in groups! Separate your note cards into sections of 5.
Learn 5 cards, then set them aside and learn 5 more. Then review all 10.
Then add 5 more. Then review all 15. Continue adding 5 cards at a time
until you have learned all of the cards. By the time you are finished you
will be able to do the whole stack! This method ensures you know all of
the information and you know it well.
3.
Make 2 piles! Each time you go through your stack of note cards, put the
ones you do not know at the back and keep them in the stack you are
learning until you know the information. Put the cards you do know in a
separate pile.
Example:
Mark has a test in History next week. He used his notes to make flash cards. Here
are his notes and his flash cards are below.
•
Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812.
The original Star Spangled Banner in the Smithsonian Museum of American
History.
•
The flag flown at half-staff symbolizes the nation is in mourning due to the
loss of a prominent citizen. Only Governors and the President can declare
flags flown at half-staff.
•
The thirteen stripes represent the 13 original colonies/states that formed
the United States.
Card 1
Front
Back
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Card 2
Front
Back
When was the Star Spangled Banner
written?
During the war of 1812
Card 3
Front
Where is the original Star Spangled
Banner?
Back
Smithsonian Museum of American
History
Card 4
Front
What does a flag flown at half-staff
symbolize?
Back
That the nation is in mourning due to
the loss of a prominent citizen.
Card 5
Front
Who can declare flags flown at halfstaff?
Back
Governors and the President
Card 6
Front
What do the 13 stripes on the flag
represent?
Back
13 original colonies/states that
formed the United States.
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