AP WORLD HISTORY TESTIMONIALS
Through the Eyes of Former Students (video)
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How could you even think twice about taking AP World? It is a must! This class
allows you to gain the experience and understand the rigor of an AP class. The
skills you learn will carry on into your future AP career especially in classes
like AP US History and AP European History. Without this class, I would’ve
fallen behind in my junior year. The two biggest benefits of the class for me
were organizational skills and writing improvement. Not only is this class
academically beneficial, but enjoyable as well. We did tons of fun projects such
as historical tiktoks, historical facebook and instagram posts, and put our classmates on trial!
- Harleigh B.
Ap world is such an important class to take in cphs. The workload really
prepares you for future ap classes that you can take in 11th and 12th grade. Ms.
Buff's apworld class is unique because its a two year course. I have many
friends in other schools who did not even know how to write a dbq or leq by the
time the exam came around. There's just not enough time for a teacher to teach
all the content and teach essay writing in one year. Ms. Buff gives us so many
fun activities to do. And even with covid, Buff worked so hard to create online
activities for us so that we can have fun and be safe at the same time. Buff
literally works so hard for her students and all the material she gives us
prepares us very well for the exam. The only thing on your end is that you have
to work hard and should not take Buff's hard work for granted. The content that
I have learned from this course actually benefits me in the real world. A lot of
the conflicts that happen in the world, presently, are based off of or a repeat
of history. It is vital to understand the world's history and various cultures. I hope you take apworld and
have fun! - Katherine L.
AP world is one of the best classes to take starting freshman year! It prepares
you for time management and future essay writing for all AP classes, while
providing challenging assignments in a fun way. The most important thing to do
is listen to EVERYTHING that Ms. Buff tells you to do, or recommends that you
should do. When she tells you how to space out your time, do it. When she gives
you work that you can start ahead of time, do it! The best thing about this
class is that it is by no means only taking notes. We learned mainly through fun
activities, interactive assignments, and even games! So study hard, listen to directions, and you will do amazing. Good luck! - Leila N.
APWH is a good course to take because Ms. Buff is a great teacher and it is
very rewarding. All though you must put in a lot of work and effort, the course
teaches you how to study and organize your time for future courses in your high
school or college career that has the same or more work. In Carle Place APWH is
a two year course instead of a one year or half year, making it less stressful
and crammed because we have more time to learn and prepare. Ms. Buff has
literally everything on her website and helps you out in every way possible. We
are able to watch movies, get I survived shirts and make a music video at the
end of the year.
- Brianna G.
The two year course enables Ms Buff to teach and connect with students to
the full capacity. The students are able learn and adapt to the teaching style
and the aspects of the rigid curriculum. The first year is able to prep students
for future ap courses while also incorporating fun into each day. The second
year is when ms Buff teaches you more about how most difficult ap classes will
function, while also taking it step by step until you've reached readiness. its
a great course to take, hope you enjoy it!
-Claudelle C.
AP world history being a 2 year course is very helpful because students were
able to fully understand the topics and allows the teacher to finish the
curriculum. This class has taught me ways to study and time management. It
teaches skills like planning ahead and organization. Even though it is an AP
class which sounds stressful, there is a lot of fun in the class. The projects
that we do in the class are so fun and allows us to go full out. This class
teaches skills that will help throughout the years of high school and is a fun
class to take. - Diana F.
Carle Place High School’s two year course for APWH is very beneficial for
the students because it provides more time to gain and understand information as
well as an increase in the amount of time for the AP testing review at the end
of the year. As you are learning, I would recommend watching Heimlers unit
review videos because they are entertaining and educational. I would also
recommend the Barrons books, and AP flashcards 400. Ms.Buffalino makes this
class very interactive by allowing the class to dress up, make funny videos,
watch movies clips, and basically engage the class and make it interesting.
- Sanjana S.
During this 2 year course you learn a lot. You learn about really interesting
things from the start of civilization to the modern era. You learn about how
certain empires came into existence and collapsed as well as the technology that
kept advancing thought history. Ms. Buff thoroughly teaches you how to write
essays the right way. She makes sure that you are prepared with plenty of
evidence and outside information for your topics. This helps you in a lot of
classes that require you to write. Of course there are fun activities we did
like when we dressed up as people from history, created our own videos, and played games.
- Anonymous former student
Ap world is a great college course to take for students in high school. It
is a 2 year course that teaches students how the world is like today. After you
take ap world, you will definitely see so much more difference to the world like
the architecture of buildings and the systems of each country or nation. Ap
world history is a college course which means that you can get college credit.
Colleges will also see that you took a very challenging course on the
transcript, which could higher the percentage of getting into said college. It
was the first ap I took, so it was definitely a challenging course. However, the
work will pay off in the end. The tests are difficult since it is college level,
but it helps you prep for future aps. Although it sounds like ap world is only
an educational and serious class, we still have fun times. We watched movies and
made epic song parodies after the ap exam. We had other fun projects like making
a scrapbook. Ap world history taught me time management which is very important
for future classes. I definitely recommend taking this course, for it is valuable, useful and even fun.
- Renee W.
APWH has just been a straight blast. I can say that through all the stressful
nights and all the times i told myself "I wish I never took this class", I
definitely learned a lot about world history and myself in general. Like
procrastinating isn't going to work well- and if you do it for APWH every night,
it's going to get very tiring. I also feel like I've gotten better time
management skills- which is very useful in life. What I've learned in APWH will
also help me in other AP's and in a way prepared me for all my future classes
that assign a lot of work. I'm thankful for all the laughs and memories that I
have made these past 2 years with Ms. Buff and my classmates. - Michael C.
APWH is an amazing class to take! There are many benefits for taking this as a
two year course, first of all, you will definitely be better prepared
academically for the AP test and for colleges. By taking this difficult course,
you will have to learn how to time manage for the assignments, extracurricular
events and other courses. Learning to manage time effectively and to prioritize
schedules and activities is difficult for most people but it can be a vital to
success as an AP student. APWH is not as hard as you think, it is designed to be
a college-level class that is taught in high school. To do well in this class,
some suggestions are read the textbook and over-field for the weeklies, be
actively involved in class, form a study group, take notes in class and keep an
organized notebook. Lastly, Ms. Buff is a wonderful teacher and she will teach
you everything you need and other than that, she will make the class fun for
you! Some projects and fun you will have in this class are: Trial of Napoleon,
Documentaries, UN Mock Trial and the We Didn't Start the Fire!! All the hard
work will pay off! Good Luck! - Jacalyn W.