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Venn Diagram: My Partner and I Are Different OrganizerVenn Diagram: My Partner and I Are Different Organizer
Publisher
PBS
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Grade
1st - 4th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Printables & Templates
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2003
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Venn Diagram: My Partner and I Are Different

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Celebrate your class's diversity with this Venn diagram template. A perfect resource for building a classroom community at the beginning of the school year, pupils are able to learn about their peers while discovering what makes them unique from their classmates.

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Concepts

compare and contrast, diversity, individuality, venn diagrams

Additional Tags

venn diagram, compare and contrast, diversity, similarities and differences, individuality, individualism, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Pair students up during the first days of school and have them interview one another using this organizer to record their similarities and differences
  • After completing the worksheet, ask individuals in each pair to share what they learned about their classmate

Pros

  • Diagram is clearly labeled and is easy to use
  • Resource is included as part of a unit on diversity and cultural awareness

Cons

  • None

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