blabbermouth

Background: My teacher is really nice, but really bad. We will be using the western Experience text book. So,

1) Should I stick to Western Experience and really read it or use a prep book. (which?)
a. AP Achiever
b. MEH
c. PR
d. Crash Course

2) What is the best book/book duo to prep for the exam?

a. PR alone
b. AP Achiever alone
c. Crash course alone
d. MEH alone
e. PR + AP Achiever
f. PR + Crash course
g. AP Achiever + Crash Course
h. AP Achiever + MEH
i. Crash Course + MEH

manu101

1. I would stick with the textbook since your teacher might base her exams on it. Same info but more depth.

2. My friend used g (Achiever and Crash Course) to supplement his class and he got a 5. Other CCers say f (PR and Crash Course) works as well!

jerrry4445

Western Experience is actually a good textbook because it is actually analytical in its information, so it is worth reading. For the prep books, I used AP Achiever and Crash Course. Because of what I did, I received a 5.

LightSource

I "used" PR and Crash Course. I have used in quotations because I really didn't read more than a 100 pages of PR. Instead, I read Crash Couse about one and a half times and took 5 old official AP Euro MC Sections. I got a 5 as well.

314159265

2. I used combo g (it was a quasi-self-study, since the teacher was THAT bad) along with the 1999 MC/FRQ and the Audit Exam and got a 5. I did read through PR for its post-Cold War section and found AP Achiever's section on the same thing to be a lot better.

So, I prefer AP Achiever over PR.

Jackyt

Sparknotes Power Pack... I feel like I'm advertising for them, but it is actually really good.

Harambee

Use MEH. It's much easier to understand than most Euro textbooks.
MEH + PR is a lethal combo. If you're reviewing then PR + (any of the choices you listed) should be good.

Jorgen

MEH is a fine choice. My teacher suggested it but I never got it, made a 5. The best reviews, I found, were historyteacher.net and retired AP exams.

dark knight

Crash Course was awesome. Best text is A History of Western Society by McKay.

scrivener

I used Barron's, Western Experience textbook (really liked it!), and Crash Course for a self-studied 5. I found MEH to be unhelpful; it was very dense and bland to read.

RAlec114

Use MEH throughout the year (read it conjunctively with your textbook). In the last month use crash course

gabbywabby15

MEH and your current textbook make a great combo. I didn't read the entire textbook or all of MEH and I wound up with a 4 -_- but still get the book...just read more than i did xD

TheJuanSoto

I am self-studying and I am doing MEH + Crash Course/PR. I might go with PR because of the practice tests, and read Crash Course at Barnes and Noble all at once the weekend before the test.