Barron's SAT II "American History and Social Studies"

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<p>I'm taking the SAT II US History Subject Test on June 6, 2009, and here are my resources:</p>

<p>AMSCO
Crash Course
Fast Track to a 5 (won't be using this lol)
Barron's SAT II American History and Social Studies 10th Edition (published 1998)</p>

<p>I'm wondering whether the Barron's book is worth using (my teacher provided it to me upon learning about my plans to take the subject test). It's old--as you can tell--but history is history...doesn't really change lol. Of the aforementioned resources, what should I use and what should I discard?</p>

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<p>Read AMSCO thoroughly and you will almost certainly do well.</p>

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<p>Any opinions on the Barron’s book?</p>

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<p>i like Barron’s. it organizes history by presidents, right? The tests are definitely harder, but i found it easier to study from.</p>

<p>honestly, though, it’s all i had. my friend swore by crash course.</p>

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<p>Yeah–Barron’s is organized by presidents. I tried reading it today and it took me well over five minutes to read the first two pages…I guess it just isn’t that “enticing.” (And I’m a fairly fast reader btw.)</p>

<p>After skimming some of it, I found that it contains a lot of superfluous information, such as in-depth descriptions of each type of Indians (plains, northeast, etc.). I’ll probably just read Amsco again.</p>

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<p>I’ll be using AMSCO and SAT II Barrons for the APUS… and probably going to read Crash Course the night before. </p>

<p>I really think that’ll be a strong set-up.</p>