<p>I have the American Pageant book, and oru teacher has reading quizzes over specific pages to be read for homework every day. I read the pages once, I cant remember anything the next day for the quiz.</p>
<p>How did u guys study for APUSH? Should i read each section in American Pageant like 3-5 times?</p>
<p>ha im a junior and we have the same book...ive just been reading over the chapters and taking notes on both important points as well as insignificant people and events just in case..we pretty much read all class or for homework (we have block schedules 90 mins.) and take quizzes the next day. on friday we took our first "test" on the first eight chapters-80 qs, 55 mins..all from old aps..i dont think i did very well.</p>
<p>oh and on a side note..i was reading the kaplan/newsweek college mag while on break at work today that only 50 percent of test takers get a 3, 4, or 5...lowest percentage of the listed aps</p>
<p>I outline the chapters in the textbook and study amsco. I also make flashcards out of the vocabulary in the back of the amsco sections.</p>
<p>we use the american pageant too. but our teacher gives us a notetaking guide for each unit.. so i just study from those notes. do not read american pageant 3-4 times...that's just tedious. if u need clarification on the topics, just look it up in the princeton review book or something.</p>
<p>It may be tedious, but it's a lot of work to memorize all this information. I dont have any other prep books either. What should I get?</p>
<p>That is such an awesome APUSH book. Pay attention. Once in a while the authors will write something hilarious. </p>
<p>Personally I would suggest reading and outlining then maybe looking over the outlines the class before or something.</p>
<p>haha nevermore is right. watch for the unnecessarily extensive use of quotations. they'll put quotations around the most random things. it's hilarious.</p>
<p>My teacher drowned the class in a sea of handouts and lecture notes, and those were all I studied for the AP. I think the best thing to do if your teacher doesn't write notes on the board is to read the chapter and make your own outline of it that has the important details in it and then never look at the actual chapter again.</p>
<p>The biggest I can give is to make some sort of "fact sheet" on each of the presidents, including important people, events and policies from each of the administrations. Also write down party and state that the president comes from. This helped TREMENDOUSLY on the test and is much easier to remember, especially if you get into the mindset of each of the Presidents.</p>
<p>Knight, I'll try that, merci :)
I'm by am myself studying for APUSH test rihgt nowand found that just careful reading of text already gives huge results. You have to write (at least in your mind) whole image of what is happening: sort of like an algorithm with different causes creating effects and people who were causers/catalyzers.</p>
<p>It's still hardest than all of the APs together and hence is a crapload of fun!</p>
<p>im currently a junior i use american pageant too and our teacher makes us do this identification thingy of like the top 20 most important people/events in the chapter and identify what happened or what that person did and explain its significance. whatever works for u is the method u should use. if u like looking at notes, then outline the chapter and go over it. if ur a flashcard person use that. everybody studies APUSH in different ways, its just knowing the material that is the important part. personally i recommend either amsco or rea or if u want both but just take some time and energy to study the material and once the ap test comes u'll do fine.</p>
<p>check out the Book Companion site
the one for my APUSH book "A history and a people" was very helpful</p>
<p>I used Pageant last year. For the quizzes I made flash cards for anything that seemed even semi-relevant (Presidents, events, battles, places, etc.) For tests our teacher gave us a list of everything we needed to know and I made tables similiar to what knightshield said. This really helped me, especially around the time Tyler/Polk/Taylor came around, I never got them straight.</p>