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by Jessica Buck
Topics: High School

Does your teen think history's a drag? It might pay to spice things up with a little literature. In The Scarlet Letter, for instance, a woman is shamed and shunned in a Puritanical New England, all because she took a tumble with the Reverend. Oh, and she's married. To someone else. What's historical about that? The book, published in 1850, takes an insightful look at the culture of 17th century America, out of which our present-day culture was formed. And that's some historical food for thought!