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How to get the most out of American History and the Hit Musical Hamilton With Kevin O’Brien:
PARENTS, PLEASE NOTE! Though I will be featuring the "clean" version of the Hamilton songs, with all vulgarities censored, both the Chernow biography, the Lin Manuel Miranda musical - and also the real-life events of history upon which both works are based - deal frankly with events that include or refer to sex or violence. Thus this course is PG-13, but the musical itself is profoundly Christian, which I will point out in these classes. Please contact me if you have any questions.
How to get the most out of this course ...
- Watch each Recorded class session.
- Complete all quizzes and assignments. Parents can grade any essay questions, or they may purchase Instructor Access for Kevin O'Brien to grade the essay questions.
- The reading for each week can be found in that week's module.
- Repeat for each until the course is completed.
- Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records. Homeschool Connections does not provide record keeping.
Total Classes: 12
Duration: 55 minutes
Prerequisite: None
Suggested Grade Level: 9th to 12th grade
Suggested Credit: One full semester History, Drama, or English
Instructor: Kevin O’Brien
Instructor Email: kevin@classeswithkevin.
Course Description: The Broadway musical Hamilton is groundbreaking, exciting, thrilling - and historically accurate! Using the musical as our guide, we will explore the story it tells of early American history and the visionary dream of our founding fathers. We will also explore the deeply Christian elements of the story told by Lin Manuel Miranda.
Course Outline: We will follow the plot of the musical and match it up with elements from the book on which the musical is based.
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Course Materials: A sanitized version of some of the song lyrics will be provided in class. Also, students should obtain Hamilton by Ron Chernow, ISBN-10: 1524734500 (ISBN-13: 978-1524734503), though we will not read the entire book, which is very long. Note that it is also available as an eBook as well as an audiobook if you prefer one of those formats.
Homework: Selections from the book will be assigned each week. There will be weekly quizzes. Plan on about two to three hours of homework per week.
- Teacher: Kevin OBrien