<p>can someone help me out? my teacher is a psycho, he ruins people's lives!!!
he doesnt tell us his criteria for essays! i have an essay coming up an idk what to do. I got 55/55 on my last test, but this essay is gunna be bad help! SOS!! ah!</p>
<p>anyone have brinkley?
btw: historyteacher.net is excellent</p>
<p>My teacher uses the Alan Brinkley textbook. Personally I can't read the book, its not difficult, but I have a difficult time staying focused. My teacher is actually one of the best teachers I have, but recently, after the first 2 weeks or so, his lectures have been getting really boring, and its been putting myself to sleep everyday I'm in there. </p>
<p>What I find helps with the Alan Brinkley book is to take the multiple choice from the textbook website as well as the multiple choice problems from the various websites. </p>
<p>I don't have any recommendations for the essays though, I use lecture notes for those.</p>
<p>My teachers' lectures in APUSH are very interesting. Most of the time he ends up on a topic that has nothing to do with history. He is a great teacher though and loves history. That's my favorite class.</p>
<p>yeah, brinkley is pretty straight forward...it's just hard to stay concentrated like you said...</p>
<p>I used Brinkley last year - wish I'd known about historyteacher.org last year. But I ended up really liking my textbook. I read each chapter once at the beginning and then again the night before the test. All my tests were MC questions based on the book, so pure memorization was really helpful.</p>
<p>I was really bad at the essays, though, and we only wrote, at most, five essays (including DBQs) last year.</p>
<p>But I ended up getting a 5 on the exam (through some miracle). So I still maintain that reading the book is the most important thing.</p>
<p>I just got a 4 (out of 9 like on the AP exam) on a practice DBQ. I guess I deserved it because we had the whole weekend to do it and I decided to do it the morning it was due.</p>
<p>all our dbq's are in class and timed....</p>
<p>anyone know any good cites to help with essay topics? or can anyone help me personally? my teacher is so strict on essays, and he doesnt even have a teaching degree...so he really doesnt know what hes doing...like the rest of my teachers (catholic school can do this to us)...yeah</p>
<p>haha basically what i do is like... read, and listen during class, because our teacher explains most of the important information in class as well as gives us a feel for the time period. i find his lectures more informative than the book... also do the outside reading if it's assigned to you, sometimes it's interesting :)</p>
<p>yeah i have a borderling b+/a but my class isn't that hard.. i think the class average is a b...</p>
<p>About 95% of my class has over a 94% in APUSH.</p>
<p>are you serious?! ^^%&(#^($#*</p>
<p>the class average for out apush class is about 75%. i dont think anyone has an A</p>
<p>take practice test from different prep books, until you get the hang of the questions from that chapter. I have a 91% in AP -> remember to read thoroughly though, there is no easy way to do good in APUSH, unless if you're like a history god/genius</p>
<p>BTW - the class average is ~ 83 from what I have gotten from other people</p>
<p>How I got an A in my 3 AP history classes and 4 on one exam 5 on the other (4 more because I wasnt mature and didnt study for the exam):
Read the book the night before every test/quiz.
Listen in class most of the time.
Write on your multiple choice test (cross out answers etc) If your teacher does not allow this, spend the extra time and erase
Look at your book's website for practice tests and outlines
Because you want an A and not a 5, just figure out what your teacher stresses and learn it.
Make mental timlines. Know who did what first so you can create a historical context for every event.</p>
<p>History is an easy class and a gimmie A. For essays you just have to logically state facts and for tests you have to pick an answer that is least incorrect.</p>
<p>Also, different teachers grade differently. Some curve tests, some do not. My APUSH teacher gave busy work as easy grades to offset poor test scores (he did not curve). My APUSGov and APWH teachers curved tests. Some teachers (I would assume) jsut give quizes and tests with only AP questionsand donot curve. A 75% on the AP exam is more than enough for 5 range. Just depends on your teacher.</p>
<p>I have a 100% in APUSH! Our class average is probably 85-89%.</p>
<p>....well it's only been two weeks since we started a new quarter and that's only with quizzes, no tests. I doubt I'll finish with that :D .</p>
<p>anyone else using the american people book?
we had our first unit test today( till french indian war...)the teacher told us since we'd never written an ap essay before we could just amke aour first point and stop... i wrote the whole essay( too many years of english to just leave it unfinished and without a conclusion)..... was that dumb of me?? i still had time to do the mc's carefully adn edit my essay....</p>
<p>I got a 100% in the class and 5 on the AP Exam</p>
<p>Extra Credit
Find out when scholars/historians are lecturing in your area, tell your teacher about it...and ask him/her to throw in a few extra credit points!</p>
<p>Memorize your book (not really, just KNOW your book)</p>
<p>Flashcards, post-its</p>
<p>Active listening and engagement in class. I have found APUS teachers to be very passionate about what they do, they are your resource. </p>
<p>Google APUS and you will find a TON of websites offering practice quizzes, essays, DBQs, and exams...</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>My teacher would never give out extra credit. If I were to ask him, he would probably yell at me about how it's an AP class and that extra credit is for elementary school.</p>
<p>^^lol, having "About 95% of my class has over a 94% in APUSH" is definately NOT AP level</p>
<p>^Really, it is true lol. Each week we have 100 points worth of assignments and a 25 point quiz. Most kids get 19-23 on the quiz and 100's on the assignments. Work heavily outweighs tests/quizzes in our APUSH classes, thus it's easy to maintain a high A.</p>