<p>When I'm reading through the textbook, do you guys have any tips as to whether to take notes, how to take notes, and how to use the Amsco study guide in correlation? Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>I read through the textbook chapter first and then read through the parallel AMSCO chapter. I usually took notes from AMSCO, but it is really up to you.</p>
<p>how thorough should the notes be? I just read six pages and ended up taking an hour – 2 pages of notes … took forever.</p>
<p>Don’t take notes after every sentence. Read a paragraph and write a short bullet-format summary, looking back at the page when necessary. There are plenty of online outlines for APUSH textbooks, so check those out as well. As far as how thorough, it depends on how well the info sticks in your mind after reading through it.</p>
<p>Should you use online outlines or your own notes?</p>
<p>I personally felt that online notes were too detailed. Plus, actually creating the notes was an excellent aid to memorization. So I guess the online notes can complement your own!</p>
<p>Read the textbook and then copy down the online notes while THINKING about what you’re writing. Then before a quiz or test, read the AMSCO chapters that correspond to the material.</p>
<p>Yes, outline the textbook (my teacher had us do specific outlines), summarize a section in a sentence or two and put important details under it. Definitely use the AMSCO book and be prepared for ALL era’s. One of the essays I had to do was in the 1600’s, good thing I studied that in the AMSCO book. And before the actual test (like a week before), read over the AMSCO book. I don’t know if this will work for you since I retain information very well, but it helped me with the multiple choice and getting some facts for the essays.</p>
<p>don’t take notes, read the chapter a few days before class, then read it again.</p>
<p>Then get a copy of Barron’s SAT subject test US history and read over it. worked fine for me. :)</p>
<p>ok well our teacher is forcing us to write notecards for important events and places … the importance of them. this’ll help i think</p>
<p>Just read through all of the AMSCO book and you should do well. I also used the Kaplan review book in conjunction with the AMSCO book and got me a 5.</p>
<p>I used the Kaplan review book in conjunction with REA’s Crash Course and got the only 5 in my class. Use Crash Course!</p>
<p>Im taking APUSH this yr. Once I break through and start reading the textbook, it’s really interesting (unlike the AP World book. God I hated that book!!!)</p>
<p>If possible, just read AMSCO and write your notecards based of the info in the book. When I took APUSH last year I read the textbook (sadly), took notes, and all that stuff. And then when I started prepping for the APUSH exam I just read AMSCO and realized I wasted hours of my life droning over the textbook.
Plus for the test actual test I must say that AMSCO helped me get a 5 much more than reading the textbook.</p>
<p>Would you guys say that actively reviewing AMSCO and taking notes from Five Steps to a Five would almost get me a 4+?</p>
<p>I had to read and take notes last year. To save time, I would write about 1-3 sentences for each paragraph. Was it very tedious? Yes. But it helped tremendously. Oh and then after I finished the notes, I would review for the test by reading online notes because my notes were too horribly written to be looked at lol.
Then in April, I only read Amsco front to back. It’s very easy to read, and I finished each chapter quickly because I still remembered some stuff. Got me a 5 :)</p>