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This routine helps learners go beyond the surface of similarities and differences. Complex matters are often presented
and accepted as is. It’s not until they are questioned and explored more thoroughly and deeply and from different
angles that they can be better understood and more thoughtful opinions and decisions made See more details here. NOTE: See tabs for this routine.
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TOPIC: Choose a debate, incident, or object in which opposing views are clearly apparent, or images that look different but are grouped together.
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1. NOTICE: Often judgments are made at first glance. What was the first impression you had about this?
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2. PERSPECTIVE TAKING: From what other points of view could this be perceived? What would one say from those points of view?
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3. SAME: What are the similarities among the perspectives?
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4. DIFFERENT: What are the differences among the perspectives?
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5. CONCLUSION: How is this topic the same and different at the same time?
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Student's Name1. NOTICE: Often judgments are made at first glance. What was the first impression
you had about this?
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