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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Lesson Plans for In the Heights

In The Heights Lesson Plans

Like many of you, I spent the weekend watching In the Heights. I read that some of you were renting theaters to go and watch with your trusted group of family and friends. Others, like myself, clicked on HBO Max and watched at home. 

I was fascinated to find that the movie finds its roots in Lin-Manuel Miranda's undergraduate imagination. He wrote his first draft of it in 1999 while attending Wesleyan. In 2004, he worked with author, Quiara Alegría Hudes, to further develop it and by 2008 it premiered on Broadway. 

I love it, of course. And decided it would be great for my teen. 

Psst! Did you know that it's available as a book?

I've heard a few teachers talking about it and started wondering if there were lesson plans available. And, yes! There are!

Listing them here for your pleasure...

In the Heights Lesson Plans

    Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lin-Manuel Miranda Lesson Plans, Study Guides, and More


There are a lot of lesson plans about Miranda on TpT. Check out this great selection for a variety of ages:

For a Spanish video biography, I absolutely love this one for little children from CBeebies Español:


But I just couldn't find any in English that were kid/student friendly. When I do, I'll update this page.


Books for kids about Lin-Manuel Miranda


First the ones for little kids: (aff links)

And here's one for young adults:


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