<p>Should I really focus in on my textbook or just skim it? I'm not sure what exactly they test you on. I'm sure they don't ask specfic questions though right? What should I focus more on when I'm reading? So far I'm up to just the Mesoamerican indians and the other indian tribes.</p>
<p>Also, is the only "check-list" of the content provide the Topic Outline on Collegeboard's website? Did you guys just follow that? To get a 5 on the APUSH exam, would you recommend focusing in on breadth or depth?</p>
<p>If it’s the American Pageant, or any other textbook, you should read, at least once, it unless it’s really long(like Campbell Biology). Also, online outlines are good to read.</p>
<p>I never used the check list.</p>
<p>I got a 4 on the test, so I can’t give you advice on how to get a 5. I read the PR book, my textbook, and online outlines. Don’t mess up on the FRQ and answer most of the mult. choice, unless you definitely don’t know them. I messed up on 1/2 a FRQ, so I think that’s why I didn’t get a 5.</p>
<p>I’m use Created Equal AP Edition that is more 1k pages. So textbooks just give you a better idea of the content right? I like reading details about things but I’m afraid I wont have time when the school year begins. </p>
<p>Would it be worth while to memorize the locations of states of the US? I’m not really sure where some of them are but I have a feeling (i.e. north, south, etc.)</p>
<p>What do you think is the benefit of reading the textbook if you’re going to forget all of the minor details anyways? I mean, I would read it if I had all the time in the world but unfortunately, I dont. I just don’t get it. =/</p>
<p>Don’t worry about locating states… that is deff not on the test
i would suggest getting a copy of AMSCO ( i am horrible but I don’t know what it stands for). I took Apush last year at school and got a five. My class stopped using the text book in jan. and just used amsco. it is a great guide and not as wordy as a textbook. it is literally just what you should know. read that a few times and you should be set.</p>
<p>Like, I’m confused where the West Indies are..are they in the Carribeans? Do they call that location west indies because they are indian places in the western hemisphere?</p>
<p>The West Indies are in the Carribean. There are called that bc Columbus thought that he was in Asia and named them that. You can just google to find the maps, but you don’t really need them. APUSH is about recognizing important events and tying them together. I suggest leaning all the presidents and the significant events of their terms. Knowing this really helped on the exam. A combo of AMSCO, PR Cracking the AP, Pagent and I think an intense love for history helped me get a 5.
Good Luck. I adored APUSH last year, I hope you do too!</p>
<p>Ok, for my APUSH class, we need to write summaries for each chapter about important people, events, and key terms. We have about 120 of these terms for 5 chapters. Does that seem about right or a bit too much? Some summaries we have include: the Olmecs, the Aztecs, Sir Walter Raleigh, Martin Luther..</p>
<p>Also, do you think knowing where the events and people occured or having been to would help in tying events together? My book simply gives a name like Geneva but it leaves out the country so I’m left to wonder where this place is.. because orignally I had thought it to be located in Africa lol.</p>
<p>i read all of pr, most of rea, and i took all the tests in those two books. i also took a couple sparknotes sat 2 tests. but i would recommend amsco because when we were discussing the test afterward, all the kids that read amsco had answered a few mc questions correct that i either missed or had to guess on.</p>
<p>the apush test requires quite a bit of detail. maybe not as much as you learn in class, for example the olmecs and martin luther probably arent important. but last year on the test there were some pretty specific questions about court cases and individuals that invented various things, and stuff like that. if you have taken ap world before, ush definitely requires more detail than that.</p>
<p>on the test, i knew almost all of the multiple choice. i might have missed about 5-10. for the frq, i messed up quite a bit. i didnt have a lot of outside info for the dbq, for frq 1 i accidentally mixed up two rebellions, and for frq 2 i wrote about fdrs first term instead of his second. but i still wrote enough correct information to get a 5.</p>
<p>no, but you should know the general sequence of things. for instance, that the civil war came before reconstruction. but the exact years/dates arent necessary.</p>
<p>It depends a lot on your teacher. Some teachers go ridiculously in-depth with topics and test accordingly, IE specific book/author names and others are really easy or are more essay/response-focused.</p>
<p>The exam mostly focuses on social and political concepts. It’s very important to organize your chronology, what event, party or law happened when and why it’s important. Look at your syllabus or the college board course outline, and make sure at least all most of the topic you’re covering appears familiar.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about using the College Board Topic Outline and writing up notes for each of the sections. Do you think this sounds good to prepare?</p>
<p>Also, I think timelines are pretty helpful, does anyone know of any extremely elaborate-developed outlines for the APUSH exam?</p>
<p>Can someone give me examples of the social/cultural developments? Do you think my teacher will tell us about them?</p>
<p>Also, to get a 5, I should know just about everything listed on the topic outline right? It says in one of the sections: French colonization of Canda. Does that mean I have to know at least who it was that colonized Canda?</p>
<p>I would skim the textbook and try to get a general sense of events and stuff. You do need to know some of the important figures in our history, though (Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Frederick Douglass, Eisenhower, etc.), but pretty much nothing about people like William Henry Harrison.</p>
<p>JenniferJones: I think that’s a great idea.</p>
<p>Social/Cultural developments: right to vote, slavery, religion, rights for women, basically things relating to the people and the way they live.</p>
<p>Also, you should focus on broad things. You don’t need to know who colonized Canada (although it might be helpful for FRQ’s). But you should know that the French came to Canada because they mainly wanted to trade. An FRQ might ask you to explain the differences in how and why two of the following groups went to the New World: Spanish, French, British. So it’s very broad.</p>