History Comes to Life as CPS Students Meet ‘Hamilton’


The Founding Father who became the subject of one of the most popular Broadway musicals in a generation is also the subject of a history lesson in Chicago Public Schools.

But students didn’t hit the history books for this one. Instead, they took to the stage.

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