<p>I picked up Barron’s AP European History and it’s broken into 15 chapters, which is perfect. </p>
<p>However, I cannot decide if I should read the book twice to get a full understanding or read each chapter in depth? I can either: 1) read each chapter for a week, allowing me to get a short teaser and at the end of 15 weeks, reread each chapter for a week and start reviewing for the exam in March OR 2) read each chapter for two weeks, allowing me to get a full grasp of the material but not have any time to reread other than reviewing in March. </p>
<p>Advice = great. Thanks!</p>
<p>There is a book by Birdsall Viault. I highly recommend that book. I read it like it was a piece of literature and got a 5. If you also study Barrons (I think Princeton Review is better) but not necessarily cover to cover, you will do fine. Also do the practice tests though.</p>
<p>^^^ Yeah, that’s what I’m doing too. Modern European History’s a pretty good book (from what I’ve read so far), but instead of Barron’s/PR, I’m using REA Crash Course for the AP Euro exam. MEH is kinda of like a full novel type thing, and Crash Course serves as a quick outline to go over what I just did, as well as some tips and whatnot I’d need for stuff like the essays.</p>
<p>Though Barron’s/PR will work great, I’d recommend attempting the first method. That, and also making an outline/notes as you read, and review that outline/notes once a week (all of them, even from the very beginning). It’ll be a strain, but I think by the time you get to March and really have to study, it’ll just minor details here and there to go over, and with plenty of time to master bigger things you still don’t get.</p>