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  • Teacher Toolbox
    • Thinking Routines
    • Comprehension Strategies
    • Metacognition Strategies
    • Discourse Strategies
    • Formative Assessments Strategies
  • Professional Resources
    • Common Core
    • Cultures of Thinking
    • Life-Long Learners
    • Reading & Vocabulary
    • Standards Based Grading
    • Writing
  • Our Journey
    • Hart Middle School
    • Reuther Middle School
    • Rochester High School
    • Van Hoosen Middle School
    • West Middle School
  • Creative Ideas
  • Conferences
    • Moving Learning Forward 2015 Conference
    • Moving Learning Forward 2014 Conference

Circle of Viewpoints

A routine for exploring diverse perspectives. 
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Description: Circle of Viewpoints helps students to identify and consider different and diverse perspectives.  While engaged in this thinking routine, students gain a greater awareness of how others are feeling and thinking.  It also reinforces that people will think differently about a topic.  This routine gives a structure to assist in exploring these viewpoints to gain a broader, more complete understanding of the topic, event, or issue being discussed.

How to Use the Strategy:

Refer to pages 171-177 in the book Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners.

Access online instructions here at Harvard Project Zero.

See the routine in practice here at Harvard Project Zero.

Resources
Download these resources to use in your classroom. 
Circle of Viewpoint template.docx
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circle_of_viewpoints_-_current_events_science.docx
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Circle of Viewpoints Poster.pdf
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