The Broadway event of the decade didn’t spring fully formed from the head of Lin-Manual Miranda. It took years of meticulous historical research into primary sources, making Hamilton the world’s most successful AP history project. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the musical juggernaut have just launched EduHam at Home, a free digital program for middle- and high school students, guiding them to explore early American history in Miranda’s footsteps, and even show off some of their own footwork.
This sharable snippet comes from the April 24 edition of Corcoran’s Home/Office e-newsletter.