[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Nick who visited the Lincoln Memorial while on vacation with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Reinforce problem-solving, estimation, addition, and subtraction skills by playing a game in which students are required to use a checkbook to keep track of a vacation budget. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Roland Burris, an American Democratic politician who was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois. His appointment as U.S. senator (2009-10) to fill the seat...

Use these friends & neighbors-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.

An interactive site that lets you choose colors to paint a seashore scene, and then print it out.

A color photograph of an ocean and a beach with palm trees by Tony Newlin.