<p>Hi,
I'm using World Civilizations: the Global Experience, AP Edition for self-studying. It's horribly written, really wordy. I heard that Barron's alone is sufficient, no? I'm not sure if I should skip the textbook, can you please recommend me a good one?
I'm also self-studying for AP European History, using Spielvogel's Western Civilizations. I haven't read others, but it's a fair book. Should I use Barron's or REA for prep?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance:)</p>
<p>bump??????????</p>
<p>I heard AMSCO and REA are both good for APUSH but what AP history class are you trying to study?</p>
<p>Man, i had that textbook for APWH... it SUCKED......................it was so boring and badly organized. All i liked about it was the fact when i was going to bed, it would put me to SLEEP.</p>
<p>It had so many unnecesary info in there. You don't need to memorize all that info.</p>
<p>thanks! im trying to study AP European & World History. I still can't seem to find a good textbook. I'm going to use Spielvogel's Western Civilization (Brief Edition) b/c I get confused easily:P </p>
<p>any other suggestions please? thanks!</p>
<p>Don't use a textbook for WH. Trust me, I did all the reading assignments first semester and remembered very little of the 500 pages. </p>
<p>Barron's alone is sufficient.</p>
<p>thanks jamesford! im just afraid of the free-response...& that since im not taking the class, im afraid that ill miss out on important stuff.</p>
<p>I had your WH textbook, and I didn't like it so didn't read it much. The textbook has a website which has the summaries to the chapters. Those were really helpful. </p>
<p>I don't think World History is hard to do well in. I tried to learn everything in a week and got a 4.</p>
<p>My class used this textbook, I liked it. Teacher wasn't very helpful, all I did was read about a chapter a week the entire year and I got a 5.</p>
<p>Get "Traditions and Encounters" for World! The guys who wrote it write questions for the test, it's easy (and enjoyable, I would say) to read, and almost always a passage from the book shows up on the test.</p>
<p>i appreciate it! one more question...the free response section is always a killer for me. i think that barrons will not be enough to tackle the essays. did anyone use a brief edition textbook for their ap history (world or european) course?</p>
<p>any comments/suggestions are appreciated! thanks!</p>
<p>The F-R is requires you to have analysis ability. Try doing practice or reading the textbook on some areas.</p>
<p>i took a class in apwh. and we used the same textbook. i never once did my homework, or even opened the book (our teacher was horrible, and really lax)</p>
<p>i read barrons AP World History, and PR World History slowly from two month before the AP World, and I ended up getting a 5..</p>
<p>just remember to practice your essays.</p>
<p>@kiefer:</p>
<p>I'd download a generic rubric for each of the essays and try writing ones that have come up on past exams. Only switch things up a bit.</p>
<p>Like, my class, for instance took a DBQ about Rome and Han China and wrote a comparitive on it. Then we learned the rubric to make sure that no matter what, we got all our points in (because it doesn't matter how much you know on the subject if you're not doing what CB wants you to do on the essay...and in some cases it's not that hard to BS the info all the way through.)</p>
<p>thanks everyone!</p>
<p>I am trying to self study APWH, and I'm a bit confused on the format of the essays. I thought we could just use the generic 5 para (intro body conclusion) method to respond...?</p>
<p>Ack -- no!</p>
<p>Get thee to a test prep book and read about the different types of questions (DBQ, CCOT, Comp) on the free response.</p>
<p>There are points in the grading for the thesis statement, though. Make sure that you have a strong thesis that answers (all) the question.</p>
<p>I heard that REA is a good book for ap euro but is it really?</p>