<p>I’m taking AP World this coming year (my junior year) as a class. However, EVERYBODY in my school has told me that the class is a complete joke in our school. The tests and quizzes are open note. The teacher doesn’t teach–you play board games in the class for the majority of the classes. </p>
<p>It’s the type of class where you will get an A in the class, but unless you basically self study the class, you won’t get a 5 on the AP Exam. </p>
<p>History is one my strongest subjects, and I took AP US last year (which is considered one of the hardest classes in our school) and I had a B+ year average, I got a 790 on the SAT II and a 5 on the AP Exam. But that was with a teacher who wasn’t a complete moron.</p>
<p>So the question is–what can I do to essentially self study the class to get a five when the AP Test rolls around? Do you suggest any textbooks or AP Test Prep Books?</p>
<p>Read and outline the textbook throughout the year. Do essays as they pertain to the topic you are studying regularly. If you can get a hold of some of the old exams, those would be great for practice as well.</p>
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<p>Prep Books? Who uses those? </p>
<p>I kid. :p</p>
<p>For a textbook, I used [url=<a href=“Site Retired”>Site Retired]this[/url</a>] one. It was decent. </p>
<p>Plus, watching random documentaries or going on long Wikipedia travels works well for this class. I advise you to read the newspaper, too.</p>
<p>Yes, you should read and outline the textbook. That is what I did in my APWH class. </p>
<p>The textbook I used is The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. I used a prep book, which was PR, but I did not like it at all. The textbook helped me more than did the prep book.</p>
<p>You can self-study for this class. It wasn’t offered at my school, so I did. Barron’s is really good. Just make sure you read all of it. I got a 4, but I was barely halfway finished through the prep book Yes, that’s all I did. If I had some more time to study, I probably would have gotten a 5 D:</p>