AP Study Schedule
Follow the Green Calendar if you are starting with 7 weeks to go, are pacing yourself and still want to have a social life and sleep.
Follow the Orange Calendar if you are lagging, have 5 weeks to go, but still want to be well prepared and are willing to give up some of
your nights/weekends.
If you are down to 2 weeks, do everything you possible can on the list. You need to cancel all social events and hole up for the next two and
a half weeks. Seriously. Choose the types of things that work for you and do as many as you can.
*Also, for those of you in AP Bio or AP Calc, you need to start early and pace yourself. Bio and History are both content heavy
*This is a general calendar for all years and doesn’t account for the difference in where spring break falls. You will need to make a few
adjustments.
Make a big calendar of everything you have going on. Dance? Plays? Sports? Family obligatons? Put it on a calendar so you know what you
are up against.
Study Ideas:
1. Create a timeline of key events and Presidents (I have links to timelines already done, but it often helps students to make their own as
organizing it in your head helps your brain put it in order). At LEAST, study the timeline online or in the book.
2. Create a political/social/economic chart Be sure to pay special attention to women and minorities (There are the charts at the front of
each unit in the book, but again, doing it yourself helps your brain remember it)
3. After each chapter, take the practice quizzes online at history teacher.net
4. Apps, flash cards- either your own or some companies make great flash cards. At the bottom of Historyteacher.net, she has lots of
review links. Check them out! There are also quite a few good apps @$5.
5. Take a full length practice test- time yourself. There is one posted online. There is one at the back of your RB. Figure out why the
questions you got wrong are wrong. Look them up. If there was a section you flat out don’t understand, go back and re-read it.
6. DBQ Practice: Review DBQ Strategies- In your review book- Look at all the DBQ Guides from the table of contents (after Ch 1, 4, 8, 12, 13,
17) Practice some DBQ/FRQ Prompts. Pull up the sample prompts Power points and brainstorm how you would answer the questions
7. Watch Mr Pate/Crash course- especially if you are an auditory learner. If you have time, watch all of them. Or, if you are short on time,
choose ones you don’t know. Also, check for podcasts “PHS APUSH” or “HipHughes” you tube videos
8. Look over the 19 pg. cram packet under secret stuff.
*Read the 70 pg Giant Review under Secret Stuff.
*Review the Study Guide under Secret Stuff- Print this out and take it with you everywhere
*Look at the Timeline Cram Packet
The more you procrastinate, the less you will have time to do well. In past years, the number one predictor of being successful on the
exam (other than doing what you need to all year-but too late for that) is to reread the review book and follow a consistent study plan.
Before you start, take a practice test. It will give you a baseline.
Print out the Study Guide under secretstuff. Look over the information corresponding to the chapters you are reading.
This will get you through the Review Book in time for all your MC finals and pretty close to your DBQ final. It is also the most sane.
Weeks out
7 weeks to go
Monday
RB Ch 1
Tuesday
RB Ch 2
Wednesday
RB Ch 3
Thursday
RB Ch 4
6 weeks to go
RB Ch 6
RB Ch 7
RB CH 8
RB Ch 9
5- weeks to go
RB 11
RB Ch 12
RB CH 13
RB CH 14
4 weeks
RB 17, 18
RB 19, 20
RB Ch 21, 22
RB 23, 24
Weekend
RB Ch 5 Take History Teacher. Net quizzes for
these chapter Review Timeline and Terms for this
chapters you read this week. Watch
corresponding Mr. Pate/Crash course videos
Review in the Study Guide Information
corresponding the RB chapters you read this
week.
RB Ch 10 Take History Teacher. Net quizzes for
these chapter Review Timeline and Terms for this
chapters you read this week Watch corresponding
Mr. Pate/Crash course videos Review in the Study
Guide Information corresponding the RB chapters
you read this week.
