<p>I'm trying to self-study AP European history- in Global II Honors, but we don't cover nearly as much seeing as it's world history. . .
but I want to take this exam to prove to all the girls in the AP Euro class that I am just as smart as they are. Sorry if that's not nice. . . but I really do need help</p>
<p>I'd be really happy with a 4 or 5, but need to know truly how hard this is going to be in three weeks.</p>
<p>I have a textbook, Modern European History, Princeton Review's Book, Barron's and REA.</p>
<p>Should I take notes? Read the whole text?</p>
<p>I know I need to take all the practice exams I can get.</p>
<p>But what else? How hard is it really? Any insight would be wonderful.</p>
<p>i haven't done ap euro self study but as i see it, it will be very difficult and only you can catch up on is reading, i don't think you will have time for anything else, shoot for it anyways if you have extra time, unless u jeopardize the rest of ur ap tests--neglecting studies on them, then dont</p>
<p>Luckily I don't have to study for any other APs- this is the only one available to sophomores. Other than regular homework, I can totally concentrate on only this for some time.</p>
<p>How hard are the essays really??
Should I study facts or like main ideas??
What can I do to improve my essays??
Would anyone give my practice essays a beta read and see if we can discuss them??</p>
<p>I hope I am not asking too much. Anything would truly make me very grateful, and I would really try to help you if you need it ever.</p>
<p>3 weeks is not enough- I would self study euro for next year, otherwise you risk performing poorly.
If however you decide to go through with your plan, I suggest Modern European History by Viault. It will be the only book you will need.</p>
<p>Oh, and not to keep posting on my own thread, but I was wondering. . .</p>
<p>Do I have to know anything really specific about Pre-Renaissance stuff, or should i not even bother with it and start with the renaissance chapters in the text and "MEH" ??</p>
<p>Euro. isn't hard but does cover a ton of info and that is the hard part. Make sure you know how to write a DBQ and make sure you are comfortable writing essays in the relatively short time given. DBQs can be easy (my year it was about WWI so I could bring in lots of stuff I knew in addition to what was in the documents) but sometimes it is really tricky (I remember one DBQ from a previous year on the Walloons in Belgium which basically could only be written from the documents, almost no one already knows anything about that.) For multiple choice, read and then practice! over and over and over. I should say that although I got a 5 though no one else in my class did (and one person did the year before, also a nerd like me) so it may be harder than I think.</p>
<p>Thirty Years War (Bohemian, Swedish, and French phases)
Treaty of Westphalia
Peace of Augsburg
Reformation and Counterreformation
Diet at Worms
Church vs Luther vs Calvin (doctrinal differences)
Wars of Succession (Austrian and Spanish)
Enlightened Absolutism
French Rev.
Napoleonic Wars
basic post 1815 set up
Revolutions of 1848 (and 1830 for France)
basics on Italian and German unifications
WWI
interwar period
WWII
some basic stuff about the Cold War
(Modern stuff appears less often, particularly in essays.)</p>
<p>Just some thoughts, I'll see if I can think of more.</p>
<p>LOL I am doing the same exact thing at you, Katia11. I use Princeton Review, and its VERY VERY Helpful. MAKE FLASH CARDS !. It helps alot. (memorization)
If you write good essays, the content in Princeton Review should be enough to get you a 3. Remember 80 Multiple Choice, 3 Essays 1 DBQ, 2 Thematic.
My AIM is: SalhadinX</p>
<p>I am really working with Modern European History- I am about halfway through it, highlighting important stuff.
The Review books (esp. Princeton) are also helping. </p>
<p>I really need to do well on this, so I am getting pretty nervous.
But thank you so much for you help. </p>
<p>What I am wondering is about the DBQ- if I learn how to write them correctly, do I even need much outside information? Meaning I don't really have to 'study' for it? Is it super har to get and 8 or 9 on a DBQ?</p>
<p>These thematic essays too- the sample ones I've read in Barron's are so amazingly long and detailed- how long do they exactly have to be? And how are they graded? I know the DBQ scoring, but how do they do the thematic essays out of 9?</p>
<p>End of questions for now!
Back to studying!</p>
<p>You don't need any outside information to get an 8 or 9 for a DBQ, although it can help you earn the points after the 6 core points. I'm not really sure what the point of DBQs are. To me it's more a test of how fast you can write than a test of analytical skills.</p>
<p>You don't NEED outside info. on the DBQs but it certainly helps. As I mentioned, I think, above they range in obscurity from topics you will definitely have outside knowledge of to ones you absolutely won't. You cannot really study for DBQs other than format. But your studying for the rest of the test can sometimes be applicable on the DBQ as well.</p>