When carschoolers get antsy on long trips, pull out your car atlas or map and challenge them to search for cities with weird and wacky names—the United States is full of them!  You could also challenge them to find (in the atlas) the following cities and towns and ponder the meaning of the names:

Unalaska, Alaska

Why, [...]

Here is a really clever idea submitted by a carschooling mom in Arkansas.  Before going on a car trip, she copies or prints a map of the United States for each carschooler:  Next, she purchases an inexpensive package of stamp rings.  (Each stamp ring has a different symbol or picture on it, so the kids [...]