Hamilton Movie Questions Student Version PDF

1 7:40 (as Laurens, Lafayette and Mulligan ask, “Who are you?”) 2 18:20 (as the Schuyler sisters finish their song) A)...

1 7:40 (as Laurens, Lafayette and Mulligan ask, “Who are you?”) 2 18:20 (as the Schuyler sisters finish their song) A) Summarize what you learned about Hamilton’s early A) In your own words explain what Alexander Hamilton means life. B) Compare Burr and Hamilton. What is Burr’s advice when he says repeatedly, “I'm not throwin away my shot!” B) Pick to Hamilton and how does Hamilton respond? one of the two following lines Angelica sings and explain what you think it means: “You want a revolution? I want a revelation!” A)_______________________________ -OR- “And when I meet Thomas Jefferson. I’m a’ compel him to _________________________________ include women in the sequel!” _________________________________ A)__________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ B)_______________________________ B)__________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ 3 23:50 (as King George finishes singing, ‘You'll Be Back’) 4 29:30 (as the song ‘Right Hand Man’ ends) A) Compare King George’s appearance and behavior with A) Is the war going well for General Washington? Use details the lyrics to his song ‘You’ll Be Back’. B) Why do you from the previous song to support your answer. think the writer/director used this juxtaposition? B) Why is Hamilton hesitant to accept the offer to be A)_______________________________ Washington’s right-hand man? _________________________________ A)____________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ B)_______________________________ B)____________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________ 5 40:30 (as Angelica finishes the song ‘Satisfied’) A) What are the three fundamental truths that Angelica remembers as she's giving the toast at Eliza’s wedding? B) What does this say about her Angelica’s character? A)______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ B)______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2  6 51:50 (as Washington tells Hamilton to go home) 7 1:02:55 (as the song ‘Yorktown’ ends) A) What is Burr willing to wait for and how does this What roles did Laurens, Mulligan, Lafayette and Hamilton compare to Hamilton? B) How do the ‘ten duel play in the Battle of Yorktown? (Listen again to the song commandments’ correspond to how people deal with if necessary) arguments today? __________________________________ A)_______________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ B)_______________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ 9 1:29:20 (as the Schuyler sisters finish singing ‘Take a Break’) Which argument do you think is stronger during the ‘Cabinet 8 1:15:30 (as ‘intermission’ appears on the screen) Battle #1’ song? Listen again if necessary. Use details from the song to support your answer. Then share and evaluate A) What effect do you think the director and writer wanted your opinions with a partner. from this song where Burr and Hamilton sing side by side __________________________________ about their sons? B) What is Hamilton’s argument to __________________________________ persuade Burr to help write the federalist essays defending __________________________________ the constitution? __________________________________ A)_______________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ B)_______________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ 10 1:39:00 (as Aaron Burr finishes the song ‘The Room Where it Happens’) A) Do you think Hamilton ended up getting more out of the agreement than Jefferson and Madison? Use details from the scene to support your answer. B) Does Burr care about the outcome of the agreement, does he side with Hamilton or Jefferson? Explain. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 3  11 1:50:55 (as George Washington finishes singing ‘One Last Time’) 12 1:53:30 to 1:56:25 (during the song ‘We Know’) A) If you were Washington would you have agreed with Read the lyrics below when Hamilton defends himself against the Hamilton or Jefferson about getting involved in the French accusation of embezzlement. Identify the rhyming structure using revolution? Use details from the movie to support your A/B/C/D and circle any homonyms & homophones. answer. B) Why doesn’t Washington run for re-election? A)_______________________________ She courted me Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner _________________________________ That's when Reynolds extorted me _________________________________ For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly _________________________________ I may have mortally wounded my prospects _________________________________ But my papers are orderly As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered history _________________________________ Check it again against your list n' see consistency _________________________________ I never spent a cent that wasn't mine You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine B)_______________________________ Yes, I have reasons for shame _________________________________ But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action _________________________________ Are my answers to your satisfaction? 13 2:04:50 (as Eliza finished singing ‘Burn’) 14 2:14:20 (as the song ‘It's Quiet Uptown’ ends) A) How does writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda cleverly account for the Why does it mean so much to Hamilton when Eliza holds fact that there is no record of how Eliza reacted to the Reynolds his hand at the end of the song? What lesson do you Pamphlet? B) Try to put in perspective Eliza's reaction in modern times? Do you think things be different if Eliza found out think he learns from this experience? Explain using Hamilton had cheated on her today? Explain. details from the movie. A)_______________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ B)_______________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ 15 2:27:15 (as Burr finishes ‘The World Was Wide Enough’) Does Burr deserve to be the villain in this story? Is he a well known villain in American history, had you heard of him before this movie? What did you know about him? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4  16 Character Mantras Think about the characters below and identify a mantra that each held throughout the movie/play. Try to think of lyrics that they repeated again and again and how it helped drive their character. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “Winning was easy young man, governing is harder. ~George Washington ” 17 ESSAY: Power of Writing & Legacy A) Do you think Hamilton would have accomplished anything that history would have remembered if he wasn’t a great writer? Explain. B) Is it important that people know about the life of Hamilton and other founding fathers? Explain. C) Is it important to you personally that someone ‘tells your story’ when your life in this world comes to an end? Explain. A)______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ B)______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ C)______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5  18 Favorite Character & Development Pick your favorite character from the play. What did you like about the actor/singer who played this character? How were their character traits developed throughout the story? What did you learn about their place in history? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “ Jefferson has beliefs, Burr has none. ~Hamilton ” 19 Extended Research Pick either the Reynolds Pamphlet or one of the 51 essays Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Essays. Try to understand it to the best of your ability and summarize a few key points you learned from your reading the primary source. (Note: Your response should be in your own words, from synthesizing what you read, this should not include any copying and pasting). ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2020 TeacherTravis/K12MovieGuides All Rights Reserved (excluding artwork) Please do not distribute this resource beyond your classroom www.teacherspayteachers.com/ www.k12movieguides.com without additional licenses. 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