does anyone have any techniques for committing content to memory? particularly for the humanitaries, trials is killing me haha
Definitely have a look at making some fact sheets or posters for the itty bitty details. So for legal, this would be the legislation. For modern, this would be the key dates and historian quotes, for example. I'm a bit fan of making nice notes. Like, coloured textas, laminated paper, the lot. Then I'd stick them around the house. In my room, at the breakfast table, in the shower, the back of the bathroom door, etc. Walk around saying the important details out loud as well! They really begin to stick when you say them out loud.
If you have a class mate (or willing family member), you should give them a mini tutorial on certain aspects of the syllabus. With a class mate, you can take turns. Try cut it down to say, explain the entire syllabus dot point in under 10 minutes. Or, talk about it for at least 7 minutes and if you can't make 7 minutes then you know you don't know enough - something like that! Explaining what you know to someone else is the best way to learn it yourself, and it also highlights the gaps in your own knowledge so that you know where to go back to
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