<p>Could someone plz tell me what r some good textbooks and review books for AP US History?</p>
<p>Also, how difficult is it to self study and get at least a 4 on the exam?? </p>
<p>Is it possible to do this using only a review book(s)??</p>
<p>i read that and memorized a small timeline just for major things (ie: civil war, mexican war, world war) just the large events and got a 4</p>
<p>While my class used Garrity's America Nation, I only skimmed the book for tests. So, to study for the AP, I read through Princeton Review twice (it is not hard to do, as the book is short) and REA once. That is all the studying that I did, and though I took both practice tests on Princeton Review and the other multiple choice tests that I found on CC, I do not think I studied that much. I started to study early, but never for more than an hour each day, except for the last week, when I read through PR a second time. I scored a 5 on the AP despite bombing one of the essays. I honestly do not think it should be terribly difficult to earn a 4 on AP USH, as long as you study relatively well and can write reasonably good essays.</p>
<p>For the record, I do not think reading REA helped me in the least. Reading through PR and knowing most of the terms listed in the book was how I learned the material, and I think, just by studying with PR, you will be more than sufficiently prepared.</p>
<p>amsco is by far the best out there...if you read it over before the ap even just go over the stuff that you need to brush up on youll be fine.</p>
<p>I am going into my senior year of hs, and I got a 5 on the May 2005 exam. My class used Garrity's (sp?) American Nation, Amsco (which is great!), and Zinn's A People's History of the United States.</p>
<p>Message me if you need any help. </p>
<p>How hard is it to ind. study a government course? How do you take an AP your school doesn't offer? Thanks</p>
<p>You could probably use nothing but the Amsco book and get a five. It's a great overview of everything you need to know for the test. It's long- over 300 pages of review, but reading it all is definitely worth it for the test. I highly highly recommend this book</p>
<p>Princeton Review is also good for just getting a basic overview of key people/events/terms. It's a lot more basic than amsco, but I thought it was useful for grasping the "big picture."</p>
<p>The textbook my APUSH class used was "America: A Narrative History" by Tindall and Shi. It was pretty good, if not exactly an enthralling read.</p>
<p>I got a five, btw.</p>
<p>I did not start studying for the test until a week before. I read the Princeton Review book twice. I did end up getting a five. As long as you can write a fairly strong essay and you read the Princeton Review you should easily be able to get a four. Also my school used The American Pagent sixth edition I think it was by Kennedy. This is an excellent book and my fairly small A.P. history class (only 18 people) managed to pull two fives and the rest were mostly fours and threes. Good luck it is really a fun class.</p>
<p>thanx a lot for the advice!!
so the best review books r amsco and pr, right?</p>
<p>oh and pepgirly14, thanx 4 the website!</p>
<p>btw, what do u guys think is the easiest ap history course/test? the hardest?</p>
<p>I think the test was fair. This year's multiple choice section over covered very broad subjects, except for one question, the second to last one that asked about an obscure author from the 1970's. (I thought this was by far the easiest section of this year's test, and I finished all but the one I skipped in 35 minutes.) The Document-Based Question is fair, and the essays questions' difficulty, as it has been concluded from experience, vary according to personal knowledge. For me, since I studied, the test seemed fairly easy. But, yet again, other people, I am sure, would be happy to disagree. But if you study, there should be no trouble; ETS cannot and does not try to trick students on AP tests. A friend told me once that I should not worry about AP USH, as "many stupid people take the test."</p>
<p>My class was boring, and there was no pressure in the daily note-taking class; however, the tests were difficult. I do not know how much the course prepared the class for the AP; although, out of 13 of us, three scored fives, and only one person scored lower than a three.</p>
<p>Overall, I think the AP test was easy, but the difficulty of classes depend solely on your high school.</p>
<p>My teacher attempted to freak me out all last year on how hard the AP history test was. For some reason (maybe becuase it is the most popular ap class) it does have the lowest success rate. Even my Chemistry teacher who went to Stanford told me she would not take the ap history class when in high school because she thought that it was to hard. I even read that something like half the people who take it get below a three. I personally believed that it was a very easy test. It all depends on how well you retain history. I love it and plan on majoring in it so I have no problem reading something once and being able to recall it months later. Overall if you are anything like me and show appreciation for the subject it is an easy test. Also if I were you go ahead and buy the American Pagent. It is really a good textbook to have. Since it is so popular in the ap program you might even be able to find a super cheap copy on the internet or in a used book store.</p>
<p>thanx again for the info!! :)</p>
<p>review books: amsco and pr
textbook: american pagent</p>
<p>oh, and does anyone know how APUS compares to AP Euro and World??</p>
<p>Does anyone here have any experience with the Enduring Vision history textbook? That's the book for my History class this year, and the first test was BRUTAL. I studies questions from their site, read the book twice over the summer, and went out and got the Princeton Review AP prep guide the day before the test and still feel like I didn't too well on it. </p>
<p>And I'd also like to know which is more difficult, this or Euro History.</p>
<p>I'll let the others handle the textbook question...</p>
<p>As far as studying on your own, I would think it would be difficult to get a 4. The thing with APUSH is that it requires a lot of time to go over and over the material. In class, you're getting constant reinforcement of your reading through worksheets, projects, maps, whatever people do, but when you're studying it alone, you'd either have to make yourself re-read the books many times over or find someone to quiz you constantly. That's the main obstacle I see.</p>