<p>So right now in my class we are on WWI...I was wondering when would be a good time to start reading the AMSCO book?? I dont want to read too far ahead and forget but I dont want to cram either...please help!?</p>
<p>i say now.</p>
<p>I’d say now also. The lastest would be the 3rd week or so of march. You want to give yourself enough time to actually read through all of the material AND be albe to review it again before the test.</p>
<p>How would u guys read amsco?? Like how long would u spend on chapters and what technique u use while reading amsco in order to retain the info?</p>
<p>Eagles I appreciate your question. That’s a question that should be asked. I myself was very surprised to know that almost all CCers read through AMSCO for like 3 times and then just very confidently walked into the testing room while I have read AMSCO for more than 10 times over the course of my study (not the entire book but only up to the point where my class is) and I can’t remember anything say… 2 weeks later. Any inputs?</p>
<p>okay, really, i have no idea why AP test-takers bother with that book. it’s ass-long & filled with horrific amounts of details. last year, i studied from ‘5 steps to a 5’ [i highlyyyy recommend those books] the week leading up to the test, & got a 4. there’s no need to waste your time going over every. little. detail.</p>
<p>^you know, if you read amsco, you would have receive a 5 instead.</p>
<p>i think i may have come to a stage where i will try to read a chapter everyday day</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>I would really like post #4 to be answered.</p>
<p>Well…I do it like any other subject I’m studying- english/science/other histories/maths.</p>
<p>The Way</p>
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<li><p>READ WITH A PEN IN HAND (different colored ones work), ANNOTATE on the side anything that YOU FIND IMPORTANT= Annotating means “break down the material/break down into bare parts” and then “interpret it w/ your your thinking!” Asking “WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT/WHAT DOES IT MEAN?”= That’s what teachers mean when they say analyze/annotate (what I learned by myself cause AP Engish wasn’t helpful)</p></li>
<li><p>do the practice tests at the end of the chapters+ also the dbqs (if you’re going for overkill)</p></li>
<li><p>Learn to highlight key terms/important stuff= highlight with DISCRETION!= Don’t highlight everything you read b/c that isn’t active reading, and also that’s why I prefer annotating to highlighting.
-Rule regarding highlight- highlight ONLY IMPORTANT TERMS</p>
<ul>
<li>Don’t highlight EVERY D*MN THING!</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Read chapters ahead of time in class. Read the chapter that goes with the textbook b4 tackling the textbook itself (it gives you a roadmap of what to pay attention to and what is basically fluff/filler info)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>that’s what I do. START REVIEWING NOW! Don’t wait 2 weeks b4 the exam cause you probably have more exams to review other than APUSH.
Hope that helps</p>
<p>need help regarding writing essays for APUSH- Know how to write a dbq but the essays screw me over. Help please</p>
<p>“^you know, if you read amsco, you would have receive a 5 instead.”</p>
<p>lol, why would i waste hours upon hours of my life reading about a subject that bores me when-in most colleges-a 4 & a 5 would earn me the same amount of credits? it’s just dumb.</p>
<p>^then why take the apush class/exam in the first place?</p>
<p>do you guys think it would be a good idea to use histnotes to get the outline for chapters and read them over carefully first and THEN refer to AMSCO book in about march last week? or do u think that would be cutting it too close?</p>
<p>To be honest, start reading AMSCO now.</p>
<p>It’s a great book, and you don’t really need anything else. AMSCO itself can pass off as a textbook.</p>
<p>“^then why take the apush class/exam in the first place?”</p>
<p>because i got a 4, which still gives me college credits, LOL. plus, why shouldn’t i have? our apush I & II teachers were legendary at our school [this hilarious+brilliant married couple who had been teaching for years & who made the classes much more interesting than they would have been, otherwise] & i learned a lot of valuable skills over the 2 years. just because i didn’t get a 5 doesn’t mean my 2 years were wasted, lol…</p>
<p>edit:i think i may have misinterpreted your question. the ‘hours upon hours’ of studying that i <em>would</em> have found boring was referring to all of the minute details of wars & treaties & the like that i would have had to focus on if i really needed that 5, for some reason. i guess i worded that badly, the first time around. there were certain topics of the class that i actually found very interesting.</p>