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Originally posted by CameronJ:
I was wondering what would be suggested for reviewing for the AP American exam. Basically, if I know the most important information, events, and themes from each of the chapters, I'll do great. Because I've already either read or activated each of the chapters before, couldn't I just superread/dip through the entire text as a memory refresher? Or would some other method be a better use of my time?
-CameronJ
Hey Cameron -
I assume you're talking about the AP U.S. History test, right? The test is rigorous, but the more difficult part is the multiple choice because it is so fact-intensive.
The week before the exam (which was too early, I would suggest you start now) I read Princeton Review's "How to Crack the AP U.S. History Exam" - I know you already have a review book, but I found this one particularly helpful - more than most - because of it's 50/80 page summary of American history. This relatively short text was very, very helpful for me on the exam and really makes your knowledge become cohesive.
As far as mind mapping your textbook - if you haven't already get on top of it! I know there's not much more time, but if you can just do a page or two about each chapter, that would really help for the exam. The history textbooks can be so dense sometimes, Photoreading really helps out.
The people who did the best on the exam, that I knew, really did the reading well. I also knew some excellent writers who got by on their writing skills, but you have to know the material as well.
Good luck! I hope that doesn't sound too intimidating above, cause it's really not - in fact it was one of the more "enjoyable" AP tests I took (if it's possible for an AP test to resemble anything close to "enjoyable")>
