TEST – 8 WEEKS!!!!
HOW TO STUDY FOR THE AP EXAM AT TEST
(Email me with questions or requests for me to print things for you if you are EdLine challenged)
1. Reading the chapters – remember 1914-present has the same percentage on the test as all of Foundations!
2. Work on charts, current and older ones: Society, and comparative.
3. Make sure you know your basic eras - look at the big picture notes for each of our units, Stearns and Strayer has some nice overviews to his units in his book as well.
4. Study your regions - you have the regions map. Also take time to familiarize yourself with the major cities (on EdLine) and to skim over the maps across times (also EdLine). If some of those major civilizations are unfamiliar, look them up or ask me.
5. Know your basic belief systems (you received a chart early on).
6. Looking at the art PowerPoints would be very useful for this endeavor. You will not need to identify works by name, but rather by civilization/society/belief system.
7. Peruse era review sheets (on EdLine). Look up things that draw a blank, reread (or read for the first time as the case might be) any chapters you missed.
8. Review rubrics for the three essays. Pay special attention to the DBQ rubric – it takes the most work.
9. Examine the sample CCOTs and C&Cs questions on my googlepages website. Make sure you try the questions from various possible regions.
10. If you have concerns with any of this come and see me – lunch, or after school sessions, if Tuesdays do not work for you, let me know in advance and I’ll try to rearrange my schedule.
WHAT IF I STILL CAN’T FINISH AN ESSAY?
WHAT IF I CAN’T WRITE ESSAYS?
WHAT ELSE?
· Don’t waste your money on review books; I can check out books to those that are interested.
· I will be giving you several things to help you review, (including dates, people, cities, maps, etc.) but frankly the best to use are the Era review sheets.
· If we have time we will also be doing PowerPoint reviews of certain themes, feel free to request some.
· We will also be doing a lot of mini-essays or 5 minute outlining of questions. These will largely be CCOT and comparative questions taken from the pool of questions which are on the website now.
· Stay healthy and well-rested!