My textbook (american pagenant) is genuinely so boring and so hard to read (tons of unnecessary info and flowery language). Can i just take notes with heimler videos without looking at the textbook and pass?
These are notes that I made last year for APUSH. If I'm being honest a lot of this is straight rant and memes but I guess it helped for me. I created these notes in the intentions of putting this on Reddit for you guys. For me, looking at other people’s notes was so boring, and I could never focus. This is why I put memes to make studying less monotonous. I think the most important thing when studying is just being able to absorb the information that best suits you.
For people who are wondering whether if the class is hard, most of the time, it's not (for me at least). Rather, the actual exam is harder, specifically the DBQ. If you can get all of your stuff down, you can absolutely do great on the LEQ and MCQ. Same goes for AP world.
As for studying tips, I would definitely look at past exams and test your knowledge, especially the LEQs and DBQs. As for MCQs, I would highly recommend the app "Knowt". I saw there were some gaps in the questions but I will advocate it as a supplementary question bank. Another site I will advocate is Albert.io, which is another question bank my peers and friends used. I shouldn’t have slept on it now that I’ve looked back in it. And I'm sure that your teachers will definitely give you guys questions to work on in AP Classroom as May comes around so make sure to capitalize on that.
One thing that I would HIGHLY make sure to be careful of is around that December time frame. Usually, teachers will begin wrapping up unit 5 or 4 (I kind of forgot) and during the same time is winter break. Please please make sure you guys review everything up to that point.
Many people in my grade level worked in groups but for me personally, I felt like working independent and/or working with 1 other partner was very effective. Not saying you should (since everyone has their ways) but this was some pattern I saw.
I might get criticism for this since its pretty messy but I hope this has at least some use. Prior to reading, I apologize for the lack of underlining and bolding. I attached the link to the post. Oh, and as for reliability, all of this came from Heimler's History. And LASTLY, during the time I had this class, I was only able to get up to 8.2 because that was pure study period. Any feedback I will take. Good luck to all!!!
I lwk was going to make this about my notes but i guess this turned out to be abt my experience lol. Sorry!
My school starts in a few days and I studied unit 1 on my own, it took 10 hours and I already forgot most of it… but besides from watching Heimler and dking some Khan Academy are there any other tips?
As the title says, I am taking APUSH this year. I just want to know if there are any tips or suggestions to help at least score a 4 in the ap exam. Right now, I’ve been playing this ap study game on Roblox and focusing on the APUSH section and I have been reading this book called “everything you need to ace American history in one big fat notebook”. So far, I feel a little more confident after reading some pages, yet I still feel scared. Did any of you guys use any other resource to at least prepare yourself early on for the ap exam?
Attached is the book I’ve started reading
Edit: I could also find tips on where to practice my writing skills, as it’s only been 2 months and I somehow forgot most of my skills
The American Pageant: My school requires the 18th Edition (Copyright 2025). My current copy is the 17th Edition.
The American Spirit: My school requires the 14th Edition (13th Edition Update). My current copy is the standard 13th Edition.
Honestly just asking because they’re so expensive
I’ve been in the APUSH subreddit since middle school but now I am a high school junior and actually taking the class this year. I have it 1st period as well. Does anyone have any advice on specifically balancing APUSH with other AP classes and best ways to study it/prepare for it?
teachers gave me a summer assignment to do over the course of june/july and are going to be doing a period one little assessment right when school starts. i've done nothing whatsoever except fill out a graphic organizer for period one. my second task is to fill out a big ass mrs. pate graphic organizer for period 9, which will be covered second semester.
i've been reading horror stories abt apush, and honestly taking in 10th grade only makes it worse. i don't even know how to take notes, considering each chapter of the textbook is ~30 pages. i can't afford to get anything but a 4 or a 5, considering how strict my parents are.
how do i take notesss like i can't even begin to understand...my brain doesn't understand what to process as important at all. and its worse that 90% of my notes are scribbled nonsense. ofc, i haven't even started it, but every advice video i watch for apush is like read the textbook, take cornell notes, then read ur notes and ask questions. like hello? what makes you think that i know what the hell to write in those little rectangles? they also tell me to watch heimler, and i can't even process HIM well enough. i don't know where to start and it's stressing me out.
Debating if I should self study this. For background, did pass Chem w/4 and Phys 1 w/ 3 (studied chem 2-3 months, physics, less than a week, both classes have teachers, not self study). I would consider myself not too good in English; English Honors 9 had me scrambling on edge of B and C and I dropped out of Eng Hon 10 due to stress (school here is known for having strict, but great Eng Hon / Ap teachers).
only goal is to get a 3, nothing else. you guys suggest me to self study this across the span of a year or take a DE class for 4 months?