Memories

Lead-in

  • Say the words and describe the pictures.
  • Do you look at pictures to remember good times?
  • Do you remember what you did yesterday?
  • What and how often do you forget things?
  • How scary is amnesia (not remembering) for you?
  • Why do some people repress memories?
  • What makes you feel nostalgic?
  • How often do you meditate?

Presentation 1

Pre

  • What techniques do people use to remember or memorize things?
  • What techniques do you use and why?

Top Down

  • What is the video about? Watch it and find out.
  • Negative memories
  • Positive memories
  • Memories mechanism
  • Tips to remember information
  • Negative memories
  • Positive memories
  • Memories mechanism
  • Tips to remember information

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: Now ____ to remember. > Now try to remember.

  1. Think ____ to a really vivid memory.
  2. Why ____  we remember some things and not ____?
  3. How do some memories get ____?
  4. The exact ____ remains unclear.
  5. There ____  several steps you can take to age your brain and ____  your memories.
  1. Think back to a really vivid memory.
  2. Why do we remember some things and not others?
  3. How do some memories get lost?
  4. The exact reason remains unclear.
  5. There are several steps you can take to age your brain and preserve your memories.

Post

  • What do you do to exercise your brain?
  • Are you capable of paying attention to things you are not interested in?

Presentation 2

Pre

  • What memories do you remember most? Why?
  • How do you feel when you remember these memories?

Top Down

  • What memories do we remember more strongly? Watch the video and find out.
  • Everyday memories
  • Traumatic memories
  • Both
  • Everyday memories
  • Traumatic memories
  • Both

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: I trust ____. > I trust him.

  1. And ____ day you have an ____.
  2. Your brain is forming ____ kinds of ____.
  3. So ____ if you have to ____ by that street corner again …
  4. That’s ____ we say that ____ memories ____ stronger.
  5. But it’s ____ the emotion that ____ them stronger.
  1. And one day you have an accident…
  2. Your brain is forming two kinds of memories.
  3. So later if you have to drive by that street corner again …
  4. That’s why we say that emotional memories are stronger.
  5. But it’s not the emotion that makes them stronger.

Post

  • How interested are you in learning about how memories work?
  • What other aspects of the brain do you find interesting?
  • What is more important to understand, memories or emotions? Why?