Hamilton Project
History • Music • Storytelling • Perspective
We use selected songs, scenes, and classroom-safe videos inspired by Hamilton to make the story of the early United States more engaging and memorable.
The goal is not just to watch a musical. The goal is to listen closely, ask questions, examine perspective, and connect storytelling with the history we are studying.
Why Hamilton?
Music and storytelling can help history feel less distant. As we listen and watch, we pay attention to the choices people made, the conflicts they faced, and the different ways a story can be told.
We also remember that a stage musical is a creative interpretation. In class, we compare what we see and hear with historical sources and what we are learning together.
What We’re Learning
- People and events connected to the American Revolution and the early United States
- Cause and effect in historical events
- Leadership, choices, conflict, and consequences
- Point of view and perspective
- How to separate dramatic storytelling from historical evidence
How to Use This Page
- Listen for the story. Who is speaking, and what is happening?
- Identify the history. What person, event, idea, or conflict connects to what we are learning?
- Question the perspective. Whose point of view are we hearing?
- Check the evidence. Compare the musical’s storytelling with class texts, sources, and discussion.
- Think deeper. What choices mattered, and what were the consequences?
Working with Lemons: Hamilton in Real Life
Working with Lemons created family-friendly, live-action versions of several Hamilton songs. These five are the Hamilton productions confirmed through their own website.
Complete Hamilton Song List
46 songs • Original Broadway Cast Recording
Each song title below opens the verified Warner Music Canada full soundtrack video directly at that song’s chapter.
Teacher-directed resource: some songs contain explicit language or mature subject matter and may not be appropriate for independent elementary student viewing.
Act I
- Alexander Hamilton
- Aaron Burr, Sir
- My Shot
- The Story of Tonight
- The Schuyler Sisters
- Farmer Refuted
- You’ll Be Back
- Right Hand Man
- A Winter’s Ball
- Helpless
- Satisfied
- The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
- Wait for It
- Stay Alive
- Ten Duel Commandments
- Meet Me Inside
- That Would Be Enough
- Guns and Ships
- History Has Its Eyes on You
- Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
- What Comes Next?
- Dear Theodosia
- Non-Stop
Act II
- What’d I Miss?
- Cabinet Battle #1
- Take a Break
- Say No to This
- The Room Where It Happens
- Schuyler Defeated
- Cabinet Battle #2
- Washington on Your Side
- One Last Time
- I Know Him
- The Adams Administration
- We Know
- Hurricane
- The Reynolds Pamphlet
- Burn
- Blow Us All Away
- Stay Alive (Reprise)
- It’s Quiet Uptown
- The Election of 1800
- Your Obedient Servant
- Best of Wives and Best of Women
- The World Was Wide Enough
- Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
History Check
A musical is not a primary source. It can help us become curious about history, but we still ask: What is documented? What has been changed for storytelling? What perspectives might be missing?
That is what historians do — they ask questions, compare evidence, and keep learning.
Keep Exploring
As we move through the project, use this page as a starting point. Your strongest thinking will come from connecting the music and storytelling to the historical evidence we study in class.
Ask questions. Look for evidence. Consider perspective. Tell the story responsibly.