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Think elementary school students are too young to incorporate Hamilton into your classroom?… Think again!

Lesson plans and resources inspired by Hamilton to flame student interest into a passion for inclusive humanities education.

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Teaching History With Hamilton Lesson: The Science Behind Natural Disasters and How Hamilton “Wrote His Way Out”

Grade Levels: 3-5

Common Core Standards: CCSL-ELA: RI.3.9, W.3.1

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Edsitement Lesson: Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence

Edsitement, an online humanities resource, offers a wide array of Humanities lesson plans and student resources.

Grade Levels: 3-5

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Engage NY Lesson: More Perspectives During the Revolutionary War

Grade Level: 4

Common Core Standards: CCLS-ELA:  RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4

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Edsitement Lesson: Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740–1840

Edsitement, an online humanities resource, offers a wide array of Humanities lesson plans and student resources.

Grade Levels: K-2

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School Library Journal: Teaching with “Hamilton”

The School Library Journal offers numerous HamiLessons, videos of student performances, as well as numerous useful links for educators in search of other resources.