How are you guys so far ahead? We are barely on Ch. 26 of the American Pageant. WE have to do outlines of all the chapters and my teacher goes into great detailed lectures. HE isn’t boring, but they are very long. He teaches from pretty much bell to bell. Apparently, the DBQ last year killed his classes because they had literally just learned about him the day before the test. So apparently we are learning up to the test. I don’t know if I like that or not. I think we have review sessions after school towards the end.</p>
We just finished chapter 27.</p>
My teacher believes that the process of absorbing factual information is the responsibility of the student. As such, his lectures tend to take more of a story-telling perspective than a simple “on July 18th the Soviets blahblahblah” (and trust me, he has some AMAZING ways to keep the attention of the students - you’d have to see it to believe it ;)). We only take two days between each chapter, then a test every 2-3 chapters without any official “review” from our teacher. The tests range in difficulty, as you would imagine, but the class does consistently do well (even pre-curve, which is pretty good). Actual “review” starts in a few weeks, and will carry on until the test (and even slightly afterward until the EOC). Certainly an interesting way of doing it, but believe me, it’s quite effective.</p>
Our tests are every 4-6 chapters on the Unit. And they suck. 80 HARD MC and an Essay. The MC are much harder than the AP Test will be, and he gives us potential free responses a week before usually. And we can use our notes and worksheets on them. So I guess, if you study, it’s not that hard, but no one ever studies in my class.</p>
See, we don’t get the FRQ’s anytime before the test. He always wants it to be a surprise. It’s freakish, actually, he wants us to suffer so that we won’t panic on the actual exam :P</p>
Hate this class -__- We’re on chapter 32, test on chapters 28-32 tomorrow. I’m dying.</p>
Jeeze… we’re on chapter 24. There are two days near the AP test when the underclassmen have standardized testing, so most of the school gets an early dismissal. We use this time to get like 4 chapters out of the way… so I guess we’re not as screwed as it seems.</p>
Essay portion of 34-36 test tomorrow… I’m really hoping there’s one about WWII (in fact, I’m fairly sure that there will be…)</p>
Our tests are like every other week. 50 ?s each, and right now we’re ch 32 in the pageant </p>
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hey guys, where can I actually get a DH book at a reasonable price? I only have amsco right now</p>
My teacher focuses on the essay portion… We have 30 MC questions and then a 70 pt essay. Or it’ll be 35 MC questions, no essay, just a thematic essay, or a DBQ (which is the worst ever -__-)</p>
And we’re on chapter 30- well its due on monday and our outlines are optional</p>
we’re at chapter 32 in the american pageant</p>
Hey guys, I’m taking apush next year, what is the best way to study for chapter tests and get a b or an a? Thanks. Ik about coursenotes, but I heard its not specific enough</p>
Use cengage learning for good chapter quizzes. </p>
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Just finished WWII, moving on to Cold War.</p>
Guys, do you know where I can buy the amsco book?</p>
I have it in PDF format, so if any of you would like it you can private message me.</p>
I’m not sure how they score the DBQ. For the essays in general, do they take off points if you write something factually incorrect? like for example, if you said a president was a republican (lincoln or someone), is it automatically not possible to score higher than a 6 on the essay? The rubric for the DBQ is very general also. I took ap world last year, so I’m not too familiar with this type scoring guideline.</p>
…Lincoln was a republican…</p>
No, when they score the essays, I’ve always been told that they only ever add points on.</p>
Lol i thought the same thing when I read it, but I thought maybe I was wrong… ^</p>