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If you need to memorize the 27 Amendments to the American Constitution, you’re probably thinking it’s going to be a lot of work.

Instead of indulging in overwhelm, consider the following fact:

For thousands of years, people have been using memory techniques to commit far more than 27 pieces of information to memory.

In fact, there are people alive today who have committed entire books to memory — including the Constitution itself!

So if you’d like an easy way to memorize the amendments, today’s your lucky day. There are at least three ways to do it, and I’ll reveal all on this page by covering:

1. The number rhyme system
2. The pegword system
3. The Memory Palace technique

Let’s get started.

1. How to Memorize the Amendments Using a Number Rhyme System

Number Rhymes are very basic and visual, which is why they work so well. Basically, you will associate each number with an object or person.

For example:

1 is a bun
2 is a shoe
3 is a bee
4 is a door
5 is a hive

The trick is to make sure you make each rhyme and image much more specific than an abstract old bun.

For example, I think of the buns you used to get with Kentucky Fried Chicken when I was a kid. (I don’t eat fast food anymore and haven’t for over a decade to protect my memory. I eat these foods that improve memory instead.)

To create a number-rhyme system, get out a piece of paper and make a rhyme for each digit. Make sure you think about specific shoes and bees that you have a special connection with.

Then, when you think of the first amendment, which discusses “Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Opinion, and Speech,” imagine that specific bun you’re thinking of with a gag on it while it’s trying to give its opinion.

If “one is a bun” doesn’t work for you, try RhymeZone for ideas. You might choose the sun, or combine a bun with the sun. For example, you can imagine your opinionated bun having his rights burned up in the sun.

Let’s try the second amendment: “The freedom to bear arms.” You have to admit that it’s pretty unforgettable to imagine your favorite pair of shoes signing its application forms to purchase a new handgun.

What about something a bit more abstract, such as the third amendment: “No military in your home except in wartime”? Provided you have some specific bee or bees in mind, this should be no problem.

For example, I think of The Bee Movie, starring Jerry Seinfield. I have him and a swarm of bees dressed as soldiers trying to enter my home. I meet them at the door with the third amendment to remind them they’re not allowed here.

Is this method the best?

It certainly is effective because it tells you the number of the amendment, but it’s also a bit random. It’s also relying solely on the strength of two levels of association: a rhyme and an object or cartoon character.

But what if you have to memorize the exact amendment word for word?

We’ll get to that with the Memory Palace technique, but first, let’s consider a similar alternative to the number-rhyme approach.

2. How to Remember the Amendments with a Pegword System

Pegwords are very similar to number-rhymes. It’s just that there’s no rhyme and people tend to use the alphabet.

For example, let’s say you’re memorizing the fourth amendment, “No unreasonable searches or seizures.”

Let’s use the letter D and assume that we’ve covered the first three amendments with A, B, and C. With this approach, you assign a person or object to each letter.

For example:

A = Al Pacino (insisting he has the right to speak freely)
B = Ben Kingsley (registering for a firearm)
C = Cookie Monster (refusing the military entrance into his home.

For the fourth amendment, you might assign Dracula to the letter D and imagine him explaining to ...