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How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - ptp123 - 05-09-2017
Hey guys!
I am beginning my preparation for the US History 1 CLEP. I haven't taken an American History class in forever and I guess I just don't know where to begin. I skimmed through a forum on it and while a ton of users made great suggestions, I still feel kind of stuck, as a lot of the stuff kind of went over my head. I don't want to purchase a study book because money is tight right now and I used the REA book for the College Mathematics CLEP and I HATED it. So anyway, if anyone has any advice as to how create a starting off point for myself that would be amazing!!!
Thanks in advance!!
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - Ideas - 05-09-2017
Try your library, or see if you can borrow one in another way like if a family member's library has it?
Or an old book for like $4-5?
I'm not sure how good it is, but Saylor used to have a course, and it's still up: https://legacy.saylor.org/hist211/Intro/
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - EI2HCB - 05-09-2017
Hi good idea testing out of U.S history, there are a numerous free resources that this forum will tell you about if you know the search terms. It's often not what's available but what you should choose. Simple free U.S videos located here Resource: A Biography of America You'll only need the first 25 or so for US History 1. In addition these audio lectures https://archive.org/details/History_7b_Spring_2006_UC_Berkeley I found very helpful for History II if you do a web search for the lecturer there are U.S History lectures she did for U.S I also but I don't have time to search for those. Also remember that the Instantcert slides are well worth the money, I'm using them to study for a test right now!
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - EI2HCB - 05-09-2017
The REA book for this test is awesome and it can be gotten on Amazon for about $10
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - ptp123 - 05-09-2017
EI2HCB Wrote:Hi good idea testing out of U.S history, there are a numerous free resources that this forum will tell you about if you know the search terms. It's often not what's available but what you should choose. Simple free U.S videos located here Resource: A Biography of America You'll only need the first 25 or so for US History 1. In addition these audio lectures https://archive.org/details/History_7b_Spring_2006_UC_Berkeley I found very helpful for History II if you do a web search for the lecturer there are U.S History lectures she did for U.S I also but I don't have time to search for those. Also remember that the Instantcert slides are well worth the money, I'm using them to study for a test right now!
Thank you for the info! By "slides" do you mean the flashcards? Or are there educational slides that I don't know about?
Thanks again
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - sarg123 - 05-09-2017
I used "Crash Course" when I was studying for my Social Science and History clep. I was told that it's heavy on US history so I concentrated on that.
Crash Course is really, really good - super interesting, and does condense everything into a "crash course". I highly recommend these You tube videos.
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - Synicaal - 05-10-2017
ptp123 Wrote:Hey guys!
I am beginning my preparation for the US History 1 CLEP. I haven't taken an American History class in forever and I guess I just don't know where to begin. I skimmed through a forum on it and while a ton of users made great suggestions, I still feel kind of stuck, as a lot of the stuff kind of went over my head. I don't want to purchase a study book because money is tight right now and I used the REA book for the College Mathematics CLEP and I HATED it. So anyway, if anyone has any advice as to how create a starting off point for myself that would be amazing!!!
Thanks in advance!!
The REA book for college math is horrible, if that's the only experience you have with REA don't think they are all like that. All the other REA guides I used were excellent. I don't know why they did what they did with the math one but I couldn't even get through a chapter but also never ended up taking that CLEP either.
How to begin studying for the US history 1 CLEP? - rrr - 05-11-2017
This online textbook was AMAZING for me: American History [ushistory.org]
It has virtually all the information you need. You can stop reading at Chapter 36, the Gilded Age. What I did was keep a word doc open where I took notes as I read through the textbook, and then studied from that.