About This Lesson
To have students analyze and evaluate the legacies of Washington and Hamilton according to Ron Chernow, Historian, Author, Journalist in preparation for writing an essay comparing similarities and differences between these two founding fathers utilizing Film Clip of Ron Chernow interview, Richard Lehrman (Gilder Lehrman) Interview of Ron Chernow. Graphic Organizer for analysis of documents for pre-writing and homework assignment regarding Hamilton/Burr duel regarding extreme violent ideologies. (Lesson Plan, Handouts, etc. in PDF format)
