The document provides a mnemonic device to help remember the 13 original colonies. It introduces the idea of a mnemonic as using the first letter of words in a phrase to represent other words or concepts. The document then presents a silly phrase using the first letter of each colony to act as a memory aid: "Man, No More Carrots, Rabbits Need Parrots, Not Many Doughnuts, Very Needy Snake, Goats!" This breaks down each letter to represent the corresponding colony.
2. 13 Colonies Some People Don’t know the 13 colonies That’s OK Here they are…
3. Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
4. Wow! That is a lot of states How am I suppose to remember them all!?
6. Let’s use a mnemonic What’s A mnemonic! A mnemonic is when you take a phrase like My Dog Is Cute Then you take the first letter from each word (M, D, I, and C) and change it into a brand new phrase like… Monkeys Drink Ice Cream OR Mia Draws Inky Cats
7. It is an easy way to remember anything You can really do it with anything So, lets make one for the 13 colonies!
8. Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia Okay Let’s brake it up
9. Here is my mnemonic Man, No More Carrots, Rabbits Need Parrots, Not Many Doughnuts, Very Needy Snake, Goats!
10. Man!-Maine No-New York More- Massachusetts Carrots-Connecticut Rabbits-Rhode Island Need-New Hampshire Parrots-Pennsylvania Not-New Jersey Many-Maryland Doughnuts-Delaware Very-Virginia Needy-North Carolina Snakes-South Carolina Goats!-Georgia
11. Man, No More Carrots, Rabbits Need Parrots, Not Many Doughnuts, Very Needy Snake, Goats!