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Venn Diagram
Grades
K - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Venn Diagram

This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.

Grades
K
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom

In this lesson, kindergarten students manipulate hula hoops and real objects, as they use Venn diagrams to problem solve, explore, and record information to share with others.

Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach and The People Could Fly
Students look to the past and use historical context to compare and contrast two characters from folktales.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
The compare and contrast essay is taught through modeling from the brainstorming phase through the first draft.
Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
Grades
5 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
After researching various human-made disasters such as the BP oil spill, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great Chicago Fire, students share their research in oral presentations. Then students pair up to compare and contrast their disasters using the Venn Diagram Student Interactive or the Venn diagram Mobile App.

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