10 Useful Mnemonics

1. Rainbows - order of colours (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

2. Biology - order of taxonomy in biology (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach or King Philip Cuts Open Five Green Snakes or King Prawn Curry Or Fat Greasy Sausages)

3. Music - notes represented by the lines on the treble clef stave (bottom to top: E, G, B, D, F)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. And the notes represented by the spaces between the lines (F, A, C, E) Furry Animals Cook Excellently or just the word FACE

4. Astronomy - order of planets in average distance from the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) My Very Easy Method: Just Set Up Nine Planets or My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles

5. Geography - the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) HOMES

6. History - what Happened to Henry VIII's Wives: Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

7. Science - simple Machines (Pulley, Gear, Jackscrew, Axle and Wheel, Inclined Plane, Lever) Put Grey Jumpers And Waistcoats In Places Loved

8. Science - properties of matter (Mass, Density, Volume, Weight) Monkeys Dance Very Well

9. History – English monarchs (William I 1066-1087, William II 1087-1100, Henry I 1100-1135, 

Stephen 1135-1154, Empress Matilda (Queen Maud) 1141, Henry II 1154-1189, Richard I 1189-1199, John 1199-1216, etc, etc)

William, William, Henry, Stephen

Henry, Richard, John, oi!

Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two

Then three more Henrys join our song!

Edward, Edward, Rich the third

Henry, Henry, Ed again,

Mary one, good Queen Bess

Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then

Jim, Will, Mary, Anna Gloria

George, George, George, George

Will, Victoria!

Edward, George, Edward, George six

And Queen Liz two completes the mix

10. Religion – Seven deadly sins (Sloth, Lust, Anger [wrath], Pride, Envy, Greed [avarice], Gluttony) SLAP EGG

10 Bible Mnemonic Acronyms

1. The first five books of the Bible

Gentle Eskimos leave numerous daughters

(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

2. Jacob's sons

Repentant Sinners Love Jesus. Do Not Give Anyone, In Zeal, Jewish Books (Muslim Either)

(Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph Benjamin [Manasseh, Ephraim])

3. The Ten plagues

Big fat gnats fly low,

Boiling hot lava drips flow,

LET MY PEOPLE GO!

(Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies, Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, Firstborn die)

4. The Ten Commandments

First I Must Remember How Mothers Add Steel Lined Covers

(Put God First, Have no Idols, Don't Misuse God's Name, Remember the Sabbath Day To Keep It Holy, Honour Your Mother And Father, Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not lie, Do not covet)

5. The Cities of refuge

Girls race boys to the east

Kids shoe horses in the west

(Golan, Ramoth, and Bosor on the east; Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron on the west)

6. The Kings of Judah (and one Queen)

Readily Available As Jellied Jam,

All Are Jewish Amazons

Unless Jolted And Headed Manfully

Amid JeJune Ju-Jitsu Zebras

(Rehoboam Abijam Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram

Ahaziah Athaliah Jehoash Amaziah

Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh

Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jeconiah Zedekiah)

7. The Minor prophets

How Jolly Amateurs Obediently Made Nutritious Haggis,

Zealously Hugging Zipped Melons

(Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,

Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi) 

8. The Twelve disciples

Peaceful Androids Judge Jewish Philanthropists

Before They Make Jammy Judges Smash Jugs

(Peter, Andrew, John, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Jude, Simon, Judas)

9. Paul's Letters

Run CedriC, Go Eat Pop Corn TarTs (and ToasTed Peas)
(Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
10. The Seven churches of Revelation

Every small person that sings prays loudly

(Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea)

[Some old, some new, some borrowed, none blue]