Study plans

BACK MATTER

Choose the study plan that matches the time remaining before the exam. Each plan assigns chapters, reviews, skills practice, and full exams to specific days.

30-DAY PLAN

Day	Assignment
1	Chapters 1–2 (exam structure and answer architecture)
2	Chapters 3–4
3	Chapters 5–6
4	Chapters 7–8
5	Unit 1 Review
6	Chapters 9–10
7	Chapters 11–12
8	Chapters 13–14
9	Chapters 15–16
10	Chapters 17–18
11	Chapter 19 and Unit 2 Review
12	Chapters 20–21
13	Chapters 22–23
14	Chapters 24–25
15	Chapter 26 and Unit 3 Review
16	Chapters 27–28
17	Chapters 29–30 and Unit 4 Review
18	Chapters 31–32
19	Chapters 33–34
20	Chapters 35–36
21	Chapter 37 and Unit 5 Review
22	Chapters 38–39 (Concept Application and Quantitative Analysis skills)
23	Chapters 40–41 (SCOTUS Comparison and Argument Essay skills)
24	Chapters 42–43 (final retrieval and digital exam logistics)
25	Practice Exam 1, Section I, timed
26	Practice Exam 1, Section II, timed; review every missed or weak item against the relevant chapter
27	Practice Exam 2, Section I, timed
28	Practice Exam 2, Section II, timed; review every missed or weak item against the relevant chapter
29	Practice Exam 3, both sections, timed under full exam conditions
30	Review Practice Exam 3 in full; complete a final closed-notes pass through Chapter 42

14-DAY PLAN

Day	Assignment
1	Chapters 1–4
2	Chapters 5–8 and Unit 1 Review
3	Chapters 9–12
4	Chapters 13–16
5	Chapters 17–19 and Unit 2 Review
6	Chapters 20–23
7	Chapters 24–26 and Unit 3 Review
8	Chapters 27–30 and Unit 4 Review
9	Chapters 31–34
10	Chapters 35–37 and Unit 5 Review
11	Chapters 38–41 (all four FRQ skills)
12	Chapters 42–43, then Practice Exam 1
13	Practice Exam 2, both sections
14	Practice Exam 3, both sections, plus review of the two most-missed topics across all three exams

7-DAY PLAN

Day	Assignment
1	Chapters 1–8 and Unit 1 Review (Foundations)
2	Chapters 9–19 and Unit 2 Review (Institutions)
3	Chapters 20–26 and Unit 3 Review (Civil Liberties and Civil Rights)
4	Chapters 27–37 and Unit 4 and 5 Reviews (Beliefs and Participation)
5	Chapters 38–41 (all four FRQ skills)
6	Chapters 42–43, then Practice Exam 1, both sections
7	Practice Exam 2 or Practice Exam 3, whichever targets the units that caused the most difficulty on Exam 1, plus a closed-notes pass through Chapter 42

2-DAY PLAN

Day	Assignment
1	Complete a closed-notes retrieval pass through Chapter 42. Mark every case, document, amendment, threshold, and mechanism you cannot produce accurately from memory. Then take Practice Exam 1 under full timing. Score it only after both sections are complete. Classify every miss using the C/V/E/S/D/T codes on the self-scoring record.
2	Review only the concepts exposed by Day 1. Complete one fresh FRQ of each type under timing, then use Chapter 43 for final Bluebook and device logistics. Finish with the documents and cases matrices in this back matter. Do not begin a new full content reread unless Day 1 showed a broad content gap.

1-DAY EMERGENCY PLAN

Block	Assignment
60–75 min	Required cases: cover the holding column and retrieve the constitutional basis, essential facts, and comparison hook for all 14 cases without notes.
45–60 min	Foundational documents: retrieve the core argument and best exam use for all 13 documents, with special attention to Federalist Nos. 39 and 70, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Adam Smith, and Letter from Birmingham Jail.
60 min	FRQ mechanics: complete one Concept Application, one Quantitative Analysis, and one SCOTUS Comparison. Score immediately after finishing all three.
45 min	Argument Essay: write a thesis, two evidence paragraphs with explicit evidence-to-claim reasoning, and one genuine alternative perspective with a rebuttal. A full prose introduction is unnecessary.
45–60 min	Targeted MCQ: complete 30 mixed questions under time, then review only the misses.
20 min	Thresholds and amendments: retrieve cloture, veto override, impeachment, treaty consent, amendment proposal and ratification, the Electoral College, and the major voting and civil-rights amendments.
15 min	Bluebook and device check using current College Board guidance. Stop content study after this block and protect sleep.