The Gist:
1. Take two aspects of a category that you would like students to compare.
ex: Primary source documents for Global I on a topic.
2. Divide students into groups of two and share a Google Slide template with them for dissecting their sandwich. Get the template here
3. Give each pair of students the two different "things" you want them to digest (get it, 😜). This can be articles, pages from a book you are reading, videos, documents, tables etc.
Each student will spend 10 minutes reading their document and list important details or information from that document.
4. Students will spend 5 minutes discussing their findings with their partner and complete a Venn diagram highlighting details unique to each document and details common to both.
5. Using the shared Venn diagram each students will then synthesize a summary paragraph with details from each document. You can even use a guiding question here.
Tips:
It won't be perfect the first time...EduProtocols are instructional practices that are meant to become practice in your routine. The more you use and students get comfortable with the flow the more successful they will be
- It is designed to be a 20 - 30 minute activity. Keep summary paragraphs short. You can build capacity for this over time and expand the task, think essay or DBQ.
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