<p>My school doesn't offer AP World History, but I really would like to get the credit. I'm taking the honors class and watching John Green's crash course. I have a family friend who teacher AP World at a school outside my county and she lent me a textbook but it's really big and intimidating (i think it's like 600 pages?!) Any tips? Any good review books? Is this even feasible for such a hands-on and writing-based class (from what I've heard)?</p>
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<li>textbook should be at least 600 pages long. My APUSH was 1300 pages and most of my other textbooks are comparable.</li>
<li>It’s not a hard exam a lot of the people taking it are sophomores so you’re all on a level playing field.</li>
<li>Barron’s was my favorite when I took it 3 years ago</li>
<li>It’s not really a writing based class. People over-hype the essays too much. Basically learn the basic format you should put your answer and practice a DBQ at least once a month. The main thing is to remember that they asked you a question, SO ANSWER THE DANG QUESTION. People get lost in the format and writing thesis statements that they forget to answer the question posed. Probably most common error. Then take the essay to your school’s world history teacher or the family friend to see if the information is good and then take it to your english teacher and ask them for tips on how to clean up grammar and make it sound better.</li>
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<p>P.S. the multiple choice section is embarrassing compared to how it used to be. For half of it you just read a paragraph and basically show you understand what the paragraph was talking about.</p>