<p>My school its a couple hours every couple weeks, any more and thats just too much.</p>
<p>and we still have like a 70% pass rate on the test at my school</p>
<p>We rarely get homework in my APUSH class, just one big project per quarter worth 15% of your grade. The rest solely relies on tests.
Straight up from the begging, we got 30 mins to do 50 MCs and free responses, then 45min for DBQs. Initially, it was very hard to get an A, the class average was a C+ and i barely pulled an A-. 2nd quarter was better, I got an A. No one has gotten a perfect 9 on an essay though, I aspire for one (at least) before the course is over. </p>
<p>To be honest, I spend 10-15 mins reading each night, or none at all and study for 2-3 hours before each test - i've still managed an A from that.</p>
<p>My teacher has done this every since she started teaching APUSH, with an 80-90% pass rate with 35-45% getting 5s. </p>
<p>APUSH really doesn't need to be as much work as other teachers make it to be successful.</p>
<p>Guess it varies a lot between schools .. :o</p>
<p>That makes me proud of my APUSH teacher's record of 100% Pass rate and 90% Score of 5 Rate =).</p>
<p>My APUSH freaking sucks. He yells a lot when time is up and yelling at misbehaving students. When he lectures, his voice goes soooooo low sometimes I can barely hear it. Plus our homework is " read every night."
Then most of the time we do work recently, we don't even turn in which makes my classmates not even want to do it. And frankly he rarely goes over any of the chapters. Instead he talks about the recent election, the AP system, our county, other AP students(in other classes/schools/counties.)</p>
<p>Everyone freaking cheats in that class. On everything. People once went to the library, printed out information for the test, put it on their desk and used that information to write the essays on the test. Not to mention that we haven't hada test in about 2 months. And the last test 4 essay questions. </p>
<p>Everytime I leave the class i have a break-down of how stupid it is. Me and this other dude always talk about we hate this class. It's not that i don't try, it's just that my teacher is s freaking stupid. I hate that class. But the thing is that i love history. Now i don't. It's because of the stupid class. It's so retarded how I can try and get C's but people who cheat all the time and do nothing and say that they know nothing and get B's... Not to mention most of the people in the class shouldnt be taking AP classes. All becuase of County wanted money and made most high schoolers take AP classes. </p>
<p>And i just have to say this, my teacher looks and acts like Bill Cosby.</p>
<p>Sorry for the wordwall. :/</p>
<p>I love my AP USH class. We have no homework. The teacher only grades us based on essays and tests. And since I tend to do well on tests, the class is extremely easy for me. US history is really fun too. I actually enjoy reading the textbook, but social sciences are my forte.</p>
<p>The teacher is really cool too. He uses body languages, loud voice, and freaking runs around the class to keep students interested so I am never bored in the class. He is always sweating after lecture lol. Everybody likes him and his class last year had 95% getting 5's and about dozen people getting a perfect score on the SAT subject test.</p>
<p>My APUSH class was only studying. No homework. We had two in class essays (old AP essays and DBQs) per unit and a multiple choice/short response test at the end of each unit. We used the AMSCO book which was extremely useful for the AP test. It's all you need. I would start the reading a few days before the first essay and review all the topics covered for that unit up to that point. Then for the final essay/test I would do the same except cover the whole unit. Worked out great. As for the AP test, just start reading the whole AMSCO book a week or two before the test and make sure you know how to approach each type of essay.</p>
<p>Now that's the kind of class I want ^</p>
<p>Why bother with a real text book when you can just use a straight to the point review book? </p>
<p>The point of an AP class is to pass the exam, so why not just study for the exam. Nothing more, nothing less.</p>
<p>I absolutely adored APUSH when I took it last year. Yes, it was a ton of work and yes, it challenged me, but I loved every minute of it. Our class was lecture-based, with the teacher explaining and us taking notes, and our homework was reading chapters (around 30 pages, due every 2 or 3 days), taking chapter quizzes, and then taking unit tests every two weeks or so (like 50 multiple choice and an essay question or two). Lots of work, as I said. But I've never learned more (except maybe in AP Calc now). I felt totally prepared for the test, and I got a 5 (even though I totally screwed up one of the essays...)</p>
<p>It depends on the class and the teacher, but if you have a good program, APUSH is a fantastic class to take.</p>
<p>My AP US History class this year, which was only one semester with once a week review sessions this semester, was fairly easy. There was no homework, really. All you had to do was read from the American Pageant, although no one did. Most of us used AMSCO for readings. A couple of guys/gals used a really small Sparknotes US History review, though. Needless to say, they didn't do well. Haven't taken the AP exam yet (for obvious reasons), but I took the subject test and got a 760 just from reading AMSCO and reading about half of the Pageant. My class was really curved, too. The curve on tests was about 18-20 points; needless to say, I got an A+. In our review sessions this semester, we are not going over content, just DBQ and essay writing. We only did a couple of essays and one DBQ first semester.</p>
<p>Some of you really had it hard, I can tell. The amount of work you had to put into your AP US History class is nothing like a college US History class. In college, you would read, write some essay, take a few tests. Some AP classes and teachers are just there to ruin your lives, it appears. I mean, I got a 760 with just reading AMSCO really. What else do you need?</p>
<p>Anyone have a link to where I can buy the AMSCO book online?</p>
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<p>Haha, so true. My APUSH teacher on average gives us a 30 page reading every day, along with some packets and bleh. Projects every week, sometimes they accumulate to three projects at one time. I</p>
<p>mean seriously, geez, lol. I work my butt off in the class and am able to get a A+, but other people who work just as hard, if not harder, still fall into the C/B- range. And she doesn't relent - she says she will make sure the overwhelming majority of her class [at least the class that hasn't dropped out yet by the end of the year - self-selecting group] gets 5's or she will not be doing her job.</p>
<p>Yea...we had a chapter test every week.....1 hour max per night only on weekdays.....120 people took the test..43 got 5s..67 got 4s 9 got 3s and 1 got a 1.</p>
<p>My APUSH teacher didn't really teach much-so there wasn't a lot of homework, just the occasional essay =P You can only take it junior year at my school.</p>
<p>I basically had to self-study it come late April. I highly recommend the AP Power Pack, but Princeton Review was okay, too. I got a 5. ^_^</p>
<p>I take APUSH from the teacher of the year in Masscahusetts. It is by far my hardest class. We have a 7 page essay due each week along with a test the next day usually on 3 chapters and several supplementary documents. It is ruining senior year!</p>