There are four parts to the America’s Hallowed Ground curriculum, designed for flexible use in history/social studies, English Language Arts, and arts classrooms. Modular activities within each part are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Literacy, the National Core Arts Standards, and/or the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards.

Depending upon your classroom context and instructional priorities, you might engage students in all four parts in order or in a combination of parts. Regardless of which parts and activities you choose for your classroom, we recommend beginning with Part 1 so that students first develop an understanding of what hallowed ground is and means.