I am currently a freshmen, taking AP Euro next year. I am wondering how much homework is there per night in this class? What does this homework consist of (notes, primary source readings etc.)? I am currently in Honors World History with an A semester 1 and currently have an A (90-91% is what I hover around), do you think that I will do well in this class?
Thank you for any help!
Homework load depends on your teacher and school.
did you take it popitx? If so, what was it like for you? I know that it really does depend on teacher and school but I am trying to get a feel.
It’s a lot of reading, essay writing, and fact memorization. At my school we had 1 chapter reading/notes due a week (30-40 pages in textbook) as well as essays every so often. Quiz every singe day on the assigned reading and essay question about the reading. Exams were 2 full length essay questions and 50-100 multiple choice questions.
For me, it averages about 45 minutes. Readings from the text as well as some primary sources.
As the user above me described, there’s a lot of work involved. My school also has one chapter of reading/notes due a week (30-40 pages as well; notes take me about one-three hours a day, depending on how reading I have in Euro as well as homework in my other classes), either an FRQ or a DBQ per chapter, a quiz every chapter or so, and general activities and discussions at school. If you really enjoy history, then you will definitely like this class!
We have two AP Euro teachers at my high school. One rarely teaches and everyone gets an easy A, but they barely get 3s and 4s on the AP exam. The second is really rigorous, 20-page packets to annotate every week, quiz every other day, frequent essays, but his students ace the AP exam with little to no self-study. (Source: sophomore advice).
It really depends on the teacher. If you’re planning on taking the exam at the end, it’ll probably be more beneficial to self study over the summer so that it’s easier to get an A in the class and a 4/5 on the exam. That’s what I’m planning on doing, since our school posts part of the textbook online for summer self-study.