Hamilton

Yesterday was such an amazing experience, and I’m so incredibly proud of Devin for his performance yesterday. 

Thank you to District 206 for providing this opportunity to our students. 

It is so incredibly important for our students to be exposed to these cultural experiences and to make what they’ve learned come to life! 

 

 

In October 2015, Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Rockefeller Foundation, the NYC Department of Education, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute announced an educational partnership to provide 20,000 NYC Title I public school students with the opportunity to see Hamilton on Broadway and integrate the show into classroom studies.

This educational initiative, now expanded to reach 250,000 students in Title I–eligible schools nationwide, will run through 2020, and is possible thanks to support from national and local donors, including The Rockefeller Foundation.

Before the students see the show, their teachers guide them through a unique, hands-on class project using Gilder Lehrman Institute resources to introduce the students to the people, events, and documents of the founding era. In addition, the students learn how Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Hamilton, incorporated primary sources into the songs he wrote for the show and use that knowledge to produce their own performance pieces.