<p>i'm wondering if i could cover the content of euro history within 4 months. after this week all my apps will be in and I will have a lot of free time until may.</p>
<p>i have a PR review book right now but should i get a history textbook to supplement my study? is it recommended to read any euro literature beyond the textbook?</p>
<p>In Euro currently, we haven’t really read much literature. Maybe a few short exerpts, but those haven’t really helped in my opinion. As far as textbooks go, I love mine (A History of Western Society by Mckay). It covers everything on the AP Exam, plus a few hundred years prior to the Renaissance. Also, for self-studying be sure to get Modern European History by Birdsall Viault. It is usually considered the best prep book out there when going for the 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>So, in summary:
-No excerpts necessary
-Textbook: A History of Western Society (look for 7th ed.)
-It looks like: ([Amazon.com:</a> A History Of Western Society, Volume 1, Seventh Edition (9780618170487): John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Society-Seventh/dp/0618170480]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Society-Seventh/dp/0618170480)) but with a different picture.
-Prep Book: Modern European History by Viault ([Amazon.com:</a> Modern European History (0639785401056): Birdsall Viault: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Modern-European-History-Birdsall-Viault/dp/0070674531]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Modern-European-History-Birdsall-Viault/dp/0070674531))</p>
<p>Not a lot of literature is involved. Just make sure you’re comfortable with the popular writers/scientists for the DBQ. (John Locke, Kant, Erasmus, Newton, Voltaire, etc). And by “comfortable” I don’t mean that you should go out and read their works. You only need to know their basic history and biases. </p>
<p>Mckay is a great textbook and goes over the concepts very well (which is important on the AP test). Viault’s prep is also seconded.</p>
<p>I believe this is the textbook that ifisher18 referring to:
[Amazon.com:</a> A History of Western Society Since 1300 for Advanced Placement* (9780312683214): John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, Clare Haru Crowston, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Society-Advanced-Placement/dp/0312683219/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=126309****&sr=1-2]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Society-Advanced-Placement/dp/0312683219/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=126309****&sr=1-2)</p>
<p>Do you think that I can self-study APEH? I’m currently taking APWH, would that help?</p>
<p>I’m studying APEH and APWH. If you’re interested, you should!</p>
<p>Hmm…just a question…is there a difference between the AP edition and the non-AP edition? I have the non-AP edition.</p>
<p>AFAIK, the AP edition usually has an outline for the exam which the non-AP edition doesn’t.</p>
<p>Not very sure though.</p>
<p>I’m in AP Euro now and we’re reading no literature. It’s mostly memorization and generally being a good history student (noticing trends, relating events, etc). I pretty much knew nothing about US History and I still got a 4 on the AP, so if you’re reasonably smart and read the study guides you should pull a 5.</p>