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Have you considered exposing your students to history in different media?
I hated history specifically as a student. The material was always so dry and excessively white centric. As an adult, I love learning about precolonial America's. This led me into learning more about geology as I discovered native American oral traditions often have startling coincidence with historic natural disasters that white settlers almost universally wrote off as fantasy.
Its about engaging with the students. If youre just reading our of a book, none of them are going to care. Teach them something youre passionate about yourself and see if it changes anything.