Topics

Our public education programs cover all sorts of topics related to history, government, politics, and leadership—all of which are topics that make for excellent History Day projects that match the 2024-25 History Day theme, “Rights and Responsibility in History.”

Below is a list of ready-made subject guides that contain popular primary sources related to topics found in the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archives and Special Collections. Contact us if you have a program idea but don’t see a topic listed.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Animal Rights
Bosnian War
China
Civil Rights
Clean Air Act
Cuba
Environmental Studies
Equal Rights Amendment
Food for Peace
Food Stamps
Gulf War
Medicare & Medicaid
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Panama Canal
President George H. W. Bush
Race and American Politics
School Lunches
Senator Bob Dole
Senator Elizabeth Dole
Senator George McGovern
Senator Nancy Kassebaum
Social Security Reform
Solidarity in Poland
Soviet Disarmament
Space
Title IX
Vietnam War
Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
World War II