Learning about coins provides math practice and touches on social studies as students identify American presidents and cultural symbols on the heads and tails of various coins. Students take turns using the mouse and learn to distinguish one coin from another, count money to spend, and make change. Rewards like this motivate players to complete the activities. At some point during elementary school, most students work on projects focusing on family origins, immigration patterns, or community history. Often they interview parents, grandparents, or community members to learn what life was like growing up in other times and places.
Students locate faraway towns and foreign countries on globes and printed maps.