<p>I may have missed it, but I haven't seen any recent European History threads in a while (everything seems to be focusing on APUSH). </p>
<p>So, I thought I'd start a thread for everyone taking or self-studying European History this year. </p>
<p>How far is everyone?<br>
What textbooks are you using?<br>
How much time are you studying per week?
What are you focusing on? </p>
<p>All thoughts, comments welcome. :)</p>
<p>My teacher is really knowledgeable and goes fully in-depth, which makes the class really interesting and enjoyable, but unfortunately, this causes our class to move so slowly that it’s seriously going to hurt us on the AP exam. Right now, we’re just finishing the French Revolution. However, he did start hosting morning “get ahead” sessions and we began briefly skimming over the Age of Metternich and the Revolutions of 1848. We’re using Palmer/Colton for our primary textbook, Viault as a supplement, and I’m using Princeton Review to study myself. Although I really should start, I haven’t begun to study material other than what has so far been required for the class. We really spent a lot of time on the Protestant Reformation and France (beginning with the War of the Three Henrys and the reign of Henry IV up until the French Revolution). How far is everyone else along?</p>
<p>How far is everyone? Uhh. Uhh. My mind is totally drawing a blank from this week of vacation. I think we’re just past the Industrial Revolution…
What textbooks are you using? A History of Western Society, McKay/Hill/Buckler, Sixth Ed.
How much time are you studying per week? Not nearly as much as I should be
What are you focusing on? I don’t even know. We spent a while on religious wars too. And revolution-type things. </p>
<p>What about you, college?</p>
<p>Well I took European History last year in a non-AP school system, so I’m self-studying this year. But I’m way behind due to all of my other courses, somewhere around French Revolution. Unfortunately, the later centuries have also always been my weaker points. But we’ll see. I’m using Palmer as my textbook and Princeton Review to study.</p>
<p>I’m taking it! We started around the Dark Ages, and we just tested/debated on Crimean War/Louis Napoleon/Unification of Germany/Italy. We use Western Civilization by Spielvogel. I think …3 people in the class (out of 15) are taking the exam. I don’t study too much per week. I should.</p>
<p>We use Kagan and Spielvogel, and we’re just finishing up a unit covering everything between Napoleon and the revolutions of 1848.</p>
<p>I am not taking AP Euro this year. But I have a friend at another high school who has a very good teacher. They use A History of Western Society (AP Edition/9th Edition) by McKay as their basic text and supplement it with Modern European History by Birdsall S Viault for a fast review. Teacher has great results. They say that McKay is the best because of its excellent coverage of social and economic trends. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Wow. We are in the World Wars and spent a lot of time on everything else too. I should study more then I do. But We Learn a lot and alwaysh ave to pratice essays… We are using a History of westren society and some other book i can’t remeber.</p>
<p>Check out this web-site. My son did this last year and it is still relevant. He did a pod cast for each chapter of AP Euro. </p>
<p>[Hank’s</a> History Hour](<a href=“http://hankshistoryhour.com/]Hank’s”>http://hankshistoryhour.com/)</p>
<p>Wow, thanks Redondo Dave! Great study aid. :)</p>
<p>ap euro is too much work. why am i taking this my last semester of my senior year.</p>
<p>anyways we used the spielvogel textbook, which i actually enjoy reading because it’s not wordy or difficult at all, and adequately interesting. we also use the viault as a supplement which is also very good and concise. </p>
<p>right now, we’re doing enlightened despots, war of austrian succession, partition of poland, bla bla, 18th century junk. we’re prob behind.</p>
<p>we do about 2 chapters a week. usually around 30 pages each. extensive notes take about 4 hours, studying included. so 8 hours a week is dedicated to european history. my class is really hard though.</p>
<p>We just finished WWI. New chapter on Monday.
Our class uses the Western Society textbook.
I’m honestly not studying much from my Barron’s book. My teacher does a well enough job of teaching in class and giving us DBQ/FRQ exams to the point that it’s unnecessary to self-study with another book. I will start reviewing the Barron’s book in April. It won’t take long to review it all in a month.</p>