AP United States History Flash Cards (Barron's Ap),   ISBN:9780764178375

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My daughter's Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH)teacher recommended these cards as a study aid. In the first three weeks, they already showed their value. My daughter had a unit test and was the only student in the class to have purchased these cards. The teacher, in preparing the students for studying, asked if anyone had purchased the cards. To those students, she recommended the relevant numbered cards for study. There were questions on the test that my daughter knew as a direct result of having reviewed with these cards. We are very pleased with our purchase and would recommend these review cards to anyone taking Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH).

**Also this item was $8 cheaper at Amazon.com vs. the local chain bookstore.**

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Great way to get a lot of information quickly. There is the ability to categorize the set with handy symbols on the front of each card. This makes it really nice for teaching and learning themes not simply memorizing the information which is helpful for the essay and DBQ portion of the A.P. exam. The cards can also be used in the classroom for review. I have handed out stacks of cards and had students make flow charts for the information so they understand the cause and effect for a series of events. I would suggest this be one of a few review tools and not used alone because it will be harder for students to understand connections of events in this format.

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High quality product. Cards are a wonderful tool to memorize everything that was studied in class, and can be used as a very comprehensive and helpful tool to put history in perspective. Cards are a great addition to the AP history book.

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Yeah...
Don't use these alone, read your textbook if not a review book. Do plenty of DBQ's. These do help.

But i stress (again) do not use them alone.

I got a 4. I got lucky too.

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I got these for my son who is a good student (A- or B+) in history and he found them very helpful. Not a replacement for studying the material but a very good review before the exam. They are color coded on the edges for different time periods so you can take just the blue ones for one era, or the yellow ones for another time period. He went through them all and selected the ones he needed the most and just kept them with him for a few days. He took the SAT and AP US history exams. The SAT he found pretty easy, but the AP test was hard - mainly because of the essays. These cards helped on the multiple choice.

Most of cards contain much more than just a date or name, they have a little paragraph summarizing the facts (including dates and names) in context. They cover social and political movements not just events or famous people.