Venn+Diagrams

**Venn Diagrams**

**Content** Venn Diagrams can be used across the curriculum to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

**Grade Level**

Venn Diagrams can be used in the elementary, middle, or high school grades. For this particular example I have included high school CSOs.

**Curriculum Standards** SS.O.9.2.5 compare, contrast and evaluate alternative ways of organizing constitutional governments.

SS.O.10.1.1 compare and contrast various citizens’ responses to controversial government actions and debate decisions as to what the government should and should not do.

SS.O.11.5.18 compare and contrast Fascism, Nazism and Communism

SS.O.12.2.11 compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of the local, state and national judicial systems.

**Description of Practices** 1. Make the Venn Diagram or Pass out the Handout with the Venn Diagram already made. Example of Venn Diagram 2. Explain the variables that the students will be comparing and contrasting from a unit being discussed in class. 3. The students will label the circles with the correct variables. 4. In the circles that do not overlap, the students will write characteristics that are unique about that variable. 5. In the circles that overlap, the students will write characteristics that are similar between the variables that made the overlap. 6. As a wrap-up for the discussion students can share with a partner or share with the class what their conclusions were.

**Implementation Considerations** The Venn Diagram is a great strategy to use in the whole group setting. The teacher should discuss what the students should work on individually and then allow them to work on the assignment by themselves. Then, as the students finish their assignments they can discuss their findings with their partner. If the teacher wanted to he/she could have a large Venn Diagram drawn on the board and allow the students to discuss as a whole by writing one of their similarities or differences on the big Venn Diagram.

**Example** Worksheet Example Venn Diagram http://esl.about.com/od/writinglessonpla2/ig/Graphic-Organizers/Venn-Diagram-.-DpZ.htm

Video Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5DwQWD9UrA

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