<p>There isn’t a point. Reading 50 pages packed full of superfluous information per chapter is just ridiculous, especially when 99% of students forget 75% of the information in the chapter by the end of it.</p>
<p>We’re supposed to be done with chapter 5 this Wednesday, which means 250 pages should have been read by now. A month into the school year.</p>
<p>/rant</p>
<p>We read a 1004 page book twice.
The teacher made sure if it. (notes for each page; he actually read them)</p>
<p>We are supposed to read an 1034 page textbook and take notes for each chapter, too…=(
And the notes are also part of our grades.</p>
<p>Um…, what would you call superfluous? It’s difficult to say a particular event in American History is superfluous.</p>
<p>Anyway, it’s either that you put the time in now or one week before the test. Unfortunately, I did the latter. Still a 5 though.</p>
<p>yea, the textbook is definitely not helping me in the actual class. There is too much superfluous information in the book, and I do not know how to get an A on a test. If you miss one question you go down 4% , but he still asks some detailed info. I can grasp the main idea pretty well also. Any ideas on how I should approach studying for APUSH?</p>
<p>Textbooks aren’t good for specific information but are useful in spotting trends. From my USH AP experience, Pageant was for the essays, and AMSCO was for the MC.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, just go all out. </p>
<p>Or, examine his grading policy and see how you can work out an A from that (for the marking period).</p>
<p>you will be really glad u read it went the ap test rolls around. TRUST</p>
<p>The fact that my particular textbook is literally a college textbook probably doesn’t help. I believe the Pageant is AP geared?</p>
<p>And why do I consider much of the information superfluous? Let’s start with chapter 1. The textbook spends 50 pages talking about pre 1492 North America.</p>
<p>Still, 50 pages per chapter is not bad. It may be superfluous for colonial/precolonial times, but once you hit the 1900s, it’s basically cramming facts, dates, and names in your head. </p>
<p>There is no real alternative, unless if you want to buy another textbook. Even if you read AMSCO, you might be prepared for the test, but you won’t know enough information for the actual class and test time (as was the case for my class)</p>
<p>AP textbooks being college textbooks make sense</p>
<p>ap classes are supposed to equal college classes…</p>
<p>AMSCO carried me through my AP class last year with an A+, a 760 on SAT Subject Test, and a 5 on the AP exam…</p>
<p>AMSCO could barely cut a B+ in my class. In fact, I didn’t even use AMSCO until two weeks before the actual test when I was cramming. Different class, different standards (even though my school sucks)</p>