A Big Year
By Bob Kowalski

Would you go to the ends of the earth to see a bird? What if it were a really special bird: one with beautiful feathers, an entrancing call, or a silly dance? What if seeing that one special bird would allow you to win a contest?

If that contest doesn't get you on television or win you any cash prizes, would you still do it? For those who participate in the "Big Year," the honor of beating the previous record is the only reward they get or even want.

A "Big Year" is a year in which a person attempts to see as many different species of birds as possible within a particular region. For most in North America who participate in a "Big Year," this region is the lower 48 American states, plus Alaska, Canada, and a couple of French islands off the Canadian coast.

You may be thinking that looking at birds is silly, but just think about the numbers of the recent record holders and the commitment it takes to get these numbers. One recent "Big Year" winner managed to see 744 birds in one year, missing the record by just one bird. Big Year birders travel by train, plane, boat, car, bicycle, and of course, by foot. They can cover over 150 thousand miles to get numbers of sightings this high. They can also spend a small fortune.

Just to clarify, the birds these contestants are counting are the number that they see in a particular year. You see, the contest is based on an honor system. No pictures or other evidence is required as proof of a sighting. Most birders take great pride in their reputation and their abilities to see or hear and then identify a bird. Usually, important sightings of the rare birds needed to get counts in the 700s are visited by hundreds of birders. It is pretty hard to cheat your way to a record-breaking year, but in general, few are interested in cheating.

This honesty comes from the fact that most people who want to break such a record know the greatest rewards are not necessarily in winning. Such rewards are in being able to commit a year of your life to doing something you love. Rewards are found in seeing amazing, inspiring creatures like the California Condor or the Magnificent Frigate bird. Rewards also come in spending time with people who, like you, want to spend their time looking to the skies and trees for glimpses of emerald, crimson, or cerulean blue feathered jewels.

You don't have to be able to travel a continent to have a big birding experience though. Have a big month. Or a big weekend. Set a personal record, learn to identify the species that live in your part of the world, or try to learn the calls of just two species of birds. You will soon find looking at birds isn't such a strange way to spend your time.

Extra! Extra! Backyard Birding
Many schools, families, and young birders across the country participate in the "Great Backyard Bird Count." While not as long as a "Big Year," the "Great Backyard Bird Count" happens every year. It depends on birders and families across the country to watch feeders and other areas in their yards and count the number of birds they see. Unlike the "Big Year," the goal is not to see who can count the most birds. Instead, participants in this event work together to help bird experts get a good idea of how birds are doing. Participants are given checklists and enter their sightings on a website. Called a "citizen-science" project, this event is open to anyone, requires no travel, and happens every year over one weekend in February.
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You don't have to be able to travel a continent to have a big birding experience though.

Why would the author suggest multiple ways to have a "Big Year"? (5 points)

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To create additional respect for birders

b
To encourage readers to look for birds

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To imply birding is rather challenging

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To suggest the idea of a Big Year is silly

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The Thirty Years' War, a series of wars fought by European nations for various reasons, ignited in 1618 over an attempt by the king of Bohemia (the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II) to impose Catholicism throughout his domains. Protestant nobles rebelled, and by the 1630s most of continental Europe was at war.

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The overall cause of World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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As many as 8.5 million soldiers and some 13 million civilians died during World War I.

The map of Europe changed forever as territories were divided among the victorious Allied powers.

The war led to the October Revolution in Russia, which put the Bolsheviks in power of the Russian government.

The United States emerged as a world power.

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In modern history, the Industrial Revolution was the transition from an agrarian and handicraft-based economy to one dominated by industry and machine production. These technological advancements brought about unique working and living arrangements and radically altered society. The 18th century saw the start of this process in Britain, which then expanded to other regions of the globe.

The Industrial Revolution was primarily characterized by technological, economical, and cultural developments. The following were some of the technological advancements: (1) the use of new fundamental materials, namely iron and steel; (2) the use of new energy sources, such as fuels and motive power; (3) the creation of new machines; and others.

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The large-scale ways in which WWII changed the world are well-known: the Holocaust's decimation of Jewish people and culture, the use of atomic bombs on Japan, and the wide swath of death and destruction caused by the Axis powers in Europe.

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B. It made slave owners in Louisiana and the rest of the South even more fearful of slave revolts, increasing the divide between North and South.

