Youth Genealogy Camp
I just read an interesting article titled, "Students trace roots, sometimes with surprising results," written by Mary Foster for Dateline Alabama. It's about a genealogy camp for 7 - 15 year old children and it seems like the children interviewed for the article learned quite a bit about their ancestors.
The Camp was put together by Antoinette Harrell-Miller, the founder of the African-American Genealogy Connection. This year the camp was put together for African-American youth, but next summer they plan on allowing any race to come. Harrell-Miller said that it is much easier for those of European descent to find their ancestors, since their records have been better preserved. A lot of records for slaves have been lost; a fact that I had never thought about before.
Supposedly there are no other youth genealogy camps around the nation like this one, so it might be something to look into.