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1,210 resources with the concept compare and contrast

Ruby Bridges Lesson Plan

Ruby Bridges

K - 2nd
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewA two-part lesson features Civil Rights hero, Ruby Bridges. Part one focuses on the heroic actions of Ruby Bridges then challenges scholars to complete a Venn diagram in order to compare themselves to her. Part two begins with a...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

K - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Celebrate Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss's birthday with a collection of reading comprehension materials. Versatile for any Dr. Seuss book, the worksheets and activities promote both foundational reading skills and critical thining abilities, all with the wonderful whimsy of Horton, Whos, and a Wocket.
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Frequency Polygons Video

Frequency Polygons

4 mins 6th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
How many ways can you think of to display data? A quick video lesson describes the process of creating one of them, a line graph, which is also referred to as a frequency polygon. After creating the graph, the instructor models how to...
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Materials Lab Interactive

Materials Lab

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Why is wood good for building houses, but not the best choice for high-rise apartments? Future materials scientists put building materials to the test using a hands-on interactive. Pupils pull and push on substances such as reinforced...
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The Planets of the Solar System Graphics & Image

The Planets of the Solar System

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Launch a lesson that's sure to capture middle schoolers' interest! Exploration enthusiasts examine the planets of our solar system using an activity from PBS's Space series. The resource includes images and information for each planet,...
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Why Are Millipedes Cuter Than Centipedes? - From A to B Video

Why Are Millipedes Cuter Than Centipedes? - From A to B

10 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
In an invertebrate beauty pageant, why do millipedes always scuttle away with the crown? Part four of a five-part series of Invertebrate videos compares and contrasts the millipede with the centipede in terms of diet, behavior, and body...
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Lorenzo de Zavala and José Antonio Navarro: Their Contributions to the Independence of Texas Graphic Organizer

Lorenzo de Zavala and José Antonio Navarro: Their Contributions to the Independence of Texas

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Lorenzo de Zavala and José Antonio Navarro were both native Mexicans and leaders of the Texas Revolution, but with different backgrounds and careers. Compare and contrast the two influential men with a research assignment in which...
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The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7 Video

The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7

13 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The Medieval Islamicate World was truly a world of wonders! Clocks with gears, armillary spheres ... and robots that played music? Journey to ancient Baghdad, the center of science and math with the seventh video in a History of Science...
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Editorials: The Guiding Voice of Authority? Lesson Plan

Editorials: The Guiding Voice of Authority?

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How much can opinion influence a news story? A standalone resource discusses the importance of John Brown's Raid through the lens of journalism. Learners analyze two different texts, one from the perspective of the North and the other of...
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Comparing and Contrasting Website

Comparing and Contrasting

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Not all compare and contrast assignments have writers compare and contrast in the same way. Some only ask for comparisons, others only ask for contrasts, and many require more focus than a simple list of similarities and differences....
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The Tree and the Reed Audio

The Tree and the Reed

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Are thoughts of superiority ever justified? Aesop's fable "The Tree and the Reed" is about a tree that thinks he's better than a reed and is taught otherwise by nature.The post-reading compare/contrast activity features a graphic...
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Audio

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
When does simplicity trump glamor? Readers compare and contrast a country mouse and a town mouse after reading a 312-word fable by Aesop. The graphic organizer differentiates instruction for all readers, scaffolding them to carefully...
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The Frog and the Ox Audio

The Frog and the Ox

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
A conceited frog pays the consequence in Aesop's "The Frog and the Ox." Pupils listen to an audio version of the fable before comparing and contrasting it with another with a concept map. 
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The Soldier’s Experience—Vietnam versus World War I Lesson Plan

The Soldier’s Experience—Vietnam versus World War I

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The Vietnam War and World War I were two very important—and different—wars. To understand the differences, and similarities, class members watch videos, examine primary source documents, and then create a newscast that examines the...
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The Hart and the Hunter Audio

The Hart and the Hunter

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Hunt down a great way to teach characterization with one of Aesop's fables. An audio retelling of "The Hart and the Hunter" depicts the prideful hart and its disdain for its slender, quick legs. The activity concludes with a written...
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Treasured Stories by Eric Carle Activities & Project

Treasured Stories by Eric Carle

Pre-K - 2nd
CCSS: Adaptable
Explore the works of Eric Carle with a set of four lessons focused around the stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Young readers develop a storyboard,...
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Writing About Literature: Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Heidi Assessment

Writing About Literature: Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Heidi

5th
CCSS: Designed
Scholars read excerpts from the story, Heidi, in a three-part assessment that focuses on comparing and contrasting characters. Each part contains three tasks that challenge learners to discuss, answer comprehension questions,...
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Comparing/Contrasting Video

Comparing/Contrasting

3 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Comparing and contrasting goes beyond beyond obvious differences—it includes critical thinking skills, too! Through a short video, writers learn how to organize ideas within a compare/contrast paper. The video highlights different styles...
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The Sun Lab Interactive Interactive

The Sun Lab Interactive

6th - 12th
Turn up the heat in your Earth Science class! Solar scholars examine the characteristics scientists use to predict solar weather through an interactive lesson. Users read background information and make guided observations, then...
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Practice Test English Language Arts: Grade 8 Assessment

Practice Test English Language Arts: Grade 8

8th
CCSS: Adaptable
As teachers, it is our job to encourage learners to stand up for what they believe in and help them learn lessons from life's events. A set of practice questions designed for the ELA MCAS assessment features passages that teach positive...
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Chief Executives Compared: The Federalist Papers Lesson Plan

Chief Executives Compared: The Federalist Papers

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Delve into the responsibilities of the president by looking at President Hamilton's opinion of the presidential office in his own words. The second in a three-part series, the resource also offers an interesting compare-and-contrast...
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Activities from the Society for the History of Psychology Website Activities & Project

Activities from the Society for the History of Psychology Website

9th - 12th
The Society for the History of Psychology provides a list of teaching activities designed to acquaint learners with the various fields of psychology and introduce them to prominent psychologists. Details for several of the activities are...
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Compare Solids Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer

Compare Solids Venn Diagram

6th
CCSS: Designed
Using a Venn diagram, learners write the attributes that the two solids—rectangular prism and triangular prism—have in common where the circles intersect and the attributes that they do not have in common in each individual circle.
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Automobile Mileage: Comparing and Contrasting—Least Squares Regression Lesson Plan

Automobile Mileage: Comparing and Contrasting—Least Squares Regression

9th - 12th
It's always good to see things from different points of view. Learners review their work from the previous lessons on automobile mileage. They compare and contrast the results for each of the three different independent variables used in...
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