Maori stickers

Hey! My name is Leo. I'm a (now) grade 11 student in Toronto, Canada, and took the APWH exam in May when I was in grade 10. I didn't have an all encompassing guide to tell me what NEEDS to be studied, what COLUD be studied, and how to do do so. Consider this a masterclass, of sorts, and let it be my wisdom departing from one generation of painstaking LEQ takers to another.
Here's some background: I love history. I always have. This is why I chose to take APWH. Backstory done, lets get to the cool part now.
THE FUNDAMENTALS
First and foremost, you need to understand why you are taking this course. If your reason is "I like history", you'll be fine. Anything other than that, I recommend you do the following: Remove the HI in history. History, at its most basic, is a really long, complex and fascinating story that spans thousands of years, millions of events, billions of people, and trillions of pages in the Barron's APWH book. As soon as you look at history as a story, one that gives your actors personalities and the acts hundreds of years, it will not only fit in your head much better, but also help when studying for the exam.
Oh also, the CED is your BIBLE for the next few while.
BOOKS
Next, you need to prep for the exam. Here's where things start getting particularly interesting. Your first big decision is to choose your review book. There are 2 main options, I studied both in the order Barrons, Princeton and here are my opinions:
Barrons is dense as HELL!! It is not readable, and the "I like history" schpeel I went on earlier is disregarded completely in this book. I like to think of it as a dictionary, You can't learn a new language with ONLY their dictionary, but it definitely helps when you have no idea what something means. Use this with caution, and do not trust it as your only book.
Princeton is written much nicer. It makes things much more of a story, and definitely helps with the comprehension aspect of things. It's also much nicer to use at 2 in the morning (sorry mom) and it makes you say "OHHHH" much more than Barron's. My rec if you prefer readability over pure and analytic data, but to each their own.
\Now, finally, we can start talking about the actual studying. I knew that since I was self studying, I had to study much more than the regular student and started about 3 months before the exam. I think that was the perfect timeline, as I only had about 4 days (8-12 May) where i was studying like a madman. The rest of the time i was comparatively calm about it, and took it progressively. Here's how splitting my time worked, and ways it didnt.
MONTH 1
Welcome to the battlefield, soldier! the next 4 weeks will be divided into doing one of 3 tasks possible.

1. Pre 1450. I cannot stress this as much as possible; DO NOT MEMORIZE DATES AND PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE A BACKGROUND!!(This should only take you about a week; make sure to study the following super duper important historical developments :[these are changes, events, thoughts, political ideologies, etc that lasted over a period of time and influenced the area a bunch]
   1. Mesopotamia + early civilizations. They grew plants, they made food, they did a whole lot of stuff. This wont be on the quiz, but it helps to understand how the technological background on the exam content actually came to be
   2. A nice quick Asia rundown. Look at Chinese dynasties, the rise of polytheism in Asia, and the type of culture that emerged. It'll help a lot in the first units
2. Set up the materials. Get your textbook, subscribe to these channels (Heimler's history and all of his goons, khan academy), and get your history pants on because shits about to get SPICY
3. HISTORY WOOO!!! Open the textbook and read it LIKE A BOOK. LIKE A STORY. NO HIGHLIGHTERS, NO PRETTY GEL PENS, JUST YOUR EYES. The idea here is that you skim through it just so you understand what you're dealing with, and so that you can gauge the amount and difficulty of the material you are going to be looking at.

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MONTH 2
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By this point, you can start actually studying the material. Here's what a sample week in the "Leo timeline" would look like (change this to fit your needs) [Oh also I divide each unit into 3 sections, things that happened {countries founded, people died, king started war}, developments that happened {trading increased, christianity moved to another continent, printing press led to more literacy rates} and foreshadowing {higher literacy rates because of more printing press WILL lead to an uprise against the church (i know this because i read the book about a month ago)}]
Mon - Unit 1, developments; unit 1, things
Tue - Unit 1, developments; unit 2 foreshadowing; unit 1 content; unit 2 things
etc.
As you can see, the idea is to make a cascading calendar. Study more than one thing at once, as that will force your brain to tie them together and will lead to less time spent organizing developments.
Keep this going until you get to the end of all the content. Don't worry if you aren't versed in it too well, that'll improve soon.
Keep up with Khan Academy, watch Heimler's after a study session to recap what you learned, and make it fun! Let your future self stress about what grade you'll get, your priority right now is LEARNING!!
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MONTH THE THIRD
Here's where things will start to get interesting.... Now, your focus is honing in on the content skills from last month and learning how to take the exam. Your time should be spilt 50/50, where about half of your time is content REVIEW, and the other half is APPLICATION. In the review, keep doing what you were doing, just always getting deeper. OpenStax has a really good World History textbook if you want to be absolutely certain on the content side of things. The Application is tougher, but I found some cool workarounds that worked well for me:

