TPS Mid-Atlantic and US Territories Region

Washington, Washington DC, 20003

Last updated on April 28, 2025

Grant awarded by

Library of Congress

Region

Mid-Atlantic and U.S. Territories

Organization Type

Non-profit Organization

Congressional District(s)

At large

Fiscal Year Of First Grant

FY 2025 [10/01/24 - 09/30/25]

Contributing Organization(s)

Organization description

The American Historical Association was founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889. The AHA promotes historical work and the importance of historical thinking in public life. Its mission to enhance the work of historians also encompasses professional standards and ethics, innovative scholarship and teaching, academic freedom, and international collaboration. As the largest membership association of historians in the world (more than 10,000 members), the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions, and represents every historical era and geographical area.

The American Historical Association provides leadership for the discipline and promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life. The Association defends academic freedom, develops professional standards, supports innovative scholarship and teaching, facilitates international collaboration, and helps to sustain and enhance the work of historians.

Project description

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.

TPS project focus

Grants
Teaching Materials
Webinars
Workshops

Content focus

American Revolution
Art
Civics
Civil Rights
Civil War
Cultural Studies
General Studies
History
Information Literacy
Library/Media Studies
Music
Science
Technology
World War II

Audience

Administrators
Archivists
Classroom teachers
Curriculum coordinators
Librarians/Media specialists
Students
Teacher candidates/Student teachers

Level(s)

3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
K-5
Pre-K - 2nd
Undergraduate