This episode we start season 2 with the biographical graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. This incredible work is about his father Vladek’s time as a Jew in Nazi Europe and ultimately his time in the Concentration Camps. Overlayed in this are the stories and relationship of Vladek with the author and his wife, and<a href='https://hoffmannonhistory.com/RequiredReading/podcast/maus-by-art-spiegelman/'>Read More</a>

A Selection of Edgar Allen Poe’s (The Raven and Fall of the House of Usher) Writings

Dr. Nic Hoffmann, Mike Burns, and Mike Carroll are teachers at the Marist School teaching the American Experiment Class. In an attempt to update our curriculum, we have been reassessing the books we assign, we were assigned in high school and college, and the books we wish we assigned. Do people even read anymore? I mean, we do, but how do we keep the student engaged with the Required Reading.