Paul describes the site as a visual dictionary that looks up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. It produces diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.

Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

* It’s a dictionary! It’s a thesaurus!

* Great for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists.

* The online dictionary is available wherever there is an Internet connection.

* No membership required.

Visuwords uses Princeton University a WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies, Visuwords is available as a free resource to all patrons of the web.

This dictionary is begging for SmartBoard use!

Thanks, Paul!   :-)

Infoplease offers information, reference links, timelines, puzzles and games.

History.com provides an interactive timeline through the slavery/civil rights periods.

Teachervision is full of information, lesson plans, printouts, etc.

AT&T provides a Hotlist, Interactive Treasure Hunt, Web Quest, and Subject Sampler.

CNN Black History Month uses interactive links to guide students through news stories, videos, and much more.

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 is an historical date that every child in the United Sates of America should witness.  Please make sure your students have the opportunity to watch the 2009 Inauguration Swearing-In Ceremony!

Swearing-In Ceremony
When and Where: 11:30AM ET on the west front of the U.S. Capitol,
Theme: “Renewing America’s Promise”; The full program will include:
- Musical Selections: The United States Marine Band, followed by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
- Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
- Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
- Musical Selection: Aretha Franklin
- Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Paul Stevens
- Musical Selection: John Williams, composer/arranger with Itzhak Perlman, (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet)
- President-elect Barack Obama will take the Oath of Office, using President Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible, administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Inaugural Address
- Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
- Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
- The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band “Sea Chanters”

For resources to help with lesson planning regarding this subject click on:

Thinkfinity’s
2009 Inauguration Resources