Ok, we’ve got a week until the AP exam.  Each of you should have the following materials:

  • Released FRQs–every FRQ since 2000.  Look these over.  Yes, some are difficult, but walking your way through them and outlining the answers is a worthwhile exercise.
  • Bullet points by topics (the “Promise packet”) with questions.pdf.  If you can intelligently discuss each of these items than you are on your way to a 5 on this exam.  Study a section a night until the exam.
  • Packet of important legislation.
  • FRQ writing tips.

If you need another copy of any of these, please see me or Ms. Lewis as soon as you can.

Here are some other helpful sites:

http://government.hippocampus.org/

http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.com/

http://hippocampusgovernment.blogspot.com/

A really good practice test from Spark Notes:

http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/ap/usgovt/ (yes, they try to get you to buy their products, but there’s only a few ads, and it sorts your answers by topic to let you know what to focus on)

Textbook sites that have practice quizzes by chapter:

Wilson Textbook (our book)
Government in America  (probably the book we’ll use next year)
Glencoe

another AP teacher’s set of online quizzes (some are good and some are just ok):

http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/1GoPoQuizzes.html#Amendments

http://aptests2.brinkster.net/usgov.htm  large collection of tests, some dead links.

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