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Curated OER

Everybody Needs a Rock

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students, after making quantitative and qualitative observations of their rocks, construct a Venn diagram or dichotomous key to classify their rocks.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cinderella Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to two versions of the Cinderella story, and compare and contrast them. They demonstrate the similarities and differences in the two stories on a Venn diagram.
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Curated OER

Character, You Say? Prove It!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss character traits, and complete a character map and a Venn diagram for selected characters in their assigned text.
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Curated OER

Athens vs. Sparta

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify the important facts about Athens and Sparta.  In this research lesson plan students read an article then fill out a Venn diagram. 
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Curated OER

Universal Traditions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils research personal bias towards the story Marriage is a Private Affair. In this tradition research lesson, students read the story and discuss the ending. Pupils free write about the topic and complete a Venn diagram to compare the...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Comparing Farms and Your World Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this farm animals instructional activity, students compare and contrast farm animals and home pets on a Venn diagram. Students write notes about the way they are the same and different.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Endangered Species Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Venn Diagram worksheet, students compare two endangered animals. Students then summarize the differences and similarities in the Venn Diagram.
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Curated OER

McKinley Home Tour - Ohio

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Pupils begin a KWL chart regarding what they would like to learn on the McKinley birthplace home tour. Students discuss their impression of life in the 1800s. Pupils tour the McKinley birthplace home in Niles, Ohio. They finish their KWL...
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Curated OER

Mythology in the Middle

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read two narrative reading selections and based on the reading, compare and contrast a character from each. Students record their findings in a T-chart and a Venn diagram.
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Curated OER

Venn Diagram

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use a Venn diagram to show students' likes and dislikes of eggs and ham.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Enlightening Explorations, Part Iii

For Teachers 6th
This lesson contains the following labs: Rainbows, Refraction with Prisms, and What Color Is It? Students will study light by reading various nonfiction texts and viewing a video lesson. Then students will engage in the following labs:...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Giraffes and Zebras Oh My!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this lesson, students will be able to ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Additionally, students will also be able to identify, compare, and contrast characteristics between two...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach & the People Could Fly

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Comparing and contrasting works and looking for underlying themes and messages are at the heart of this multicultural lesson plan. Provides links to several background resources, and suggestions for assessment.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: But, Are They Really That Different?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare. In this lesson, students will learn how to use a Venn Diagram to compare two...
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Venn Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces the basic terminology of Venn diagrams, and shows how to "populate" and read Venn diagrams.