<p>YES!!! I'll be starting school soon and my toughest class is definetely going to be AP US History. And I am really looking to do really well in this class and do better than my last year's history class. So, for all you that have taken APUSH and finished the year with a high grade, post all your advice here to share. How should I study? For how long? What types of things should I do to get a good grade in this class?</p>
<p>This is my first AP class, so I'm pretty nervous.</p>
<p>Our class had weekly 10 question mc quizzes and about 2 inclass esssays per quarter. I did the reading every night and took notes. Then I read all my notes on thursday before the quiz. Once it got to be too many notes i highlighted my notes to get the bare minimum details and just read that.. So basically towards the end of the year it took a couple days to read all the notes but in the end the test was super easy and all i did was read my cumulative notes
This is the overachievers approach, but it all paid off in the end if ur looking for a 5</p>
<p>Do the reading and take really good notes. </p>
<p>But don't freak out if you don't. By the time April rolled around and we went into review mode, I didn't remember much I'd learned earlier in the year. Just get a review book and spend a couple of weeks before the test going over everything.</p>
<p>And if one of your friends is going to make up little "awards" or things to say about everyone at the end of the year, don't make a habit of falling asleep in that class. Awkward turtle moment, to the max.</p>
<p>If your teacher is experienced, they will prepare you well- jus do what they say... Actually mine was prolly the longest standing teacher at our school and he is insanely obsessed with the Kennedy assassination, so that made for some very interesting conversations completely unrelated to the class</p>
<p>There is a website that has notes from the textbook (The American Pageant) that are very valuable to print out and use to help you review after you have read each chapter. I don't recall the site's address, but it shouldn't be too difficult to find. It was made by an APUSH student and is very helpful. My daughter's teacher recommended the site to their class.</p>
<p>The website memie is talking about is course-notes.org. VERY helpful. I used to read the actual text (super dull) until I discovered that website. Then I started reading the notes and then made flashcards on any key terms (people, places, wars, etc.) that seemed important (I did this online at flashcardmachine.com) Review your flashcards and you'll pretty much do well on the quizzes. My AP class had 2-4 quizzes every week and I did pretty well on those. And it saved a ton of time, since the amount of time it took me to read the notes/memorize flashcards was about the same as reading the chapter from the text.</p>
<p>Also, pay attention in class and don't stress out too much about taking notes...I took notes verbatim and I didn't even look at them when reviewing for the finals/AP.</p>
<p>Don't put off studying. They like you to know all sorts of crazy details, and it gets confusing after a while. Timelines and charts help sort out a lot of stuff.</p>
<p>Feh. My class assigned everybody 10 page outlines every day and had a 50 question MC tests every 3 days with one timed essay every two weeks. Needless to say nobody got below a 3. I got a 5 easy.</p>
<p>use the amsco review book for APUSH and make sure you take good notes of your textbook (we had the Garraty textbook). the first assingment we had was a take-home on the summer assingment book that was due the following monday (assinged on friday)</p>
<p>Yes! Garraty is great. Our APUSH class had a 60 question and 1 essay test for each chapter, with about 10 total over the course of the year. I would suggest reading ahead. It will come in handy towards the end of the year when you realize you have two weeks left in class to cover everything after WWII like we did.</p>
<p>But honestly, the content isn't too difficult. As long as you do the work and are able to understand causal relationships regarding history (why things happened the way they did, rather than simply memorizing names and dates), you'll be totally fine. Also, if you're a good writer you'll do fine on the exam.</p>
<p>And, like bja1288 said, a lot depends on your teacher and whether he or she covers the material thoroughly and in a way that you can understand. </p>
<p>Preparation and the ability to think slightly more deeply is the key to acing APUSH (not sheer genius, I swear!).</p>
<p>Do the reading, pay attention, I read half a review book (REA APUSH) and did a practice test and got a 5....and I thought I failed. (I cried walking out of the testing room.)</p>