<p>I have to do about 200 APUSH note cards before school starts. I need to define, who, what when where and why the are important to APUSH. Anyways, I can’t seem to locate them that well in my text. What method would be the easiest into finding terse summaries about each of the terms?</p>
<p>Some examples of the terms include: Roanoke, Loyal Nine, yeoman, Anne Hutchinson… Yeah there are a lot of people. Are these people that you NEED to know? or rather, what they’ve accomplished and WHY they are important? I’m just asking you guys if these words are worth the effort and time to put into searching, summarizing, and writing. I’ve done like 2 so far and they’ve taken me a little over 20 minutes… LOL</p>
<p>Are there any particular sites that would contain these terms and would answer the 5 W’s of things that I’m looking for? I’ve googled some and they’ve came up on Wikipedia… should I even trust this site with their information at all? Some of my teachers said it isn’t credible enough since anyone can edit/add to it. I just don’t want to be cosuming the WRONG information… lol. Thanks.</p>
<p>Luckily, my APUSH teacher started giving homework this year and not last year. This year’s class has to outline around 10 chapters. I only had to write a 1 page essay and answer some questions last year for homework.</p>
<p>There are a few web sites that you can use.</p>
<p>Personally, my teacher made the class do some key terms during the year, but they didn’t really help me. Outlines, reading the textbook and review book helped me a lot more.</p>
<p>I didn’t review any key terms and I got a 4 on the AP test. </p>
<p>Some people do better, if they use key terms to review. Review the way you want. I just messed up on Shay’s Rebellion because I added extra info that didn’t relate to it.</p>
<p>What textbook are you using?
I used the American Pageant.</p>
<p>you could try using sparkcards. its a package of 600 cards and they are arranged in alphabetical order so you could probably find the terms you need pretty easily. i used them last year for apush and i thought that they were helpful. they are about $10 at barnes and noble. </p>
<p>will your teacher actually read all the cards or just check off that you did them? it seems unlikely that s/he will read 200 cards from every student, so if you cant find very much information about a certain term after a few minutes of searching, i would say dont bother.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I don’t really care if the teacher reads them or not, I just want to know if these cards are worth putting the time and effort into for myself and the AP exam. Are we suppose to know all these people, places, and events? Based on the couple terms from my first post, do you think all of these words are relevant and will be tested on? Thanks again in advance.</p>
<p>Also, for those of you that have used them before, can you give me your opinions on either the Sparknote Study Cards for APUSH or the Barrons Flashcards? Are the terms in each one relevant to the actual AP Exam? How much did it help you obtain your score? Thanks.</p>
<p>I would trust Wikipedia, there was a study done that compared the accuracy of Wikipedia to Nature Magazine. Although it is possible to edit/add to the site it is always being checked by administrators. The Sparknotes SparkCharts helped me with the summer work for AP USH.</p>
<p>Ugh, I hate history notecards! Those vile and despicable things can burn in a huge bonfire for all I care. I had to do like 600 of those things for AP Euro, and they wore me out so bad. I ended up getting a 3. For APUSH, we didn’t do any all year, and I got a 4 by reading AMSCO the day before the AP.</p>
<p>But that is just me. I don’t like history and I don’t like reading filled lines of notecards, let alone 600 of them. Seriously, if you don’t learn through these, they’re not worth it. I’m more of a visual learner, and if I can’t picture a person, something those notecards can’t give me, I won’t remember it.</p>
<p>You might want to get a couple of the test prep books to see what you need to learn to be successful on the AP test. Then, you’ll probably have a better sense as to what is important. Check out the official site for the AP exam, too.</p>
<p>Actually, I’ve learned not too little from doing these note cards. The only thing that I’m concerned about is whether they will help me on the AP exam. Thanks kollege kid, I will check the college board website for more detailed information about the exam. That will definitely give me a sense of what I need to spend more time and effort on. Thanks all!</p>
<p>By the way, are there any detailed outlines (specific check-off lists) of what to study for in the APUSH exam? For example, for Physics, collegeboard had a specific checklist and I really liked following that as I studied.</p>
Anyways, I can’t seem to locate them that well in my text. What method would be the easiest into finding terse summaries about each of the terms?</p>