"Right Hand Man" Lyric Analysis

Incorporate the Broadway smash hit musical Hamilton in your classroom!

"Right Hand Man" describes the struggles George Washington faces as commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. I used this song and lyric sheet to further explain the events of the Battle of Long Island and to demonstrate the colonial view of George Washington. I added my own guiding questions to the analysis column but feel free to change them and add your own!

For my classroom, I found a clean version of the song on YouTube and had the students listen first while following along on the lyrics sheet. I played the song a second time so they could highlight/underline words they didn't know and lines they thought were important. Then they worked with a partner on the analysis column and at the end we shared as a class.

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