^ Starting April 1 (tomorrow), I am going to read 2 chapters of AMSCO everyday, so I will be done with the book by April 15. On April 16, I am going to do the same thing, ending April 30 (maybe a little earlier… depending on how dedicated I am). I am going to spend the last week or so using REA and taking practice tests. I would recommend something similar to this if you are really freaking out. No need at all to stress.</p>
I’m doing something similar, except I’m reading 3 chapters of AMSCO a day. :)</p>
Thanks for inspiring me, then. I’ve been slacking. I’m going to read… FOUR chapters a day!</p>
Just kidding, probably like… one or two (I’m trying to focus on European history atm), but still, thanks for the motivation.</p>
^ If you need any more motivation/help, you can always PM me. :)</p>
Today in class we realized TIME IS UPON US! </p>
March: Oh we have timeee. We have April! </p>
Yeah, well, now April seems so short.</p>
i have no idea what the apex program is and where it is. can someone help me??</p>
@TenebrousNight - Thanks :)</p>
Does anyone have any online outlines or study aids ? I’m using AMSCO & REA’s Crash Course, but I’d love something to supplement the two !</p>
You can try the new Direct Hits USH book</p>
Okay, so I don’t have an actual AP History class (just honors history with some AP work on the side), so I haven’t gotten any formal teaching on how to write DBQ’s…</p>
So I was wondering, are supposed to QUOTE DOCUMENTS in your essay, or are you just supposed to refer to them (eg: In documents B and C it is shown that…)??? Or a few quotes and mostly references?</p>
In class people mostly quote all of the documents used (4 ish documents), but in the REA book they never quote and only refer to them…</p>
**Also, how long (handwritten) should a DBQ be? The REA book reccomends 45 minutes for writing it, so I don’t see how people write 6 page essays…</p>
So… a little help?</p>
Thanks :)</p>
I’m pretty sure you don’t even have to refer to the documents, or if you do it can be at the end of the sentence in parentheses. The AP U.S. exam is more about outside information, so you are merely using the documents as a base from which you can expand your ideas.</p>
DO NOT listen to burger king. You want to use the documents, over half of them if possible. You want to combine your outside knowledge with the information presented in the documents. For example you would say: This is seen in John Calhoun’s Address to the State of South Carolina, “QUOTE” (Doc A).</p>
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This is pretty much spot on. Personally, I’d phrase it a bit differently, but this is the basic format you should always use when referring to a document.</p>
And you really do have to reference/quote (I prefer to quote) the documents to score well. I mean, if you didn’t have to, they could easily turn it into another FRQ.</p>
I didn’t mean you don’t have to use the documents. You should be using most of them to answer your question in most cases. I was just pointing out that there is a greater focus on using outside information to support anything you put in your essay from the documents. I didn’t think of actually quoting the documents because I was told that you don’t want to spit back words the graders already know. I was told to just refer to them like this: This is seen in John Calhoun’s Address to the State of South Carolina, in which he addresses blah blah blah (Doc A). Sorry for the ambiguity ;)</p>
^ I definitely have to agree with burgerking. It is completely true that the graders have practically memorized the documents, so quoting them is a waste of your time and the grader’s time. The best way to go is to use your outside knowledge WHENEVER possible and merely mention the documents to show that you know how to connect the two.</p>
Why would they give you documents if they didn’t want you to use them?</p>
^ probably just to trick you. The College Board clearly wants to see if you know what you are doing and writing. I recently took a DBQ essay in my APUSH class and there was a document that seemed pretty hard to put in the essay. Just put as much documents as you can, but remember to use them effectively.</p>
Kill me now. I am at the Cold War and need to get far by May.
Will be a fun April.</p>
You must use 2/3 of the documents. Don’t bother quoting, just interpret and cite them correctly.</p>
Outside knowledge is most important.</p>
@Ratiocinator, what are you talking about lol, the cold war is almost the last thing there is and can be done in a couple of days. Bad would be if you have your WWI test on thursday. We are starting to accelerate now though.</p>