AP Review stuff

A-Peeps:

1. You may use any resources at your disposal for the FRQ essays. Just make sure that you only spend 35 minutes writing each one. Most importantly: strong thesis, organization, analysis!

2. Your grade for the three essays will be based on completion, seriousness of your self-evaluation and the sample paper activity on Friday.

3. I have planned out our review through April 24th. Here are the following skills, content areas that we will cover:
+essay skills (DBQ and FRQ)
+important texts (books, manuals, etc...)
+art (no PPT, but the "struggle portfolio" has some good stuff)
+lit (see important books)
+architecture
+economic theories (the struggle portfolio has a great chart!)
+important people 1450-1715 (divorced from context)
+an outline of the political history: 1450-1715

That leaves us nearly two weeks to cover everything else, which is totally doable. I will have chapter outlines/summaries for you ASAP. The more I look at our calendar, the less I think we will cover them in class, but you will at least have them for out of class.

A couple of things to remember about preparing for this exam:
1. We will cover as much as humanly possible in class and out of class.
2. We cannot cover everything, nor can any of us remember anything.
3. There is such a thing as over-studying. We will seek to avoid this.
4. I have built in a lot of the important skills throughout the year (thesis writing, analysis, organization, etc...) so that you do not need to learn anything new during this review. Fall back on your training.
5. Have fun every once in a while. Don't shirk your studying, but go for a run every once in a while, play Fallout, see a movie. Refer to #1 and #2.

Jones