{"id":3350,"date":"2015-02-20T18:05:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2018-05-17T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:44:44","slug":"venn-diagrams-compare-and-contrast-two-three-factors-visually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/venn-diagrams-compare-and-contrast-two-three-factors-visually\/","title":{"rendered":"Venn Diagrams: Compare and Contrast Two \/ Three Factors Visually"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Venn diagram is a classic way of getting students to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between two or three key events, concepts or people. You can create Venn Diagrams easily at ClassTools<\/a> using\u00a0the\u00a0Online Venn Diagram Generator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Characteristics shared in common go in the central area; those shared by just two factors go in the area where those two circles overlap; characteristics possessed by just one go in the outer area of that circle where it does not overlap the other two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If completing a venn diagram with a word processor, it makes sense to construct a template based on three hexagons so that text boxes can easily be included. To the right is an example of such a template which I have created. You can download<\/strong> a blank, editable version here:\u00a0HexVenn<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Venn diagram is a great tool for making contrasts and connections towards the end of a topic or syllabus.<\/p>\n

Get students to identify three key people \/ events \/ concepts they have become familiar with over the course of the term \/ year. In History, they could compare Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev; in English Literature maybe they could compare three tragic heroes such as Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello; in Government and Politics they could compare the three main political parties’ manifestoes; for A-Level IB History they could compare three different wars.<\/p>\n

Students then fill in their Venn diagram as they see fit. They could work in pairs on this if they wished, then the finished work could be saved to a network so that the teacher can display each one in turn on an interactive whiteboard to generate discussion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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