A few ideas -

PBS series "Liberty's Kids" shows how friends and neighbors sometimes held strong opposing views.

The book "Johnny Tremain" shares the experiences of a 14-year old boy at the time of the Revolutionary War.

These books about the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution portray that signers came from all walks of life.

The book "The Declaration of Independence (museum in a book)" features pockets with reproduction documents, letters, artifacts.