Today we studied the passive voice with "Se" in Spanish.

The Cold War continues into the 1970s. Tensions between the US & USSR as well as the US and China remain. The decade begins with the continued horrors and violence of the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon is President and terrorists attack the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

I explained to Jaydn how to use the formulas for angles and segment lengths when secants or tangents to circles intersect inside or outside of the circles. We then did some sample problems and I showed her some of the approaches for solving them. There was no assignment.

The Cold War was a prolonged period of tension between the US and the USSR. It lasted between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programs of 'glasnost' and 'perestroika' played a crucial role in changing the USSR and creating conditions for revolution throughout Eastern Europe. Revolution against the USSR began in Poland and eventually spread throughout Eastern Europe. These revolutions resulted in the overthrow of communist rule and the establishment of democratic governments, which ultimately led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
During the 1980s, democratic leaders grew increasingly concerned about the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. Just as the Cold War thaws, Saddam Hussein's actions in the Middle East will lead to new international conflict and the 1990s will begin with a new war: The Gulf War, also known as 'Operation Desert Storm' or the 'Persian Gulf War."

I introduced Jaydn to the calculations of angles and segment lengths where secant lines intersected either inside, outside, or on the circle. Since each case is different for both angles and segment lengths, there are a number of formulas generated. We began with the case where secant lines intersect inside circles and calculated missing angles. There was no assignment.

Jaydn discussed an in-depth completion of the novel The Great Alone today. I then introduced the new non-fiction novel Educated by Tara Westover. She watched a video on a book discussion about the themes of the novel and we read and discussed a biography of the author. She then read, discussed, and analyzed the first three chapters.

Today we began a unit on the decade of the 1980s in world history. We began with a look at the personalities and events of Reagan's two terms in the White House, both landmark legislative achievements and political setbacks. We then looked at how Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power ignited an astounding chain of events that culminated in the dramatic conclusion of the Cold War.

We reviewed the adjectives of nationality by completing some exercises from the workbook.

President Richard Nixon entered office in 1969 promising to end the Vietnam War. His first goal was to ease relations between the US, the USSR and China in order to dissuade the nations from supporting its communist ally North Vietnam. A new period known as Détente, or a cooling of international relations. But war continued to rage on, the American public called for a withdrawal of military forces and an end to the conflict. Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" allowed the US to turn the war effort over to the South Vietnamese, but the US continued its military and economic aid. Nixon engaged in unsuccessful secret wars in Cambodia and in Laos. Finally, on January 27, 1973, the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords. This officially marked the end of the war for the United States in Vietnam. Unfortunately, the North Vietnamese defied the agreements and captured the South Vietnamese capital Saigon. After two decades of effort in Vietnam by the United States, the war came to a disappointing end.

Jaydn completed the novel The Great Alone. She discussed and analyzed the character development of Leni Allbright with reference to the theme of resilence and maturity. She wrote an extended book review of the novel.