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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would suggest calling the high school your child will attend.  It can be hard to get in touch with teachers at this time of year.  As an alternative, find a kid or a parent. PTA contacts might help.

There are many different textbooks.  See link below.  Based on what my kid says, kids actually prefer to use video resources to prep and cram for APUSH.

https://library.fiveable.me/apush/faqs/best-ap-us-history-textbook/blog/MUH02htqBzztuzv3L4lg[/quote]

Yes, of course kids prefer videos, but adults should encourage them to read - APUSH teacher[/quote]

PP.  I understand. However, my child didn't enjoy APUSH although he had a good teacher.  And he is already a good reader. 
The book was dry, really dry.  I looked at it.  I love reading and history and I did not think it looked fun to learn from.  Can't remember the author.  I bought him two prep books to study for the exam.  He didn't use them very much and went for the videos instead.

APUSH was a real notes-generation slog for both of my sons (9th graders at the time).  I'm not sure it aided in fostering a love of history.  And I never took notes like that in college (graded chapter notes on a textbook).  What it did do was get my kids into classes with the smartest kids in the school instead of detracked classes including relentless goof-offs and kids that can never "get" the material.  My older son got a 4.  Still waiting to see what younger son got.

A bright spot is that the teacher said my son's writing improved a lot over the year. And he respected the teacher for having high standards.  But he probably won't take any more history in high school now because it was such a slog.  Just the remaining mandatory social science classes - AP Micro and AP Govt.

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World History is a graduation requirement.[/quote]

Probably right but I'm not in DMV.  My point is my younger kid doesn't like history after what might have been an interesting class.  Because of a dull book and too much notetaking - neither of which are 100% linked to AP.   My older one took a two year IB European History.  So he did extra. But his APUSH was somewhat less demanding in terms of notes.  Plus it was a pandemic year.  So not a lot of distractions.

My husband and I enjoyed high school and had near perfect grades.  Our kids are equally bright but have far more motivation issues.  I have a lot of regret when classes don't go well because I hope to see my kids have the same engagement that we did.[/quote]

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