<p>Hi! I’m a junior taking APUSH this year…and for the trillionth year in a row, my APUSH teacher is behind in the curriculum. He likes to spend a lot of time on the little details and doesn’t really have a structured schedule for teaching the material. Don’t get me wrong, he teaches the small stuff well, but we are so behind. Right now we’re almost near Jackson’s presidency (1820’s). I’m a good student and wish to do well on the AP Exam this year, but at this point in time it looks like I’m going to have to teach a large chunk of the course to myself…Any ideas on how to efficiently study this stuff? All ideas are greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>There are many good APUSH books out there.
Since you take a class, I presume you already have a textbook?
Anyways, I recommend you get yourself a prep-book/ review book. </p>
<p>Here’s a list of the best review books for USH:
(You should bookmark it for future reference :D)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/509812-my-review-best-us-history-prep-books-sat-ii-ap.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/509812-my-review-best-us-history-prep-books-sat-ii-ap.html</a> </p>
<p>Read the reviews and find one suited to your needs. </p>
<p>Another way is to let the teacher know about your worries. If he is a good teacher like you say he is, I’m sure he will hear you out. </p>
<p>Read ahead if you have a textbook and revise chapters you have already learnt so as not to waste time. If you read ahead, prepare questions to ask in class. So if you really really feel that class is too slow, take it as a revision instead of a first-time-learning thing. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!
Good luck!</p>
<p>He’s on the Age of Jackson? The 1820’s?? Compared to our class, he’s 70-80 years behind</p>
<p>We have just finished the Civil War. What am I saying? technically our class is virtually self study because now we do outlines of chapters on our own for classwork and homework. Our teacher had a 0% pass rate but people have been saying it is because her honors classes were converted to AP since there were many students who wanted to take AP ush.</p>
<p>Jackson? Wow we’re on the 1870s-1890s (Span-Am War, Panic of 1893, All the Presidents from Hayes to McKinley, etc) so you are way behind compared to us. Our teacher goes pretty fast (much to the displeasure of the class) and we often do a chapter+ a week</p>
<p>I took APUSH last year and got an A+ final grade, a 5 on the exam, and a 780 on the subject test all with a crappy teacher so it’s possible to still do well. (I recommend REA Crash Course though I personally haven’t used it myself, I’ve heard glowing reviews).</p>
<p>Honestly, I wouldn’t be too terribly worried. I agree with the people who suggested a review book–they are a HUGE help. My junior year, I wasn’t even in an APUSH class. I had dual-credit history, but I had to teach myself some of the material. I got a 4 on the test, and I am by no means a history genius–it is definitely doable. I used the Princeton Review book. Good luck :)</p>
<p>ModelT: What did you use if not REA!? Wow! You are going to be my role model for this year. xD My teacher has a 0% pass rate.</p>
<p>We’re in 1890 to 1910 right now, but we move fast and had to learn from the Civil War to 1890 by ourselves over Winter Break. I heard that United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination is a good book.</p>
<p>^^^yes buy that one. I think its from AMSCO</p>
<p>That sucks. We’re on 1890s now.</p>
<p>This book is awesome. [Amazon.com:</a> United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (9781567656602): John J. Newman: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/United-States-History-Preparing-Examination/dp/1567656609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295239244&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/United-States-History-Preparing-Examination/dp/1567656609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295239244&sr=1-1) Utilize it well.</p>
<p>Wow, we’re already to the Progressive era. We’re going insanely fast.</p>
<p>We just finished the Populist era(which ended in 1896).</p>
<p>Ughh, my AP US history teacher is soo behind also! The class is double perid, so he uses the first period to talk about random things… we’re on Andrew Jackson now -___-</p>
<p>We were on jackson in November!</p>
<p>damn y’all are behind lol. We just started WW1 last week.</p>