Tips from the class of 2005-2006

Class:

• Study year round

• I wish I had made flash cards

• Take practice exams seriously

• Take as many practice exams as possible

• Take good notes on lectures

• Know everything you can on ALL subjects

• Do all the book work

• Buy the book and highlight it

• Understand why things happened

• Read

• Read more

• Don't just read the book... review and outline it

• Study study study!

• Do the 3 hours worth of work... actually do it, don't cheat yourself

• Do all of your assignments on time

• Organize a study group with classmates you know will work

• Read a lot of supplemental material

• Study specific dates and events

• Take personal initiative... don't count on the teacher or the class... you have to want it

Exam:

• Answer questions you know, go back to those you don't

• Take your time on the essays- if you finish too soon you will sit there for no reason

• Don't read through a multiple choice question more than twice... if you don't know after that skip it

• Get a good night's sleep & Eat a good breakfast

• Take your time on test more than you think you need to

• Use process of elimination- guess when 2 answers have been eliminated

• Don't lose focus

• Go fairly quickly through multiple choice questions

• Pay attention to all directions and materials

• On Multiple choice don't forget it is better to not answer than to have a wrong answer

• Plan essays- take your time planning

• Name historians and tell their opinions in Essays

• Read all documents on DBQs

• Use outside knowledge on DBQs

• For DBQs and FRQs read the question twice and underline key points

• Gather all your thoughts before answering the essays

• Frequently check to make sure you answer things correctly AND completely

• Make sure you answer the question being asked

• When in doubt, go with your first answer

• Don't stress out