RB Ch 15, 16
Take History Teacher. Net quizzes for these
chapter Review Timeline and Terms for this
chapters you read this week Watch corresponding
Mr. Pate/Crash course videos Review in the Study
Guide Information corresponding the RB chapters
you read this week.
Take History Teacher. Net quizzes for these
chapter Review Timeline and Terms for this
chapters you read this week Watch corresponding
Mr. Pate/Crash course videos Review in the Study
Guide Information corresponding the RB chapters
you read this week.
3 weeks to go
Ch 25, 26
Ch 27, 28
Ch 29
Ch 30
Yay! You are
done with the
RB with 2
weeks to go!
Now you can
focus in on
things you
really need to
refresh on
2 weeks to go
Go through a
timeline- Put
everything in
order in your
head
In the Study
Guide Review
through
Jefferson
In the Study
Guide review
through Civil
War
In the Study
Guide Review
through
Progressives
1 Week before
the test
Test Day in
Psych
Review Study
Guide through
Cold War
Catch up,
Test Day in
Calc
Study for
your English
test and go to
bed early.
Test Day in Bio
If you are in Bio: Mon or
Tuesday- review and/or look
over 19 pg Cram Packet
TEST DAY in
History
Weekend:
Do Practice prompts from essay questions already
asked: How would you answer? Look back at the
FRQ study guides. Could you answer these
questions Watch Hip Hughes on Supreme Court
Cases. Take notes as you watch.
Take another practice test. Review your memory
cues.
Think bout the questions you missed on the MC
Practice Tests- Watch the crash course videos on
those topics
You should be done with the RB at this time. If
not, catch up!
Watch as many Mr Pate/Crash course videos as
you can. If you have AP Bio, you need to study for
History this weekend/week as I know you will be
studying for Bio next weekend and won’t study
after the AP Bio test. This is it! Read any old RB
chapters that you feel you need to. In Study Guide
Review through the Great Depression
Test Day in English
This weekend: Review Study Guide- Catch up and
go back if you are not confident about a time
period.
Re-watch Mr Pate/Crash Course for any topics
you are still fuzzy about, especially some of the
comparison ones.
If you are not in Bio this weekend:
Read 70 pg Giant Review
YOU HAVE 5 WEEKS TO THE TEST
Most of you are looking at this, thinking, shoot I already missed the start of the first calendar. Well, here is the next option- Here we go!
Set aside study time. Turn your phone off. You can do it! Print out the Study Guide under secret stuff and take it everywhere with
you.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Weekend
5- weeks to go RB Ch 1,2
RB Ch 3,4
RB Ch 5,6
RB Ch 7,8
This weekend
Review in Study Guide Timeline and Terms for this
week Take Historyteacher content and terms quiz
for the chapters covered this week. Watch Mr
Pate/Crash Course
4- weeks to go RB Ch 9, 10
RB Ch 11, 12
RB Ch 13, 14
RB Ch 15, 16
Review in Study Guide Timeline and Terms for this
week Take Historyteacher content and terms quiz
for the chapters covered this week. Watch Mr Pate/
Crash Course
Study your Final Terms list and Memory Cues
3- weeks to go
RB 17, 18
RB 19, 20
RB CH 21, 22
RB 23, 24
2 weeks to go
RB 25, 26
RB 27, 28
RB 29, 30
Read second
half of the
Giant Cram
Packet
Review in Study Guide Timeline and Terms for this
week Take Historyteacher content and terms quiz
for the chapters covered this week. Watch Mr Pate/
crash course
Read first half of the Giant Cram Packet Look over
first half of essay Prompts How would you answer?
Study FRQs
Catch up on as many videos as you can. If you have
AP Bio, you need to study for History this
weekend/week as I know you will be studying for
Bio next weekend and won’t study after the AP Bio
test. This is it! Review in Study Guide Timeline and
Terms for this week Take Historyteacher content
and terms quiz for the chapters covered this week.
