buy amsco directly from the publisher, way cheaper than amazon</p>
yea AMSCO has enough info to self study it. DH is for people who need a quick review</p>
How bout REA, REA crash course, or Princeton review???</p>
there’s an entire thread dedicated to review books. self-studiers, again, get 5s with just amsco & direct hits. it’s up to you…how you like the information presented. go to barnes and noble or something and take a look at them…</p>
I’ve heard the top 3 books were REA crash course, DH, and AMSCO, so I was hoping to get all 3. If DH and AMSCO are overkill just the two of them, then I will just get those and will not waste my time with REA. Are you positive though that those two ensure great grades?</p>
^^All I read was amsco and I got a 5, so two books in your case should be fine.</p>
I have my first test tomorrow and I’m terrified. My teacher wasn’t even at school on Friday to answer questions (or even tell us about the test). Apparently it’s a five paragraph essay, and he gave us a sheet with four possible essay questions and said “You should prepare 3 because I’ll be putting two on the test, but I might not actually put any of these”. I just don’t even want to start studying.</p>
What is AMSCO and why is it so expensive? </p>
We’re using the American Pageant and we have to outline every chapter. It’s excruciating but it’s actually helping. We have a test coming up though, and I’m scared for it. This is my first AP history class that’s not a joke (last year I took AP Euro and the teacher was a joke)</p>
AMSCO is like $18 if you get it from the publisher.</p>
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Okay I have my first APUSH test tomorrow. We have to recite all of the presidents, their parties, and years of service. It’s in aprox 12 hours. Wish me luck. </p>
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I’m not in the actual AP class (I’m self studying it on the side though) and we got assigned an essay on the American Revolution… So much fun. Haha.</p>
Why is everybody so stressed about APUSH? I just took the unit 1 test, which covers chapters 1 - 5 in the American Pageant, and I got a 9 on the essay and a 90% on the M/C. Ownage :).</p>
Our test is on Friday of 1-6. I starting to study today. Luckily we have no essay :)</p>
How much writing does everyone’s class have? I’m really curious.</p>
My class so far (and apparently will always) have a 1 page writing response due every Friday which he grades very harshly. I’m sure there will be longer writings eventually too.</p>
We don’t have a lot of writing. The only time we write is when we are taking notes or writing an essay for the unit test (once every couple of weeks).</p>
I got a five without using my review book at all, which was an old REA I got from my teacher. I just took the course, read our textbook (Out of Many) and did my homework, which was an outline of each chapter. It is very impressive if you have a lot of dates in store, because the readers will be impressed if you use them in your essays. I got my 5 simply by reading my own notes.</p>
does anyone know where i can get the answers to the questions in AMSCO?</p>
AMSCO answers: </p>
[Janu’s</a> AP U.S. History: AMSCO Book Answers](<a href=“http://januapush.blogspot.com/2011/04/amsco-book-answers.html]Janu’s”>http://januapush.blogspot.com/2011/04/amsco-book-answers.html)</p>
What books do you use for practice tests? Which one resembles the difficulty level of the real test?</p>
Ice Qube, thank you so much for those answers. Do you know where I can receive the explanations to these questions??? They seem pretty basic but I answered incorrectly on 2 out of the first 10</p>