This is an example of what your compare and contrast chart might look like.  Yours might not look exactly like this one. 

Compare and contrast New York before the canal to New York after the canal was built..

 

How alike?

How different?

  • People traveled from New York to Buffalo before the canal was built and they traveled there afterward too.
  • Transporting products was expensive before the canal was built, but it was cheaper afterward.
  • People traded goods both before the canal was built and after it was built.
  • Buffalo was a small town before the canal was built, but it was much bigger after.
  • Rochester and Buffalo were towns in New York.
  • The trip from Buffalo to New York took a long time before the canal, however it was much faster after the canal was built.

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