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/
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.