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How to Study for AP® English Literature

It may seem like an impossible task to study for the AP® English Literature exam. At this point, you’re probably buried in piles of novels, poetry, and obscure literary terms. But how can you make sense of everything? This AP® English Lit review will give you three helpful study tips to boost your confidence, untangle the overwhelming web of material, and get you that coveted 5!

Organ Systems - AP® Biology Crash Course Review

Organ Systems: AP® Biology Crash Course Review

Students often worry about the Organ Systems section of AP® Biology. There are so many organs in the body and so much information about each and every one. In this AP® Biology crash course review, we will go over the important information that you need to know for the AP® exam.

Balkanization - AP® Human Geography Crash Course Review

Balkanization: AP® Human Geography Crash Course Review

Not a whole lot of people know about the Balkan Peninsula because it existed so long before we were even born, but it’s where the term ‘Balkanization’ actually came from. Basically, at the time, the area was known as the Ottoman Empire, and it occupied the area where we have current countries like Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia.

Derivatives of Inverse Functions - AP® Calculus Crash Course

Derivatives of Inverse Functions: AP® Calculus Crash Course

In this review guide, we’re going to take a look at an AP® Calculus review topic: calculating derivatives of inverse function! Calculating the derivative of an inverse function requires you to apply derivation skills you’ve already learned to a specific type of function, inverse functions, which don’t always behave in a clear-cut manner.

Yalta Conference - AP® US History Crash Course Review

Yalta Conference: AP® US History Crash Course Review

Studying for the AP® US History exam can seem like an endless cycle of memorizing dates and names. Sure, if you’ve got a great memory, you may end up with a brain full of lists and numbers, but can you explain the historical connections between every person and event that you’ve memorized? That’s why we’ve created this AP® US History Crash Course Review—we get right to the historical significance of the Yalta conference and tell you how it might pop up on a future APUSH exam.

The Ultimate List of AP® Teacher Teaching Tips

The Ultimate List of AP® Teacher Teaching Tips

Whether you’re a first-year AP® teacher or a 23-year AP® veteran, there are always new things to learn when it comes to teaching. We surveyed many AP® teachers and compiled the tips teachers had to give to other AP® teachers. Here are the 150+ responses of AP® teacher teaching tips!

The Ultimate Guide to Electrochemistry for the AP® Chemistry Exam

The Ultimate Guide to Electrochemistry for the AP® Chemistry Exam

Welcome to another of our Ultimate AP® Chemistry Guide series! This time, we’re going to teach you all about electrochemistry. We’ll start off with a quick overview of what electrochemical reactions are. Then we’ll go over the terms “oxidation” and “reduction”, what redox reactions are, and how to balance them.

Bill of Rights - AP® US History Crash Course

Bill of Rights: AP® US History Crash Course

Assuming you have lived in the US all your life and as the stellar APUSH student you are, you know it like the back of your hand, right? No? Well don’t panic. To help you learn all you need to know to ace the AP® US History exam;here is a quick run-through of the Bill of Rights.

Italian Unification AP® European History Crash Course

Italian Unification: AP® European History Crash Course

The AP® European History course and exam are undergoing a redesign for the 2015-2016 school year. This new version of the course involves breadth of the knowledge you as students must possess on test day. Your AP® European History review can benefit greatly from an understanding of the Italian Unification. Coming in the wake of a revolution, this democratic unified all of the states on the Italian Peninsula.

Impressment - AP® US History Crash Course

Impressment: AP® US History Crash Course

There are hundreds of topics covered in the AP® US History curriculum, and as a student taking the AP® US History exam, you must be familiar with all of them in order to do well on the exam. However, this does not mean you need an in depth knowledge of every single topic that will be covered. The best way to be sure that you know enough about a topic is to make sure you can define it, explain the historical context behind it, and explain why it is important. In this AP® US History crash course, we will go over that exact information for one of the many topics to be covered on the exam: Impressment.