Beyond the Pilgrims contains:

• timelines of Catholic people and events from the history of the Americas
• reading breakdowns from Our Pioneers and Patriots by Fr. Philip Furlong and Christ and the Americas by Anne Carroll coordinated with the Reader's Guide to American History
• Catholic reading lists
• mapwork suggestions using Black Line Maps of American History
• interesting, little-known facts about the Catholic Church in America
• chronological lists of American saints with references to biographies of the saints for young people