rjand6more Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 DD is self studying for the APUSH exam. I need to coordinate the American Pageant textbook with the Great Courses videos. Has anyone already done this? That would save some time.:) TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 My dd self-studied for the APUSH exam. She used the FundaFunda syllabus that uses the Great Courses videos and a book by Paul Johnson. It was a great year and she scored a 5 on the test. So not the text you mentioned but thought I'd throw it out there as another idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjand6more Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, TCB said: My dd self-studied for the APUSH exam. She used the FundaFunda syllabus that uses the Great Courses videos and a book by Paul Johnson. It was a great year and she scored a 5 on the test. So not the text you mentioned but thought I'd throw it out there as another idea. That is great news! We are also following that schedule. I was trying to add more just in case. Glad to hear it was good without it! Maybe I'll leave it out.:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I don't think you need a text book as well. We added in a study guide. The Critical Thinking books helped to prepare for the DBQs and writing the essays in response to the questions in the guidebook helped too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom08 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 13 hours ago, TCB said: The Critical Thinking books helped to prepare for the DBQs and writing the essays in response to the questions in the guidebook helped too. Can I ask which particular Critical Thinking books you used? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, hsmom08 said: Can I ask which particular Critical Thinking books you used? They are called Critical Thinking in US History . There are 4 of them covering different time periods. You can find the exact name etc on the Funda Funda syllabus. I bought mine used on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 6:41 AM, TCB said: Critical Thinking in US History looks like some good stuff - with all of the discussions about creating AP courses worthy of being college level - it would be great if folks here would use materials like this and hopefully not just cram for the AP exam?. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, MarkT said: looks like some good stuff - with all of the discussions about creating AP courses worthy of being college level - it would be great if folks here would use materials like this and hopefully not just cram for the AP exam?. That is what I really liked about the Funda Funda syllabus we used. I felt really good about the fact that my dd had a really interesting, solid course and learned a huge amount, and then doing the exam was just on the side rather than the whole focus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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