Plus it would be cool if you could recommend some particular essential non-fiction books that should be taught in schools, or that people should read if they didn’t read them in school.
Plus it would be cool if you could recommend some particular essential non-fiction books that should be taught in schools, or that people should read if they didn’t read them in school.
No philosophy books? Would think some Plato or Socrates would be a good primer that no one can take umbrage with. Diary of Anne Frank I thought was kind of a given as well.
Personally, I think more folks should read “War is a Racket”, especially considering how short it is.
I feel like “A Diary of Anne Frank” would be the only non-fiction non-textbook books read in high school.
Textbooks are going to digest various sources for history class; it is usually rare that high school history requires reading primary sources.
English is generally going to require reading fiction. There may be persuasive essays like “A Modest Proposal”, but not a whole book because the analysis done in English doesn’t lend itself to non-fiction.
College is usually when more primary sources are assigned for reading.