The term Holocaust typically refers to the persecution and mass murder of as many as 11 million people by the Nazis, or German fascists, between 1933 and 1945. It comes from the ancient, Greek word that means, "consumption by fire." In addition to the nearly six million Jews he targeted, there were more than five million non-Jewish victims as well. The Nazi regime tried to eliminate anyone who might pose a political threat, including communists, journalists and various Christians who opposed Hitler, those they believed would dilute the Aryan gene pool, such as Romani people, Jews, Black people, individuals with disabilities, incarcerated people, and others who were perceived by the Nazi government as a drain on the economy, in addition to groups they just didn't like, such as LGBTQ people. Since at least the end of WWI, Hitler had specifically blamed Jews for his nation's problems. Antisemitism wasn't a new phenomenon in Europe, but the Nazis ramped up the prejudice to a murderous level. First, Jews were identified by voluntary registration, other research, like census and immigration records and synagogue membership, and through informants who were paid bounties. Then, beginning in 1933, a series of increasingly strict laws stripped away Jewish rights, including land ownership. They were barred from many professions like law, medicine, journalism and the military. By 1935, they had lost their citizenship, and even more personal, business and property restrictions and regulations were enacted in the coming years.

The Night of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht, in November 1938 marked a turning point in Jewish persecution. As retribution for the murder of a German embassy employee in Paris by a German-born Jewish student, more than 9,000 Jewish-owned businesses, homes and synagogues were destroyed or vandalized. As many as 91 Jewish men were murdered, and upwards of 30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Within days, the German government eliminated Jews from the economy, most remaining Jewish-owned property was seized and Jewish children were expelled from public schools. The Jewish community as a whole was also fined one billion marks to pay for the damage of Kristallnacht. We discussed the Nazi's "Final Solution" and the death camps. We also discussed rebellion within the ghettos and the partisans who lived in the woods. We discussed the impact the Holocaust has left on modern world history. Why is it vital that future generations never forget this tragic time and event in modern world history?

Jaydn began the session by successfully completing an assessment on the SAT vocabulary she has been studying. She then read, analyzed, and discussed chapters from Where the Crawdads Sing. She wrote to make predictions concerning the antagonist of Chase Andrews.

I showed Jaydn how to compare the sides of a triangle with different angles in the vertices. I explained that the sides are in proportion to their opposite angles. I mentioned that the converse is also true so that the angles are proportional to their opposite sides. We did some problems to practice these relationships. There was no assignment.

Jaydn began the session by reviewing 40 SAT words being studied. She then wrote a short story using some of the words appropriately in the context of the story. She then read, analyzed, and discussed chapter 22 of Where the Crawdads Sing. We then discussed the three characters in the chapter, described them, and made predictions for their behavior and, using text for support, discussed why the predictions were plausible.

The Japanese Imperial Army made a surprise attack on The United States Navy on December 7, 1941 at around 8:00 a.m. The country of Japan and the United States had developed issues with each other throughout the previous decades. Japan decided that an attack on Pearl Harbor, The United States Naval Base, would force The United States to remove economic sanctions that had been placed on Japan for items such as oil. The attacks caused The United States Navy to lose over 20 naval vessels, eight of those being battleships, over 200 airplanes, and over 2,400 navy men. The next day, December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. They agreed with his request on the same day. Three days later, Japanese allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on The United States. Shortly after, the United States responded by declaring war on European Forces. This was the United States' official entry into World War II.

Today we learned the numbers from 1 to 100 with a quiz at the end.

I continued to review properties of parallelograms with Jaydn, including the relationships among angles and sides. I then introduced exterior angles to triangles. I showed her how exterior angles formed linear pairs with angles within triangles. I then explained how the measure of any exterior angle is equal to the sum of the two remote interior angles. We did some problems to demonstrate that property. There was no assignment.

9-10. N/A due to the student's recent schedule change.

9-10. N/A due to the student's recent schedule change.

Today I tasked Jaydn with a quiz to see her level of Spanish. Then, we introduced ourselves, talked about our preferences (food, color, movies…). We talked about the school and the importance of learning Spanish.