Hip Hop Theatre & The Power to Change the World
Assignment One: Lin Manuel Miranda & HamiltonWatch this video ... TO GET CREDIT... 1. Take a picture or video of you and/or your family members watching the video and post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. 2. Create a Google Doc and answer the following questions: a. Who is Alexander Hamilton (Google search)? b. What is spectacular about what Lin Manuel Miranda did to mix Hip Hop and History in his musical "Hamilton?" c. Copy a link to a song that you think has an important historical connection. |
Assignment Two: The Hamilton MixtapeWatch this video... TO GET CREDIT... 1. Take a picture or video of you and/or your family members watching the video and discussing "Immigrants: We Get the Job Done." Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. 2. Create a Google Doc and answer the following questions. a. What is the message of this song? b. Which part of the video inspires you the most and why? c. They are using music to express the message of immigrants that is important to them: What is an important message for you? |
Assignment Three: My Name is Myeisha MillerWatch this video... TO GET CREDIT... 1. Take a picture of yourself watching this video. Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. 2. --Research Tyisha Miller: What is the true story of what happened to her? ----- How does this movie use the body to show the impact of violence? ----How is Hip Hop powerful in telling this tragic story? |