Summer
How many months are the students out for summer?
3 months
The government paid teachers for how many months?
seven to eight each year
Why does the author say that summer vacation is a part of "American life"?
To show that summer vacation has been around for a long time
The school provided a safe place for the children to stay while their parents worked. What is that place usually called?
Daycare
In the sentence: People resist changing it. What does resist mean?
hold back
Some parents who work in factories children attended school for how many months?
eleven
Where did the wealthy go for summer breaks?
to the country
Based on the context in paragraph 5, what is a routine?
things that are done regularly
What do teachers and students look forward to?
Summer vacation
Which sentence from the selection supports the author's belief that children helping with farm work was not the cause of summer vacation?
They returned to school in May and continued with their school work until August.
Which detail from the selection supports why people resist changing the traditional summer vacation?
Children and teachers look forward to a break.
How does the author support the idea that year-round schools are better for students?
by including educators' opinions about summer vacation
Based on paragraph 2, what is a "family harvest."
the picking and gathering of crops on the family farm
Based on the context of the last paragraph, what does "resist changing tell about people's feelings toward summer vacation?
They do not want to lose it.
In paragraph 2, which could replace attended?
went to