So, I finally saw Hamilton this week, and on top of it being worth all of the hype, it opened my eyes to how very interesting and jaw-dropping some of the American Revolutionary history is. Help me find similar things that will entertain, inform, and most importantly, whet my appetite to find out more about the subject / bit players involved. I am not looking for books (unless they are absolutely exceptional), but more things like movies, podcasts, blogs, etc. Examples of things I now want to know more about -- Hamilton was involved in a sex scandal! Whaaaat?! Now I want to read the Reynolds Pamphlets. It was once the case that the runner-up in the Presidential election was the Vice President. Holy crap!! How'd that work out? To the Wikipedia to find out more!
One other example was visiting the MLK Center in Atlanta. The museum there is fantastic -- I learned so much about MLK and the entire Civil Rights movement, and felt a great upset that I hadn't been exposed to this in school, or my parents (who were alive when this happened!) hadn't told me their stories. This drove me to find and visit more museums, read books and online articles, etc about the key players and happenings revolving around that time period and educate myself on this.
So, I am looking for some non-book sources to spark passion and interest about things that happened that I didn't know I cared about. I am good on finding books on the topics, but need something that's more engaging than words on a page to grab my attention initially.
One other example was visiting the MLK Center in Atlanta. The museum there is fantastic -- I learned so much about MLK and the entire Civil Rights movement, and felt a great upset that I hadn't been exposed to this in school, or my parents (who were alive when this happened!) hadn't told me their stories. This drove me to find and visit more museums, read books and online articles, etc about the key players and happenings revolving around that time period and educate myself on this.
So, I am looking for some non-book sources to spark passion and interest about things that happened that I didn't know I cared about. I am good on finding books on the topics, but need something that's more engaging than words on a page to grab my attention initially.
