Empire and its related themes of conquest, colonization, decolonization, and cultural imperialism loom large in the teaching of any history course on European, African, Asian, or Latin American history. "How to Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr argues that the image (North) Americans have of their nation is that of what scholar Benedict Anderson termed the "logo map"--a silhouette shape representing just the forty-eight continguous states. However, much has happened in the territories beyond those contiguous states that directly influences the mainland. Thus, while historians have long acknowledged U.S. expansionism and empire, what Immerwahr draws our attention to is the extent of the nation's overseas territorial possessions and the role that acquiring and defending those territories--and the policies directed toward the populations of those territories--has had on the development of what most Americans consider to be the United States: the Logo Map. The Immerwahr text satisfies a number of needs the authors identified in their world and U.S. history survey classes, their methods class, and in their upper-level offerings. From the perspective of teaching the U.S. survey, the authors wanted to provide a broader global context for U.S. history and highlight U.S. engagement with global themes and events. The authors wanted to present students with an opportunity to examine the implications of U.S. engagement in empire-building, and the ways in which colonizing influenced society and politics on the U.S. mainland. This article discusses teaching two classes around the theme of empire and using "How to Hide an Empire" b as a a central text.