***Official AP US Government & Politics 13-14 Thread***

Test Preparation AP History & Social Sciences
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<p>My class is second semester, so I won’t be buying a prep book for quite a while… if I get one. I didn’t use one for AP Psych and got a 5 easily. </p>

<p>I am taking Constitutional Law first semester - does anybody know if it’d be beneficial to keep my notes from this class to study for the AP Gov exam? The AP Gov teacher said he wouldn’t cover the court system much since Con Law is offered and AP Gov is only a semester. Are court cases a big enough part of the exam to warrant keeping these notes?</p>

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<p>Taking the course. That’s it lol</p>

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<p>@baileyj57</p>

<p>Constitutional Law could be very helpful for the US Gov exam. Obviously the Constitution is the basis for the U.S. government, so having a thorough knowledge of the Constitution is a good thing.</p>

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<p>So…is government honors and taking ap nsl second semester (with a barron’s prep book) just enough to 5 this ap test? I did really well as a freshman in honors gov…</p>

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<p>I’ve been doing pretty bad on the quizzes in class, and by bad I mean way below CC standards bad.</p>

<p>The last two quizzes have basically been a learning process for me on how to do better in class. I just hope I can improve though…</p>

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<p>I’ve been doing pretty well in this class so far. we’ve had two quizzes and i’ve gotten A’s on both.We had a quiz on the summer’s current events and a Chap 1 vocab test. Tommorow I have another current events quiz.</p>

<p>Anyone else get tested on current events?</p>

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<p>I took a semester course for Advanced US Government last year (my school doesn’t offer the AP). This year, I’m taking APUSH and self-studying for AP US Gov’t & Politics – they’ll probably overlap somewhat. Any recommendations for what book I should buy for the latter? I’ve read that REA’s Crash Course is pretty good.
I’m also self-studying for AP Comparative too. Would the Ethel Woods study guide be sufficient?</p>

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<p>This is literally the most boring class, I hate it. It’s the same as APUSH so far</p>

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<p>I second that.</p>

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<p>When do you guys buy prep books? Do you all buy them now or later like in the spring?</p>

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<p>Sweetcupcake12 - I also get tested over current events. But in my biotech engineering class. Not my AP Gov class (which isn’t until 2nd semester). And no, it’s not limited to science-y current events… Last week we discussed the sequester and budget cuts and crap.</p>

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<p>baileyj57- that’s cool, glad I’m not the only one lol.
I would never survive a biotech engineering class…</p>

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<p>I’ve been able to improve a lot and I’m looking towards also studying for the Comperative Gov test.</p>

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<p>This class is so easy. I thought APUSH was easy, and this course is ten times easier. We never get homework, and we only have about two tests per quarter.</p>

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<p>Wow, we have atleast two random open-notes quizzes a week then a test almost every two weeks.</p>

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<p>I get so much reading per week.</p>

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<p>I barely get any homework or reading… is that bad for AP exam prep?</p>

<p>Test over the Constitution, its amendments, checks and balances, etc this Wednesday, by the way.</p>

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<p>Guys, if you have a good government teacher, you will be fine for the AP Test. My teacher was pretty good, and I did not study for the AP test or the final at the end of the year. I got a 5 on the AP test and an A+ on the final.</p>

<p>It was not the easiest class ever (meaning that it was not a joke), but if you understand the concepts well enough, you will be totally fine. The problem with government is that you either you get it or you don’t. For some kids, the concepts “click” mid-year, and those kids still did pretty well on the AP test and the final, so do not worry if you are a “late bloomer”. </p>

<p>By the way, the only homework I really had was doing terms and preparing for a few debates we had throughout the year. And we did not do current events.</p>

<p>@college123college: So no, I do not think that not reading will hurt you that much. I actually found that reading the textbook distracted me from the main concepts and caused me to do worse because I was retaining minute details.</p>

<p>PS: The concepts people have most issues with is the incorporation doctrine and the iron triangle. So if understand those (there is no way you would of learned about these yet, do not worry) you should be okay.</p>

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<p>I think im going to do great on the AP test. I have a great teacher and the information just sticks so well into my head because its in a relate-able time period</p>

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<p>Hi Guys! I heard REA Crash Course is like amazing for this test. Does anybody have any websites online that they are using for AP Government?!</p>