We finished reading, annotating, and discussing the Declaration of Independence. We then began our work on the musical "Hamilton, An American Musical". . . Look through the "Hamilton Context & Lens" slideshow to get some background about the production and why we are using it in class and add notes to EQ #2 from the 2 slides that indicate "EQ" at the top. We also viewed the 4-minute clip of "Hamilton" producer and lead star Lin Manuel-Miranda performing the opening number back at the White House for a poetry jam when it was in it's creation stage...to get a sense of it's visual energy. Now, let's dig in deep to the historical facts and explanations, as you will have a Socratic discussion on this work, and it will be used also for the Unit-Closure Work Packet and the E.Q. Writing later. For our listening, which begins tomorrow, you will want the following items on your desk: The Founders packet, the character list (provided today), the notes packet (provided today), and the lyrics packet (will be provided to borrow starting tomorrow.) In 6th & 7th hours we discussed the character list (read over and let me know if you have any questions) and in 7th we discussed the notes packet.
