ELA and American History: Suggested Novels, Films, and Resources

This resource includes information to help ELA teachers pair their classrooms with classes in American History. This document includes suggested novels, films, and teaching resources for each of the following categories:

• European Settlement and Colonialism
• Native Americans (Indigenous Peoples and Removal)
• Slavery in America
• The American Revolution
• The American Civil War
• Westward Expansion (Oregon Trail and Gold Rush)
• World War I
• World War II
• Vietnam War
• Civil Rights Movement (including modern issues of discrimination and racism)
• War in Iraq
• Immigration

*If you are in immediate need of researched materials to implement in your classroom, please send me a message that includes the specific materials of which you have need. I have curriculum resources in beta for each of these topics, but will post them more quickly if there is an immediate need.