<p>We use the American Pageant book and our teacher has like "recommended pages" of reading for each day. I read the pages for each day and everything, but I forget it later. This one relaly smart kid at my school, who graduated this year and went to Harvard, and got 5 on APUSH AP exam told me he read each section in the Pageant book 3-5 times. I tried that, and I STILL can't remember what I read when I try and recall 3 days later. What's wrong with me? How can I learn to remember this? Am I just stupid?</p>
<p>i don't really read the chapters, but i have an A- (like the 2nd highest grade in all 3 APUSH classes at our school lol)</p>
<p>our teacher gives us key terms. between those and lectures i'm good. maybe before the test i might look at a couple of outlines on <a href="http://www.course-notes.org%5B/url%5D">www.course-notes.org</a></p>
<p>This website has really helped me with APUSH
<a href="http://www.colinjeanne.net/apus/history/notes.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.colinjeanne.net/apus/history/notes.htm</a></p>
<p>Maybe you don't learn by reading. Do you learn better when you hear lectures?</p>
<p>I know that it isn't hard for me to remember what I read in APUSH, but I am a visual learner and seeing the words is the easiest way for me to learn.</p>
<p>^^exactly what he said.</p>
<p>You could try taking notes on what you read. Sometimes writing something down will get it ingrained in your brain. Do the quizzes on coursenotes.org and get an exam prep book that'll have overviews of the chapters in it in case you're having trouble with the big picture. Just remember that APUSH isn't at all about memorizing names and dates--it's about understanding causal relationships (WHY did something happened as opposed to its details).</p>
<p>outline the chapters.</p>
<p>What might help is to have an list of IDs for yourself. Last year in APUSH, for every chapter, we had a list of important IDs that we needed to know the significances of. Also, she made us outline the chapters by coming up with topic sentences that covered each section. While the outlines never helped me much (I ended up going back to the beginning and re-outline them my own way for midterms), the IDs were key because they highlighted the important aspects of the chapter. Through the IDs, I could make connections and remember the stuff from the chapter.</p>
<p>Of course, as with Jman2306, I am also a visual learner. While the IDs helped me, reading the chapters several times helped, too, as it was easier for me to remember everything when I could recall on the location of all the information on the page.</p>
<p>Yes, actually, our teacher also has a list of IDs for each unit in the book. We are required to memorize all of them for the test, and there is a section on the test where he asks for 10 of them and you have to write them (from memory) and its worth 30 pts on the test.</p>
<p>I've tried taking notes, and it seems to help. I take notes while I'm reading. Should I first take notes, then reread the section?</p>
<p>GreenDayFan, what'd you mean "outline the chapter?" You mean take notes while I'm reading?</p>
<p>i would definitely try to take notes on key IDs as your reading</p>
<p>at my school we need to do PEDLIGS for the history reading</p>
<p>that is, People, Events, Documents, Laws, Ideas, Groups....its annoying but i remember stuff</p>
<p>this is by far the most helpful site i've used in APUS:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mrbaker.org/apusclass.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.mrbaker.org/apusclass.htm</a></p>
<p>i am in a similar situation. my teacher doesnt have a degree to teach...but he still does...and im really struggling with all the tests...idk what to do.
he lectures us, then gives a test...and scattered essays here and there. the tests are so incredibly hard...the multiple choice have more than one right answer...and it throws me off... ive tried to argue with him, and sometimes i get points back...but its never enough.
and he puts things on tests not even in the chapter...
ive given up...if anyone has advice...please help</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean. Although I'm amused by the American Pageant, the way that it is written makes it (in my opinion) very difficult to remember specific facts, or separate truly important events from little anecdotes. I usually do the following (or, I did before I became a huge slacker =D) :</p>
<p>1st Night: Read American Pageant
2nd Night: Read Course-Notes to get facts
3rd Night: Print out outline, go through and underline, rewrite parts, embellish upon vague areas with American Pageant (basically, reread the outline more carefully with the book for back-up).
Test Night: Do practice IDs, skim book and pick out possible multiple choice questions, take notes on sections that you don't remember too well.</p>
<p>I don't remember things either. But thankfully our tests are all multiple choice and based on the textbook so I just reread the chapters the weekend before (tests are every other Monday) and try to memorize the text. Seriously the answers are almost verbatim from the text. </p>
<p>We also outline the chapter, do vocab, themes, and concept maps for the vocab. </p>
<p>We have our last unit test in two weeks. Is anyone else finishing up everything?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.historyteacher.net%5B/url%5D">http://www.historyteacher.net</a> has many useful quizzes to review what you've learned.</p>
<p>I use America: Past and Present, but I have trouble with my memory too, so I found out the best thing for me is to outline the chapters.</p>
<p>I do a detailed, 10-page or so outline of a 30-something page chapter. This usually helps me with chapter tests and I've heard people say that when you're going back to study for the actual exam outlines are a lifesaver so you don't have to actually reread the entire book.</p>
<p>My outline format is usually</p>
<p>I. Section head
A. Section-within-a-section (what do you call that?) head
1. Paragraph
a. Main idea of paragraph
i. supporting details
ii. more supporting details
b. 2nd Main idea of paragraph
2. Paragraph 2</p>
<p>etc...</p>
<p>It helps me a lot, especially with cause and effect stuff.</p>
<p>History? Only God can save you. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>get amsco. (i don't know how you might go about doing this? we made a list at the beginning of the year of who wanted one, and my teacher ordered them through the school.) i'll read the textbook and take down key IDs, but then when i go back to study, i'll use amsco, which summarizes everything MUCH more succinctly (and has tables and stuff for presidents/political parties/etc).</p>