<p>What textbooks are you using/have you used? I'm using the Earth and Its Peoples, and the Stearns one...(Blanking on its name). Also, how many other books, like historical atlases, or guides to historiography are you using?</p>
<p>Oh, and does anyone know if there's a different Earth and Its Peoples for college versus AP? If so, does the college one still align at all with AP?</p>
<p>I used the Earth and its People also. I don't remember using a book by Stearns, though. I didn't use many atlases or supplementary material, unless you count Wikipedia. [wiki=love].</p>
<p>the stearns one is world civilizations: the global experience. we used the AP edition of that one last year and it was a really good book.</p>
<p>pr and barrons are the best prep books. and i didnt use any atlases or anything like that, the test just requires a basic knowledge of geography(continents, oceans, major countries, major trade routes).</p>
<p>We are using "World History The Human Odyssey" by Jackson J. Spielvogel from West Education Publishing</p>
<p>agreed bout wiki.
are main text is The World History
we also use a yellow and a blue paper back reader, forget the names
as well as worlds religions, the human web, and minor other stuffs</p>
<p>My dad also gave me three books on historical writing, and historiography and that sort of thing last night, but they're all thin. (Uh, part of the reason I'm using so many books, I guess, is because I'm homeschooled and my dad's a history proff. So he has tons of resources, and some of them were even free)</p>
<p>How many hours a week do you guys think you study? Sorry, I'm just trying to get an idea of what I should be doing.</p>
<p>it depends on how good your class is. if your teacher covers a lot of material in class, maybe about 2-3 hours a week. my class was really rowdy and off-topic so i studied about 4 hours a week. we got about two hours of homework on Monday, and then i spent the other two hours reviewing.</p>
<p>I took this course last year; got a 5. Kaatu Bara Nikto, the Stearns book is not very good. Didactic and dry. The man has a strange obsession with the history of Egypt in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was usually difficult to find the trends that are important for the AP test amid the more obscure information that Stearns felt the need to include. For anyone who has that book, I would recommend reading most of the sections twice for comprehension. Also do not read this book while tired. It is guaranteed to put you to sleep.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. That kind of thing is part of why I'm using two textbooks - to cover gaps.</p>