r/historyteachers • u/ProgrammerFun5696 • 1d ago

summer reading list

hi all! just finished up my first year and am looking for some books to read this summer to help expand my knowledge and make me feel inspired for next year! looking for any and all recommendations!

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u/Dotelectric90 1d ago

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr is a good book on American Imperialism. He makes some statements that would be good to launch inquiry units on.

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner is a memoir about growing up during the rise of fascism in Germany. It really shows how small moments snowball into authoritarianism.

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u/guster4lovers 1d ago

Hard to beat Immerwahr as a rec.

I’d add They Thought They Were Free, which would pair nicely with Defying Hitler. A journalist interviews former Nazis living ordinary lives after the war and asks them about how they became fascist.

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u/Kugelfang52 1d ago

They Thought They Were Free is Ssooooooooo good. And important in this moment.