I have an awful APUSH teacher. We get nothing done, often she just says we can do other work. We’re behind and have learned very little. I bought AMSCO and Crash Course and have started looking through them. However, I’m wondering: do you recommend outlining AMSCO, just reading it through a few times, etc.? I just have no idea of how to start with this process, honestly. I’m not worried about the DBQs and the FRQs, because I had a great teacher last year that covered that in depth.</p>
I can’t imagine having a bad AP US teacher. Mine is pretty darn great, and partly because he incorporates the AMSCO book into learning the overall curriculum.</p>
I’d say that, yes, you should read the AMSCO book cover-to-cover, highlight important pieces/names, etc, check out the terms at the end of each chapter, and answer the MC questions. That will def. help you out.</p>
Even though you got practice on writing last year, be sure to practice that, too.</p>
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my us teacher’s website. </p>
Has really good powerpoints for all the info.
And ya recommend reading AMSCO at least twice. Start now and then a week or two bf Ap exam read it again.
Also get the rubric for the DBQs and memorize it so you know what the graders are looking for.</p>