Kaplan AP World History, 2008 Edition (Kaplan Ap. World History)

I took the 2008 AP World History exam. To prepare for this exam, I read Kaplan's, Barron's, and Princeton Review's AP World History prep books. Of the three, Kaplan's AP World History review is by far the worst. The review is skimpy and lacks information. It merely summarizes topics, which may be useful if you are a really good history student. Despite the skimpy review, I feel that this book was really useful for the essays. It contains three essay topics for each time period, and also includes a sample essay response, which most other prep books neglected to include. In this book, you'll find at least 21 sample essay responses, 3 per time period, and 3 for each practice test it includes. The abundance of essays really gives you an idea of what may be expected of you on test day. If you're looking for review, this book isn't right for you (unless you start reviewing the night before the test, in which case, this may be the only history review you may be able to read from cover to cover). If you're looking for essays, definitely get this one. I just got my grade, a 5.

My 10th grader used it for her review on the AP test...through the whole year she has been expressing how much she hated the class; after she used this book for her review and took her AP test, she came back like I have never seen her before. She said she felt pretty confident she passed the test with a good score, and she told me that after this review she understood the class better than the whole year sitting in the classroom.

AMAZING!!!!!