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"Age of Hamilton" (Messiah College course)

Hamilton Mania returns to America. Here are some resources.

John Fea   |  July 4, 2020

I have yet to see the Hamilton movie on Disney+.  We are hoping to watch it as a family next week. This weekend I have been getting flashbacks as I watch historians taking to Twitter to place the musical in historical...

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Out of the Zoo: Why I Cried in History Class

Annie Thorn   |  January 15, 2020

Annie Thorn is a sophomore history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.”  It focuses on life as...

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Reading Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address on the Day the House Judiciary Passes Articles of Impeachment

John Fea   |  December 14, 2019

Yesterday I wrote briefly about ending my Alexander Hamilton course on the day the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment for only the fourth time in United States history. After I ended class by playing “Who Lives, Who Dies,...

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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?

John Fea   |  December 13, 2019

Today was the last day of my Age of Hamilton class.  This song is fitting on the day the Judiciary Committee votes on two articles of impeachment.  It will soon be in the hands of the historians. Who lives, who...

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Why I Love Teaching About Religious Pluralism in Colonial New York

John Fea   |  October 3, 2019

Today in my Age of Hamilton class I built an entire lecture around this 1771 image.  And boy was it fun!  (I hope the students thought the same thing).   Source: Prospect of the City of New York. Woodcut from...

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“My Folly makes me ashamd and I beg you’ll Conceal it”

John Fea   |  September 26, 2019

I love teaching this letter.  In his first extant piece of writing, Alexander Hamilton writes from St. Croix to his childhood friend Edward Stevens in New York City.  He reveals his ambitions, but is ashamed that he has them.  There...

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Out of the Zoo: “A Perfect Fit”

Annie Thorn   |  September 25, 2019

Annie Thorn is a sophomore history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column for us titled “Out of the Zoo.”  It focuses on...

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Out of the Zoo: “The Age of Hamilton”

Annie Thorn   |  September 11, 2019

Annie Thorn is a sophomore history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column for us titled “Out of the Zoo.”  It focuses on...

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Day 1 of “Age of Hamilton” or Fea Enters His “Absent-Minded Professor” Phase

John Fea   |  September 5, 2019

Yesterday was the first day of my “Age of Hamilton” course at Messiah College.  I have nineteen students enrolled in this 300-level history course.  History majors get credit toward their major, but about half of the students are non-majors taking...

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Coming in Fall 2019!

John Fea   |  March 27, 2019

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Do I Feel a Revival of the Virtual Office Hours Coming On?

John Fea   |  January 23, 2019

Maybe it is time to revisit our old You Tube series the Virtual Office Hours.  After watching Seth Rudetsky’s deconstruction of “The Schuyler Sisters” I thought we might be able to revive this series to correspond with my “Age of...

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Deconstructing “The Schuyler Sisters”

John Fea   |  January 21, 2019

As I continue to work through some of the Hamilton soundtrack in preparation for my Fall 2019 course “Age of Hamilton” at Messiah College, I found Seth Rudetsky‘s breakdown of “The Schuyler Sisters” to be very entertaining and really informative. ...

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