http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/?utm_source=rss Put the VT to work in your classroom Copyright 2009, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/?utm_source=rss Search for a word in the Visual Thesaurus word http://www.visualthesaurus.com Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1903?utm_source=rss How can students use VocabGrabber and Frayer Model graphic organizers to help them evaluate the essential American values outlined in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution? Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1903 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1863?utm_source=rss How can VocabGrabber (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/) help students prepare to analyze a New York Times article on the ethical implications of commercial sites that assist students with their homework assignments? Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1863 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1832?utm_source=rss How can the Visual Thesaurus help students compose word association poems? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1832 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1781?utm_source=rss How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to help them distinguish the key properties that define different types of polygons? Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1781 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1745?utm_source=rss How can categorizing words from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786838655?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786838655) help introduce students to the major themes of the novel? Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1745 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1680?utm_source=rss How can the Visual Thesaurus help students interpret figurative language in Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy? Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1680 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1639?utm_source=rss How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to investigate chemical elements and their properties? Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1639 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1605?utm_source=rss How can playing the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/) help students improve their spelling? Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1605 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1557?utm_source=rss How can a presidential candidate's linguistic patterns in a debate further reveal his or her political agenda? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1557 Lesson Plans http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1520?utm_source=rss How can students analyze and write "found poetry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_poetry)" based on particular prose passages? Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1520