Both can be important and valid. Now show the second Heritage Minute Winnie and go through the same process of brainstorming and writing student responses on the chalkboard or large sheets of paper. Repeat the process for Flanders , McClung and Halifax Explosion . Each new Minute has a different perspective and more information about the War and its impact on Canadians. I from the Heritage Minutes and the brainstorming exercise form your students into groups of 3 and 4 and ask each group to produce a mind map illustrating what they have learned about World War I. View Mind Map .
Guidelines Start with an image at the centre of the paper.
It is easier to spread out the lines that way and to read what you have written. It is a frequent mistake to turn the paper round as you write. It takes a lot of time to read the words when you use the mind map later on. It is easier to read lower case as the words differ more from one another than capital letters. A printed map gives a more photographic, immediate and comprehensive image than one done with cursive writing.