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John Brown was an abolitionist leader in America. He viewed rebellion and violence as a necessary element to end slavery in America. After many years of verbal persuasion, Brown considered that now through the means of violence they need to end American slavery. Therefore, on October 16, 1859, Brown led an army of some eighteen men into the small town of Virginia, Harper's Ferry, to seize arms and ammunition. His action led to his execution which in turn led many slavery abolitionists to come into action. This force made slave owners fearful of slave revolts. This also resulted in increased tension between the North and the South.

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Some colonies were founded in an attempt to find gold in North America. and European colonization of North America was inspired by economic and political competition. are the correct answers.

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As trade in gold and salt increased, Ghana's rulers gained power. Eventually, they built up armies equipped with iron weapons that were superior to the weapons of nearby people. Over time, Ghana took control of trade from merchants. Merchants from the north and south then met to exchange goods in Ghana.

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The Depression was actually ended, and prosperity restored, by the sharp reductions in spending, taxes and regulation at the end of World War II, exactly contrary to the analysis of Keynesian so-called economists. ... There are better ways to reduce unemployment, as was shown after the war.

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D.

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The Progressive-era in America was a period of social and political reform across the nation. The aim of the progressive movement was to question the ill-effects brought into the nation with industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in the government.

After America entered into World War I, it helped in the development of progressivism at home. America's entry into World War I as a moral and democratic venture furthered the cause of the progressive movement.

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Answer: B

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Implicit or explicit prohibitions on city ordinance power is the correct answer.  

State statutes and constitutions are in charge of regulating the power of a city to create ordinances. By doing so, they prevent cities from creating laws that contradict the state law. In other words, implicit or explicit prohibitions on city ordinance power is the way found to limit city power.

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Activity 3: Teaching Tolerance through the Bus Boycotts

Using the website linked on our class page for activity 3, answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper

ACTIVITY 2: Montgomery City Code Document

The Montgomery City Code outlines the law as it stood in 1955 and was cited by prosecutors as the reason Rosa Parks

broke the law. Read the code and answer the following questions:

 Why was separation of the races required (Section 10)?

 Was it hypocritical that the city code allowed "Negro nurses" to sit in the "white section" of the bus if they were

attending white people who needed their care (Section 10)?

 How was it that Rosa Parks was arrested on charges of non-compliance of obeying the orders of a bus driver

(Section 11)?

 If city codes such as this one existed today, how would you go about changing them?

 On public transportation where you live, does separation of people occur without there being a written law? Do

invisible lines and social boundaries exist? If so, what are they and why do they exist?

 Re-write the city code to comply with the 1956 Supreme Court ruling on bus segregation. How would Sections 10

and 11 be written to conform to the law?

ACTIVITY 3: "Bus Boycott Conference Fails to Find Solution" Article

Dr. King met with bus line officials for four hours in an attempt to find common ground. Yet, as reported in this December,

1955 article bus line officials remained firm in their stance to follow the city code.

 Why would Dr. King's proposal of "first come, first served" on bus seating seem so radical in 1955 Alabama?

 Dr. King commented that the group was not trying to change the segregation laws. Why would he take this

position?

 Why would the bus company not hire black drivers?

Jack Crenshaw, legal counsel for the bus line, commented, "We do not contemplate and have no intentions of hiring Negro

drivers. The time is not right in Montgomery, but who can say what will happen in 10 years."

 Why did he believe the time was not right in Montgomery?

 Why did a member of the bus boycott delegation take issue with him by replying, "We don't mean 10 years, we

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Answer:   The Bank War was a political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States (B.U.S.) during the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829–1837). The affair resulted in the shutdown of the Bank and its replacement by state banks.

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Colonialism destroyed traditional structures.

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Colonialism happens when a country takes control of other lands outside of its boundaries. Taking control of other lands and turn them into a colony. The colonial powers exploited the colonies for their resources and to obtain power. Traditional structures destroyed by colonialism because it introduces westernization. European languages introduced which affect traditional languages and cultures which people are practising for hundreds of years.  

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Nature expresses Emerson's belief that each individual must develop a personal understanding of the universe. According to Emerson, people in the past had an intimate and immediate relationship with God and nature, and arrived at their own understanding of the universe

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The Oromo people are the native inhabitants of Eastern Africa. Their population s estimated to be 55 million, which makes it the largest ethnic group in Eastern Africa.

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The plague had large scale social and economic effects, many of which are recorded in the introduction of the Decameron. People abandoned their friends and family, fled cities, and shut themselves off from the world. Funeral rites became perfunctory or stopped altogether, and work ceased being done

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