My favorite topic of study. My son will know..hopefully all freepers will tell their children.
Recommended books for your teens...
Adams
Angel in the Whirlwind
Croscups- history of america with synchronic charts 1911
And the speeches and songs of the Revolutionary and Civil War eras!
When I taught American history -- all my students knew the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Erie Canal.
I could imagine some parents balking on both those songs these days.
Or how about the story of Washington being hit by bullets, having bullet holes in his coat, but still living?