AP European History

Scale of difficulty: 4

The class is heavily weighted on tests. The homework counts for 20 points and tests one hundred points and some other miscellaneous assignments. However, completing the homework is very important -  turning in partially completed homework is better than nothing. My grade actually plummeted to a C in the beginning because I didn't turn in one homework assignment, whoops.

After completing the class, some things I would recommend that allowed me to succeed in the class are:

• listen intently during class and really digest all the information
• this allowed me to thoroughly understand the material
• for certain chapters, make a timeline like the French Revolution
• for some chapters, every thing happens in a short amount of time and some questions are the test are straight-up asking the order for certain wars/ treaties
• memorize the important things
• yes, I know that's vague but you should already know what's important and what's not. Often, like I've said before, a lot of the questions are just facts rather than critical thinking
• once you've memorized the facts, understand the concepts
• like what was the cause and effect of an event and even relate it to another event in another unit! Tying it all together :)

On a brighter note, it's one of the more interesting classes at Troy! (That may just be because I enjoy history; it's so exciting!)

Resources:

• Liem's Afterschool Review Recordings
• Just need to download the file; no viruses, I promise!
• Annabelle's Review Page
• -made for Troy students!- check this one out for sure! It has some really helpful sites that I would place on here, but it would be redundant.
• AP Euro Notes
• compiles all the powerpoints onto a nice, pretty website.
• *some of the links don't work because the website is a decade old*
• Chapter Outlines
• for the tenth edition of the book. Just adjust accordingly.
• AP Euro Notes
• AP Euro Notes
• AP Practice Questions
• 1,000+ questions, but you can only answer the questions one time (very frustrating)
• organized by century and different topics (religion, social movements, art, politics, etc.)
• Flashcards
• a previous student's flashcards
• Lectures:
• Lectures
• professor from Berkeley's lectures on Euro
• really detailed, almost too detailed
• Khan Academy Videos
• mainly concentrated upon the French Revolution and Napoleon (I watched it before the test and got an A!)
• Hank's History Hour
• on iTunes so convenient to listen to on-the-go!
• Review Sheet
• more broad, not specifically for Troy (more tailored for the AP exam)
• More Review
• if you've read everything else... might as well!
• ACE Practice Tests
• practice tests tailored for our AP Euro textbook! 
• the questions are not very difficult