Project: Stories Lives Tell: LEAPS and BOUnds (Learning Engaged Around primary Sources Builds Our Understanding)

The objective of this grant is to develop 4 booklets that use personal narratives, primary sources, Project Zero strategies, and Library of Congress strategies and materials. The booklets are intended to teach social studies concepts through a language arts lens for elementary classrooms. Booklets and teacher guides will be available through WWW.Warner.edu/TPS.

The Teaching with Primary Sources program at the University of Central Florida delivers professional development opportunities, free of charge, to help K-12 educators across the state provide high-quality classroom instruction using the millions of digitized primary sources available from loc.gov. Through ongoing, year-round professional development events, such as the SOURCES Annual Conference SOURCES Annual Conference, the TPS program at the University of Central Florida helps educators unleash the power of primary sources in the classroom. You can register for the SOURCES Annual Conference here: 2026 SOURCES Conference Registration.