1. ChatGPT. Use it to make questions, train it on the rubric given by the College Board, then make it grade your essays.
2. Remember how i said the CED is your Bible? Here's where that comes in. You should be able to flip (Or, more realistically, scroll) to any page on the CED and talk to yourself for a minimum of 20 minutes about what is written there. If not, more content review. If you can, do the following.
3. Write a MINIMUM of 10 LEQs and 10 DBQs. It seems like a lot, but you need to be able to pump one out in an hour. 20 hours of essay writing is more than enough. Make sure to write by hand to mimic the experience, time yourself, don't let yourself get up or use the book, and make the topics about things you know little about. No use quizzing a frenchman on the french revolution if he's writing an exam on Maori history, is there?

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THE DAYS APPROACHING THE EXAM
Nerves will kick in. So will coffee. LOTS of coffee. So much, in fact, I quit and have not touched a cup since may 13th (1 day after the exam). But I digress.
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Your goal now is to take quizzes, review like hell, and what I believe was the best thing I did for my grade, write.
No, my young padawan, not writing LEQs or DBQs, you did that a while ago. Now, you write a full review of everything that happened of importance IN YOUR OWN WORDS!! Write this in Word. Or a doc. Write it on your arm for all I care. The important this is that you write in a way that makes stupid you from 3 months ago read it and understand what you mean. Because the secret is this. As soon as you step foot in that exam room, you will be the stupid you from 3 months ago. This document will guide you into understanding what you mean with the added bonus of helping exam-day you know the content.
Here's an excerpt from my document:
"OK SO lets pretend that you're a leader in 13th century China (Song Dynasty, the water clock guys) and a bunch of people in your kingdom start to hate you. You now have to figure out a way to do 2 things. CENTRALIZE and LEGITIMIZE your power ("The power is mine, and this is WHY its mine.") There are some ways you can do this. The 3 most important and also the only ones i can remember at 10:53pm are as follows:
Art - If I'm a leader and have STUPID amounts of money I can make people build big, pretty, and useless things for me. Buildings and art are really good examples of this. For example, the Taj Mahal built in the Mughal empire like 200 years after what we're talking about was a way for the emperor to show whos the boss (I have a big castle thing and you dont, L + Ratio.)
Religion - Caliphs, the guys who led Caliphates, considered themselves to be the spiritual and religious descendants of Muhammad, a main Muslim prophet. They consolidated + legitimized their power by basically saying "Im descendent of Muhammad, you're not, So let me lead you and go farm or whatever." This tried and true method was used ALL over Afro-Eurasia
Im better than you super alpha male mentality - In Song China, if you were to approach the Emperor, you would have to bow down, no shoes, trot, surrounded by 750 eunuchs and talk to emperor guy. This was a way of the emperor showing you whose boss, and making sure that EVERYONE knew whose boss. This meant the power was now his, would always be his, and he could do what he wants with your money."
As you can tell my writing style has greatly evolved.
The point is that you understand not only whats on the test, but also how to write the test.
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EXAM DAY
You made it this far, and nothing can stop you now. You know what you need to, and you sit in that chair, stick a sticker and scribble some boxes, and before you know it you're mayor of 5 town (not president of 5landia though, thats reserved for Steve Heimler)
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I hope this "guide" helps the new and flourishing students of APWH 2023-2024, and if you have any questions, want tips, have a question about the content, or are just lonely, please reach out.
Thanks for reading,
Leo
EDIT: Sorry for the length. I know its endearing, but I didnt want to skip any steps. Oh and btw MCQ's will come naturally with content review, dont worry!

Hello, I’m trying to get this stickers If anyone wants to trade let me know, thanks!
Beautiful bayou: Firefly Flicker Gator Glimpse
Glided mountains: On the rock Cottontails
Thimble farms: The source Farm to table
Coral corral: Treasure hunt Maori wrasse
Searing sands: Crocodile pile

Hi,
I have below stickers to trade:
Firefly Flicker – 1
Feelin’ Froggy – 1
Honey Bear – 1
On The Rocks – 1
Out of Milk – 1
I Spy – 1
Honeycreeper – 2
Santa Baby – 2
X Marks the Spot -1
Maori Wrasse -1
Clamtastic – 3
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The stickers that I need are:
Beignet Bandit (Beautiful Bayou)
Regal Eagle (Beautiful Bayou)
Gator Glimpse (Beautiful Bayou)
Take a Hike (Gilded Mountains)
Timber! (Gilded Mountains)
Pika Chew (Gilded Mountains)
Farm to Table (Thimble Farms)
Parakeet Peek (Birds of Paradise)
Parrot Surprise (Birds of Paradise)
It Takes Toucan (Birds of Paradise)
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Really need the help.
Thank you!
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