The American Historical Association is proud to manage the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Mid-Atlantic/US Territories Region funded by the Library of Congress to further the Library's mission to engage, inspire, and inform the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.
The Mid-Atlantic/US Territories Region encompasses Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and US Virgin Islands.
Grant Funding Available
Subawards
A broad range of education institutions and community, civic, and professional groups are eligible to apply for subawards of up to $25,000 for projects and initiatives that expand the body of innovative strategies, tools, and resources for meaningful teaching and learning with Library of Congress materials.
TPS Regional Subgrants
TPS subawards fund initiatives grounded in engagement with primary sources and tailored to the unique needs of learners in specific communities. Past subawards have, for example, provided resources for nonprofits working with teachers in remote areas in their state. They have helped local cultural institutions connect items in their holdings with digitized primary sources from the Library, providing learners with both a local and national view of important historical events. TPS regional subawards have supported projects that support teaching and learning in civics, economics, disability history, law, writing, local and place-based history, media literacy, data visualization, state archives holdings, Congressional center activities, student inquiry, and many others.
Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative
For the first time, TPS regions will offer subawards through the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative (LHI), a Congressionally funded program named in honor of the late Congressmen John Lewis (D-GA) and Amo Houghton (R-NY). The initiative supports civics, history and democracy learning among secondary students, using creative arts-based primary sources. Educational organizations across the country can apply for subawards to incorporate music, art, drama, and literature through primary sources from the Library’s collections into secondary curricula.
Application Information
Requesting a Grant
The TPS Mid-Atlantic/US Territories Region will review proposals submitted before each of three deadlines. More information will be available soon.
Project Proposal Guide
Find information about the required application documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn about who is eligible to receive a grant, what the target audience is, and more answers to frequently asked questions.
Key Links
Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program
Since 2006, the Library has awarded TPS grants to build a nationwide network of organizations that deliver educational programming, and create teaching materials and tools based on the Library’s digitized primary sources and other online resources.
TPS Regional Program
The TPS Regional program promotes the widespread, sustained and effective use of primary sources from the Library of Congress in a variety of educational settings by increasing access to the TPS program. Programs awarded grants through TPS are welcomed into the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Consortium with a shared goal to increase the educational value of the Library’s collections.
TPS Teachers Network
Join the TPS Teachers Network to find primary source-based teacher materials relevant to your own classroom.
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program.
Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.