Thread by @christine

Kicking off July 4th weekend with a @HamiltonMusical watch party for @girlscouts @troop61691 - and our scouts LOVED it. Thank you @disneyplus @Lin_Manuel for sharing it in time! 🤩🇺🇸

PS Interested in Hamilton-with-kids? See thread for our cheat sheet. @GSNorCal @zoom_us

1. Set up a @zoom_us meeting, and make sure to have a couple of breakout rooms. Kids get bored on text-only, and Zoom supports video sharing during the show. Also, if (when) any kids get chatty, they can 'take it outside' into a breakout room, while the show continues for others.

2. Provide kid-friendly context for @HamiltonMusical - we posted both @CRFUSA's Federalist Papers worksheet (for grades 4-6) and @NYHistory's online exhibit on Alexander Hamilton, to @troop61691's @GoogleForEdu Classroom.

Links:
crf-usa.org/images/pdf/gat…
alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/virtualtour/go…

3. Give the scouts something crafty and fun to do at home! We provided @HamiltonMusical coloring pages, along with glass jars/alcohol wipes/gold paint/craft paintbrush for creating their own Hamilton keepsakes.

4. You HAVE to have fun things for the actual Zoom (!) ...everyone got silly July 4th sunglasses and confetti poppers, plus hanging gold star swirls to help create their own @HamiltonMusical-themed background (@PartyCity curbside pickup) partycity.com/gold-star-swir…

5. Letter-writing is highlighted in @HamiltonMusical, so everyone got some inexpensive @target stationery, sparkly gold star stickers, @USPS Earth Day stamps (because @girlscouts!), and the list of mailing addresses for the troop. store.usps.com/store/product/…

6. Lastly....I made a giant batch of star-shaped sugar cookies with gold royal icing (because PARTY), and ordered easy-to-read @ACLU Pocket Constitutions for all @troop61691 scouts! 😇

shop.aclu.org/product/ACLU-P…

Goal: give the girls something that made them feel connected & happy & 'treated' when trapped at home + supply a day's worth of holiday weekend activities + build civic awareness

(squee! one @girlscouts Junior just shared some Hamilton podcasts she found/listened to! #winning)