Should I take APUSH? (HS Junior)

desideratum
Sat, 06 Aug 2016 16:47:03 +0000

I had a different experience from everyone else who commented, but that may just be my teacher…? My World teacher made the material so interesting, and even she made her class extremely tough, I found myself fascinated - like you - by the cultures we studied and the comparisons that one could draw. However, my US teacher basically taught out of the textbook/to the curriculum and didn’t necessarily make the material interesting to me. To me, US history is just not as enthralling as World - I don’t want to say that the US isn’t diverse, but there is definitely a change from the generalities of APWH to the specifics in APUSH. I got a 5 on both exams, and APUSH is definitely an easier class - testwise - than APWH.

Keep in mind that it is a bit more dependent on dates and is a lot more specific than World since you’re primarily focusing on one civilization.