I’ve never gotten higher than a 6 on the DBQ in class. I completely forgot how to write one since the beginning of the year, not to mention that I don’t really know how to write FRQs either. My memory is baddd -__- But either way, I’m thankful for my teacher because I don’t need to study as much for the AP exam now since we covered a lot in class, unlike AP Chem (UGH! - On chapter 10/23 in my student’s guide)</p>
Im about to finish up AMSCO, and im thinking about getting either REA crash course or Direct Hits from Amazon, to review during this upcoming week. Which of these 2 review books should I get?</p>
^Direct Hits.</p>
What exactly is the difference between the two? Both seem to be concise and focused.</p>
^ Direct Hits has more information, though. It’s also easier to read.</p>
Direct Hits is focused on what you need to score well, and is easy to read…much more likely to get through it all and remember the information for the exam.</p>
ap test this week! i’ve done as much studying as I can, and what’s getting me is…since the consistent studying i’ve been doing over the whole school year is now over, what’s the best SITE or NOTES or something that just covers it all–basically, a cram way of studying for the last 4-5 days before the exam!</p>
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There is a gigantic study guide there and a bunch of multiple choice quizzes.</p>
I finally finished my AMSCO. I took the practice 2008 exam and got a 68% on the MC choice. I feel like I don’t know much. I am going to start reading Direct Hits today and finish it today. If it is plausible I might re-read the whole entire DH book everyday until wed. and then do practice problems.</p>
I have to say that Direct Hits is a godsend. It’s concise enough that you don’t have to waste hours studying vast amounts of info that won’t be tested but descriptive enough that you could probably get at least a 5 on each question in the FR section. I just took the 1996 released exam and got a 73/80, and 3 of those that I got wrong were because of a stupid little mistakes. So I’ll say it again, DH is a godsend. It’s amazing. You should all read it!</p>
Already bought crash course yesterday. Guess I should have waited. Oh well. I don’t think I’ll be at a huge disadvantage for reading crash course instead of direct hits.</p>
ahh how hard are the frqs and dbqs graded? Is it hard to get a 6 or a 7 out of 9?</p>
yeah i got a 64/80 on MC which is decent. i haven’t studied yet. and how hard is it to get like 6+ on the FRQs?</p>
As long as you have some solid events and facts to discuss in your essay, a 6 is easy. Just make sure you cram information into it that you possibly can. Twist the facts that you are familiar with to fit your prompt.</p>
The best practice for essays that I can think of is making history charts off the top of your head for about 50 year increments from 1600-2000. Even if you don’t have that much information it’s fine, you can only fit so much into an essay. ( I was actually thinking about making a thread like this)</p>
For example, for 1600-1650</p>
Political -
-English grow tired of autocratic rule, overcrowding, and religious restrictions in Great Britain
-France, Spain, and Netherlands all have land in America
-English start their first successful colony in America (Jamestown 1607), granted a charter from Charles I
-Jamestown unsuccessful at first due to bad luck and other factors such as climate, but continues tread above water
-Massachusetts Bay Colony established by Puritans in 1629 who disagreed with the religious views of the Catholic church
-Pilgrims (Separatists) set out for Plymouth in 1620, governed by the Mayflower compact (Beginning of self govt./Democracy)
-British continue to impose rule upon colonies through royal charters and trade restrictions, Americans continue to push for the beginnings of democracy</p>
Economic -
-Jamestown colony largely supported by tobacco plantations (tobacco introduced by John Rolfe), they lacked laborers so they developed the headright system (facilitated the immigration of indentured servants to the colonies)</p>
etc, etc, etc… you get the picture… you can do these fact listings as in detail as you would like, as you can see mine are very very basic just to give you the idea. I usually list for Political, Economic, Social, Religion, and usually do a War(hostility) section.</p>
Make sure you drop as many dates and names in your essay as you can, just cram it full of information. </p>
Remember, the essay isn’t about what you don’t know, it’s about what you DO know… Good luck I’ll be taking the APUSH with all of you on Friday (hoping for a 4+)</p>
Any good study materials online? I didn’t go through this thread and bought Princeton’s Review and 5 Steps to a 5 and now I’m scared it won’t be enough. How are you guys studying this last week?</p>
Got Direct Hits.</p>
It’s living up to its hype, all I gotta say.</p>
^ Yay 
Do you feel confident that you’ll get a 5?</p>
How are you guys grouping your terms?</p>
I have heard of grouping by presidency but I think it’s harder to pull out related terms/dates/events.</p>
@MarineBioSax</p>
As soon as I review 1960 onwards and add the finishing touches to my FRQ and DBQ, I’m very confident.</p>
Anyone have direct hits in pdf form? Will trade literally any APUSH released exam for it (Or all)</p>