<p>I used Barrons and Princeton…Barrons has a more extensive review section and I pretty much used it as a text book and princeton has better tests and explanations (in my opinion) its not a difficult exam and i literally crammed everything a few weeks before and still got a 4 :)</p>
<p>Zeppelin, what ever the work assigned over the summer should suffice.</p>
<p>@Meader I wasn’t assigned anything so I was curious what you guys were assigned</p>
<p>Oh, I was assigned to read two books. I can PM the names if you’re really interested.</p>
<p>I had to read through Chapter 3 of Old World Encounters and watch all the John Green videos.</p>
<p>It all starts tomorrow for me <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>Really excited for this class! I took APUSH last year, but I’m about twenty times more interesting than just American. LOL am I the only one who hasn’t finished the summer homework for their class?</p>
<p>I used Barron’s and found it to be very helpful in jogging my memory with regards to the most fundamental themes. That said, WH is very theme-focussed, so I’m sure that if you prepare to think in greater context you will be fine.</p>
<p>We don’t have any summer work for AP world, so I’m kind of worried about entering the class without any prep.</p>
<p>I took APWH last year as a freshman (my school is weird…).</p>
<p>My teacher was awful, we were so behind, we were on Ch. 25 out of 32 chapters by the time the AP exam rolled around.</p>
<p>I used 5 Steps to a 5, and I managed a 4.</p>
<p>My advice:</p>
<p>Essays. Work on writing them. Follow the prompt. As stupid as that sounds, so many people get docked points because they write outside of the time period given.</p>
<p>DO NOT PROCRASTINATE okay, I totally did and I think that’s why I pulled a 4 and not a 5.</p>
<p>Good luck to all. :)</p>
<p>I never took World History I, and my teacher for World History II was new and a little scatterbrained. So basically, I self-studied for the exam and scored a 5.</p>
<p>I never touched a prep book, i.e. Barron’s, Cliff’s, nope. My preparation was free of charge.</p>
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<p>Any recommendations for books (not text books) that would be interesting to read and helpful for learning facts for APWH? I am so tiered of this dry reading, looking for something I would actually enjoy.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey guys how were the first tests?</p>
<p>Well for me, we already had two tests (Pre-history & Classical) but I did pretty well on both. The first one was pretty easy b/c it was mainly a chapter or two, but the last one was alot harder. It seems I was the only one who got an A (92 w/o curve) while everyone else got C’s.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 2 tests so far. I got a C on the first one and a B+ on the second one. I have a comparative essay due on tomorrow in place of the 3rd test.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how similar the AP is to the SAT world history subject test? I got a 760 on that last year, after taking an honors world history course (my school doesn’t offer an AP world class.) Sadly, I was clueless about self-studying then, but I’m planning on taking the test this year. I haven’t really started preparing much yet (oops). Will the preparation that I did for the SAT help me at all?</p>
<p>Hey guys what textbook do you use in school? Is it McGraw Hill’s “World History:Modern Times?”<br>
I’m international and our school doesn’t teach world history. I think a textbook would help because the content in PR seems a little scarce.
Also has anyone read Leften Stavrianos’ “A Global History”? How useful is that?</p>
<p>My textbook is made by McGraw-Hill, but it’s “Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 3rd Edition”.</p>
<p>Is it helpful? I just looked it up on amazon, 1248 pages… Quite appalling</p>
<p>It seems pretty good to me.</p>