Review the memory cues
1 Week before
the test
Test Day in
Psych
Look at a
gigantic timeline
and put things in
order in your
head
Read second
half of Giant
Cram Packet
(or the whole
things if you
haven’t yet)
Test Day in Bio
Review the 19 pg Cram Packet
Timeline
Study for your
English test
and go to bed
early.
TEST DAY in
History
Test Day in
English
Re-watch Crash Course for any topics you are still
fuzzy about, Mr Pate has some great some of the
comparison videos
If you are not in Bio this weekend:
Watch 3 hr Hip hughes review and/or Review the
Study Guide Take practice quizzes. Or Read the
Giant cram packet if your haven’t yet.
Oh Snap. Here I am again, procrastinating and now I only have three weeks to study. Hopefully I am not in AP BIO or AP CALC, because
then I am REALLY bummed. But, I can still study. I just need to tell all of my friends and significant others I will see them in three weeks. I
need to turn OFF my phone at night. Think: I can do this! If I buckle down , I still have a chance of not taking a class that will be 150 hours
in college. It’s worth it! Plus, my parents will not be happy if they paid $89 and I don’t try. Print out the Study Guide under secret stuff
and take it everywhere with you.
Before you start your 3 week cram session, take a full length practice test. You can come and look at your first MC test too. Make a note of
how many questions you missed from each unit. Determine which 4 units you need the most work on. The first week, you are reading all
the review book chapters from the 5 Units you need help with most. Take History Teacher.net quizzes and watch crash course videos.
Weeks before
the test
3 weeks to go
2 weeks to go
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Weekend
RB ch for first
unit you need
to review
Take History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch crash
course for unit
as well
RB ch for
second unit
you need to
review Take
History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch crash
course for unit
as well
RB ch for
third unit
you need to
review
Take
History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch
crash
course for
unit as well
RB ch for
fourth unit you
need to review
Take History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch crash
course for unit
as well
RB ch for fifth unit you need to review Take History
Teacher.net quizzes and watch crash course for unit
as well
RB ch for a
unit you need
to review
Take History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch crash
course for unit
as well
RB ch for a
unit you need
to review
Take History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
watch crash
course for unit
as well
RB ch for a
unit you
need to
review
Take
History
Teacher.net
quizzes and
videos
Catch up,
because you
know you are
already behind
on the behind
calendar.
DBQ Practice Can you answer random prompts? Catch
up on as many Mr Pate/ crash course videos as you
can. If you have AP Bio, you need to study for History
this weekend/week as I know you will be studying for
Bio next weekend and won’t study after the AP Bio
test. This is it! Read/reread any old RB chapters that
you feel you need to. Take History Teacher quizzes.
Read and study the second half of the study guide.
Take another Full length practice test.
Study the terms in the first half of the study guide.
Read through the first half of the Study Guide
Look through a timeline, start putting things together
in you head- what happened when and choose the
next three units you
1 week to go
AP TESTS
start
Testing Week
Test Day in
Psych
Read as much
of the GIANT
Cram packet
as possible
this week.
Test Day in
Bio Review
your memory
cues.
Review as
much of the
study guide
packet as
possible
Study for
your
English test
and go to
bed early.
Look over the
timeline cram
packet.
Review the
online
timeline. Go
to sleep.
TEST DAY
in History
Test Day in
English
Watch Videos for any topics you are still fuzzy about..
Watch the comparison Mr. Pate videos and study the
19 pg cram packet. Do a crash course marathon.
Consider- doing a rough timeline of events as you
watch the crash course videos to help you put things
together in your hed
Less time than this?
Look at the 19 pg. cram packet. Find the Eras you feel least comfortable with. Read in the RB or watch Mr Pate/Crash course. Take
practice tests and quizzes, as many as you can. Read EVERY WORD of the Giant Cram packet. Do as many of the “Ideas” listed at the top as
you can. Print out the Study Guide under secret stuff and take it everywhere with you.
Good luck.