Duke University’s Ad*Access is an extraordinarily useful website for Social Studies teachers at both the middle and high school levels. This niche website provides educators with a wealth of primary source materials to incorporate in their U.S. History classes. The website allows users free access to hundreds of advertisements from 1915 through 1955. Additionally, it provides the user with a timeline that charts majors events and fun facts from the aforementioned 40 year span of U.S. History. As the era in which the site focuses is a pivotal time in our nations history, this site is a must have for any Social Studies teacher’s cache.
Despite it’s numerous wonderful qualities, Ad*Access does contain some drawbacks. The most notable being; it’s a niche website. What is meant by this statement is that the focus of the site is great for those teaching U.S. History II (Civil War-Modern Era). Unfortunately, for History teachers working with World History, or U.S. History I (Exploration- The Civil War), the site has absolutely no redeeming value Additionally, for those teaching U.S. History II to the Primary and Middle Grades the archives will be utterly useless as their students will be unable to analyze the material in great detail.
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