Emma was given a characterization quiz on the various personalities encountered in The Crucible: John Proctor, Revered Hale, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, Mary Warren, Judge Danforth, Giles Corey, and Thomas Putnam. Emma was asked to provide evidence of their actions and explain how those actions revealed certain features about their personalities.

Emma was able to view Act Two through the first scenes of Act Three of The Crucible. We discussed the capricious nature of Reverend Hale, who at once questioned the validity of the Proctors and yet attempted to protect them in the same vein. We talked about the character of Abigail Williams and her sincere belief in her "powers" of witch hunter. Emma noted the hypocrisy of the Puritan structure during the trials, rightly pointing out that there was "no defense" for those charged except to sacrifice their religious beliefs and confess to witchery.

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Emma continued her study of WWII today with the following topics: the German invasion of France and the fall of Paris, the U.S. involvement in the war before our official involvement (transfer of arms) and how it relates to subsequent wars, how the U.S. prepared for war and the home front, the early setbacks to the war, and how the Allies turned the tide in the war, the Pacific theater, war in northern Africa, the Bataan Death March, the fall of the Philippines, the Coral Sea and Midway, D-Day, Omaha beach, building the military and the wartime economy, how women supported the war effort, the internment of the Japanese, and the Tuskeegee Airmen.

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We continued our lesson from earlier in the day.

We went over several problems which focused on choosing the appropriate test depending upon the stated claim to be tested. We worked on how to differentiate between when an interval is more useful than a test statistic, and then we began working with tests and intervals for two populations. We made sure to use the formula sheet that will be the AP Statistics Exam and verify answers using the TI84 calculator.

We worked on how to finish writing the report for the Waist to Hip Ratio project. We defined her research questions and converted them to hypotheses for z tests and confidence intervals. We determined table format and graphs which she will include in the paper. We spoke at length about how to make her introductory paragraph interesting and how to back it up with fact. We went over parenthetical references and I provided several links to resources which will further assist her in writing her report.

Today Emma explored several aspects of WWII including: the lives of German citizens after WWI as a result of the Versailles Treaty, the biographies of Hitler and Mussolini, the rise of the Third Reich, German aggression prior to invading Poland, Neville Chamberlain and appeasement, Brits prepare for war, Churchill's rise to power, WWII as a true world war fought on 6 of 7 continents, Japan's invasion of China, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and our entry into the war.

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