Ideas to Inspire

Where They Stand… is an online interactive site from The Sacramento Bee which compares and contrasts the various positions of Barack Obama and John McCain.

The language is short and simple. The display is helpful, too, since it’s done in the form of a Venn Diagram and demonstrates where they share common ground, too.

This would be a great way to assess students on what they know if you’re covering two people, characters, events, or anything that can be compared and contrasted. They come up with their venn diagram and then write short blurbs on the differences of each or the similar beliefs of both.