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We will read Hamilton: An American Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, and other primary and secondary texts. The titles, authors, and locations of these texts are indicated in the Unit Text List. Unit Readers are available through Open Up Resources.

Core

  • Tradebook
    • Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, 2016
  • Multimedia
    • Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Lin-Manuel Miranda, Atlantic, October 16, 2015
  • Digital Access
    • “Correcting ‘Hamilton’,” Liz Mineo, The Harvard Gazette, October 7, 2016
    • “Grammys 2016: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Cast of Hamilton Perform,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Verge, February 15, 2016
    • “Hamilton: 2016 Tony Awards,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, October 15, 2016
    • “Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs ‘Alexander Hamilton’ at the White House,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, October 1, 2015
  • Unit Reader
    • “Aaron Burr’s Instructions to William P. Van Ness, 22–23 June 1804,” Aaron Burr, Public Domain, 1804
    • “Enclosure: Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler, 23 April 1804,” Charles D. Cooper, Public Domain, 1804
    • Excerpts from Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
    • “Federalist No. 1,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, October 27, 1787
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Burr, 20 June 1804,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1804
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Burr, 22 June 1804,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1804
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 19–20 June 1796,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1796
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 2 October 1791,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1791
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 25 June 1796,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1796
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 6 December 1787,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1787
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 6 March 1795,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1795
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 8 November 1789,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1789
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 2 May 1781,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1781
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 22 November 1780,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1780
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 27 April 1781,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1781
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to Harrison Gray Otis, 23 December 1800,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1800
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to The Royal Danish American Gazette, 6 September 1772,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1772
    • “‘Hamilton’ and History: Are They in Sync?,” Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times Company, 2016
    • “In Defense of Hamilton,” Michael McLean, werehistory.org, September 9, 2016
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron Burr, 18 June 1804,” Aaron Burr, Public Domain, 1804
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron Burr, 21 June 1804,” Aaron Burr, Public Domain, 1804
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron Burr, 22 June 1804,” Aaron Burr, Public Domain, 1804
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Angelica Church, 2 October 1787,” Angelica Church, Public Domain, 1787
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Angelica Church, 5–7 November 1789,” Angelica Church, Public Domain, 1789
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 2 February 1795,” George Washington, Public Domain, 1795
    • “To Alexander Hamilton from Harrison Gray Otis, 17 December 1800,” Harrison Gray Otis, Public Domain, 1800

Optional

  • Multimedia
    • Hamilton, Thomas Kail, Walt Disney Studios, 2020
  • Digital Access
    • “Cabinet Battle #1 Hamilton Animatic,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, January 4, 2017
    • “Hamilton Cast — My Shot at the White House,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, March 14, 2016
    • “Hamilton in Real Life — My Shot and Aaron Burr, Sir,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, August 26, 2016
    • “Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson Perform ‘One Last Time’ at the Kennedy Center Honors 2018,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, November 25, 2019
    • “Pixar Short” or other video, Various, Pixar, November 21, 2019

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